Charlottesville, Va. recently became the first town
in the U.S. to pass an anti-drone resolution, calling for a restriction
on the use of the unmanned surveillance vehicles. “For drones, I
think the problem is that they do have some legitimate law enforcement
purposes, but they raise massive problems of invasion of privacy and
government surveillance that we need to think through before we deploy
drones in vast numbers in our skies,” says Neil Richards, professor of
law at Washington University in St. Louis.
Alonzo King cuts a unique figure in the contemporary dance world — an African-American choreographer creating original works within the traditions and structures of classical ballet. On Feb. 22 and 23, King and his acclaimed touring company, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, will return to Washington University for two shows presented as part of the Edison Ovations Theatre.
The School of Medicine’s 9th Annual Art Show opened Jan. 22 and will run through Feb. 17 in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. The show features artwork by more than 60 artists within the School of Medicine. Shown is “Tree of Life,” a sculpture carved from black walnut by Gerald W. Dorn II, MD, the Philip and Sima K. Needleman Professor. Admiring it are first-year medical students Linda Ma (left) and Shruti Mishra.
This week, Chancellor Wrighton travels to Ghana to meet with officials from the University of Ghana and sign official papers making the university the 28th partner – and the first in Africa — in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
“The Happiness Series,” a series of weekly lectures on various positive psychology topics by Timothy J. Bono, PhD, assistant dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and lecturer in psychology, will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evenings during the spring semester. The series begins on Feb. 13 with a presentation on “The science of happiness: What it is, what it’s not, and how it’s pursued.”
Kathy Ryan, program coordinator in the School of Medicine’s Career Counseling Office, helps students navigate the long, arduous and high-stakes process of national residency matching.
A “Global Tea” event was held Jan. 31 in Danforth University Center as an opportunity for undergraduate students to learn about the new Global Certificate offered by the university. Event organizers obtained donations of tea from international students returning to St. Louis after winter break.
This week, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton travels to Ghana to meet with officials from the University of Ghana and sign official papers making the university the 28th partner — and the first in Africa — in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin Business
School, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in
Herzliya, Israel, and Onward Israel, is launching an Israel Summer
Business Academy, aimed at providing students an opportunity to
learn firsthand about business in Israel, one of the most vibrant hubs
of entrepreneurship in the world.
If that headline doesn’t grab your attention, new research from Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin Business School on the “Psychological and Sexual Costs of Income Comparison in Marriage”should. The study, by Lamar Pierce, PhD, professor of strategy at Olin, shows that men married to women with higher
incomes are more likely to use erectile dysfunction medication than their male breadwinner counterparts.