Founders Day event honors alumni
At the annual Founders Day gala Saturday, Nov. 3, six outstanding alumni and two exceptional supporters will be honored for their dedication to Washington University.
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Trustees grant faculty promotions, tenure
At the Oct. 5 Board of Trustees meeting, faculty members were appointed with tenure, promoted with tenure or granted tenure. The appointments were effective Oct. 5, 2012.
Women’s Society celebrates community college scholarship program
The Women’s Society of Washington University, sponsors of the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship that enables select St. Louis Community College graduates to attend Washington University, held a special breakfast for St. Louis Community College faculty and staff and their former students at Washington University on Monday, Oct. 22.
URBANISM(S): Sustainable Cities for One Planet
The world is getting smaller, but cities are getting bigger. That growth represents a key challenge and a key opportunity for 21st century sustainability. In November, the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will present URBANISM(S): Sustainable Cities for One Planet, an international symposium exploring the future of global urban design. The two-day event will feature a range of talks on the ecology, infrastructure and social life of cities, as well as keynote address by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne.
Tillie’s Corner moves a step closer to national landmark status
Tillie’s Food Shop moved a step closer to federal historic landmark status with its designation as a historic area from the state of Missouri. WUSTL students in a service-learning course taught by Sonia Lee, PhD, assistant professor of history in Arts & Sciences, helped prepare the application for historic status. The North St. Louis corner was a hub of activity in the 1950s for African-Americans and an example of a black- and woman-owned business.
More ‘Brown Bag’ sessions offered for Green Offices Program
SIFT & TERF: Forming young scientists (VIDEO)
SIFT (Shaw Institute for Field Training) and TERF (Tyson Environmental Research Fellowships) — a collaboration between WUSTL’s Tyson Research Center and the Missouri Botanical Gardens’ Shaw Nature Reserve — gives high school students authentic engagement in environmental research and prepares them for careers in biology and other sciences.
Coat drive to ‘warm up’ St. Louis begins Nov. 1
Founders Day celebration features former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates
The university will celebrate its 1853 founding during the Founders Day gala Nov. 3 at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel. The keynote speaker is Robert Gates, former U.S. defense secretary. At the event, WUSTL will honor distinguished faculty, alumni and Robert S. Brookings award recipients.
PAD presents The Night Season Nov. 15-18
Patrick Kennedy is a garrulous alcoholic, drenched in whisky and Shakespeare. His daughters — insecure Judith, acerbic Rose and idealistic Maud — are variations on the theme of spinsterhood. In other words, a typical broken Irish family. Ah, but wait. All is not exactly as it seems, here in County Sligo. In The Night Season, British playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz flirts with the tropes of Irish drama, inhabiting and upending in equal measure.