Li Weijie, from Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Li earned a degree from Fudan University, which is one of 27 premier universities from around the world partnered with Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
Li Yunzi, from Guangzhou, China, has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Li earned a degree from the University of Hong Kong, which is one of 27 premier universities from around the world partnered with Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
Lin Chih-Chung, of the Hsintian District, New Taipei City, Taipei, has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Lin earned a degree from the National Taiwan University, which is one of 27 premier universities from around the world partnered with Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
Richa Joshi, from New Delhi, India, has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Joshi earned a degree from Tata Institute of Social Sciences in India, which is one of 27 premier universities from around the world partnered with Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
Bharatkumar Suthar, of Sadri, India, has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Suthar earned a degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, which is one of 27 premier universities from around the world partnered with Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
Zhu Chuanmei, from Yueyang, Hunan, China, has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Zhu earned a degree from Tsinghua University, which is one of 27 premier universities partnered with Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy. In addition to being selected as an Academy Scholar, she has been named the Charoen Pokphand Corporate Fellow.
Dance students in the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences get things moving Feb. 6 as part of an advanced master class led by acclaimed improvisational dancer Kirstie Simson. Described as “a force of nature,” by The New York Times, Simson was on campus as the PAD’s 2012 Marcus Residency Dance Artist.
Brian Phillips; Larry J. Shapiro, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine; and Joseph Roddy, St. Louis Alderman for the 17th Ward, celebrate after Roddy presented Shapiro with a proclamation thanking the School of Medicine for its Holiday Outreach program, orchestrated by the Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corp.
Kilian Q. Weinberger, assistant professor of computer science & engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER award) from the National Science Foundation. Weinberger’s CAREER project, “New Directions for Metric Learning,” seeks to solve one of the fundamental problems of machine learning: how to compare individual texts, images or sounds.
Herbie Hancock is arguably the most influential jazz pianist of the last 50 years. At 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, Washington University’s Jazz at Holmes series will pay tribute to Hancock with an evening of his music performed by St. Louis’ own Ptah Williams. Now in its 13th year, the series will present free concerts by local and nationally known jazz musicians most Thursday nights throughout the spring.