Diana Barbosa, AB/BFA ’09, is director of volunteer engagement for Habitat for Humanity’s affiliate in South Palm Beach County, Fla. Her love of service work began while she was an Annika Rodriguez Scholar at Wash. U.
Christopher Brummer, JD/PhD, AB ’97, an expert in international finance and regulation, works on many hot-button issues at the epicenter of law, finance and politics.
The Washington University community has something great in common — a love of learning. It was never more evident than at the Jan. 19, 2013, WU Club event, “Picasso Black and White.”
Baseball season is now in full swing, and the Washington University Alumni Association is playing along offering another season of WU Club baseball events around the country.
At recent Board of Trustees meetings, many faculty members were appointed with tenure, promoted with tenure or granted tenure. Read more to see who they are.
Despite a snow storm, students came out for Hoops Day March 24, sponsored by Thurtene Junior Honorary, a lead-up event to the annual carnival. Organizers offered a youth basketball clinic and a 3-on-3 tournament at the Athletic Complex.
A recent display showcased photos taken by participants of the Photovoice project hosted by Siteman Cancer Center’s Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities. Participants used photos to remind people of the need for colon cancer screenings. Pictured is participant Ronald Rancher and the photo he submitted.
Surveillance is everywhere, from street corner cameras to the subject of books
and movies. “We talk a lot about why surveillance is bad, but we don’t
really know why,” says Neil Richards, JD, privacy law expert and
professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. “We only have a
vague intuition about it, which is why courts don’t protect it. We know
we don’t like it, and that it has something to do with privacy, but
beyond that, the details can be fuzzy.” Richards’ new article on the topic, “The Danger of Surveillance,” will be published in the next issue of the Harvard Law Review.
A group of some of the country’s top scholars in First
Amendment law recently gathered at Washington University in St. Louis to discuss pressing challenges
being faced by the first of our Bill of Rights. Three issues rose to the
top of the list for Washington University’s first amendment experts:
free expression in a digital age; impaired political debate; and
weakened rights of groups.
During a recent reception to mark the beginning of the Loop Student Living Initiative’s construction phase, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton thanked University City and City of St. Louis government officials, business owners and residents for their role in the project’s progression. The celebration was held at the Three Kings Public House on Delmar Boulevard, which is in the same block as the construction.