The nation’s oldest and largest student-run carnival gets under way soon. The community event brings together students, faculty and staff from WUSTL with surrounding neighbors and the greater St. Louis community for a weekend filled with rides, carnival fare and family-friendly plays. More than 80,000 people are expected to attend the Thurtene Carnival April 19-21.
The Washington University Program in Occupational Therapy will hold its annual Scholarship Day from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 19, at the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Medical Campus.
Ira C. Gall, MD, professor emeritus of clinical obstetrics and gynecology and a strong supporter of Washington University School of Medicine, died Friday, March 29, 2013, from complications of pancreatic cancer.
Experience art and history dressed in your finest knickers and caps for a St. Louis Art and Tweed Ride. Bike enthusiasts will begin their journey at the Kemper Art Museum to enjoy croissants and view the exhibit Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928-1945, then continue on to the Saint Louis Art Museum and other sites, before returning to the Kemper.
The City of St. Louis is poised to lead the way in
innovative solutions to the national urban issue of vacant land, thanks
to a unique partnership between the city and Washington University. Four
of the city’s vacant lots will be the new home for five demonstration
projects that test new ways to think of vacant space, thanks to the winning teams in the inaugural Sustainable Land Lab Competition.
Winners of the eight annual YouthBridge Social Enterprise and Innovation Competition (SEIC) and $164,000 in awards were announced April 10. Winning teams represented community and WUSTL social entrepreneurs. Their social venture ideas ranged widely, covering youth, teens, homeless and collaboration among all types of social enterprises.
The Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis has announced the appointment of Richelle Simmons Clark as co-director of the Center for Community Health & Partnerships.
On April 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument
in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, a case that
could answer the question, “Under what conditions, if any, are isolated
human genes patentable?” Kevin Emerson Collins, JD, patent law expert
and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, believes
that layered uncertainties make this case an unusually difficult case in
which to predict the outcome.
Filibuster has become a popular tool for legislators.
“Republicans have held the U.S. Senate hostage despite their minority
status and losses in the last election,” says Merton Bernstein, emeritus
professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. “Indeed, the threat of a filibuster enables the
minority to exact concessions that the electorate had already rejected
in several elections. This sabotage of the democratic process not only
shuts down the legislative process, short circuits the confirmation of presidential
nominees, but also threatens large foreign purchases of U.S. bonds that
lower interest rates for federal, state and business borrowing.”
Two WUSTL offices earned gold-level certified in the first year of the Green Offices Program: the Institute for Public Health and Environmental Health & Safety. The program uses a points-based, self-assessment checklist so offices across the university can become sustainability champions. The plaques, made out of reclaimed lumber, embody the values of sustainability.