Edward Boccia, professor emeritus of art, 91
Painter and poet Edward Boccia, professor emeritus of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, died Monday, Sept. 3, in his home in Webster Groves, from pneumonia. He was 91.
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VIDEO: Wes Moore discusses book with First-Year Reading Program essay winners
Author Wes Moore visited campus Sept. 4 and spent the day talking with groups of students and faculty, before giving an Assembly Series address. His book, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, is the 2012-13 selection for the First-Year Reading Program. Winners of the reading program essay contest had a special opportunity to sit down with the author in the Whittemore House.
Entrepreneurship competitions launch Sept. 6
The Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
will kick off its two business plan competitions at 5:30 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 6. Combined, the Olin Cup and YouthBridge Social Enterprise and
Innovation Competition will award more than $200,000 in funding for new
commercial and social ventures.
Nicholson new ombuds for Danforth faculty
Linda Nicholson, PhD, the Susan E. and William P. Stiritz Distinguished Professor in Women’s Studies in Arts & Sciences, has been named the new ombuds for Danforth Campus faculty at Washington University in St. Louis. The Office of Ombuds was established in September 2010 to provide faculty a confidential, informal place to discuss concerns about the university, its policies or its procedures.
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Sports update Sept. 4: Volleyball opens season with six wins
The second-ranked volleyball team swept its first six opponents over the weekend to get off to a 6-0 start to the season.
Obituary: Lee M. Liberman, life trustee, 91
Weeklong orientation takes law students into the community
Before settling down to study, groups of Washington University in St. Louis law students worked with a variety of area community groups like the Wellston Community Gardens during the School of Law’s Orientation Service Project Week.
Children taking steroids for asthma are slightly shorter than peers
Children who use inhaled steroid drugs for asthma end up slightly shorter at their full adult height than children who don’t use the drugs, new results from a comprehensive asthma study show. The study’s senior author is Robert C. Strunk, MD, the Donald Strominger Professor of Pediatrics.
Brookings Quadrangle bench to be dedicated for Jim McLeod Sept. 16
Washington University in St. Louis’ Black Alumni Council will host a dedication of a Brookings Quadrangle bench in honor of Jim McLeod at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16. A reception will follow in South Brookings, Room 100. The bench was donated in memory of McLeod by members and friends of the Black Alumni Council.