Long-term study reveals asset-building success of Child Development Accounts
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New HRMS self-service features reduce paperwork, save time for employees
Many new capabilities have been added to the Human Resources Management System (HRMS) Employee Self Service, allowing WUSTL employees to more easily and quickly manage their benefits and human resources records. The changes also promote sustainability by reducing the amount of paperwork required.
News highlights for September 27, 2010
The New York Times Ditch your laptop, dump your boyfriend 09/26/2010 Willie X. Lin, student in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis, offers tips for college students. “Chances are, if you are taking the time to read this advice, you already have the quality necessary to undertake the intellectual […]
Hotchner Festival showcases aspiring playwrights
Three aspiring playwrights will present staged readings of their works Oct. 1 and 2 as part of the 2010 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival, sponsored by the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences. Named in honor of alumnus A.E. Hotchner, the festival consists of an intensive two-week workshop that culminates in the staged readings. This year’s workshop is led by dramaturg Allison Horsley, assistant professor of dramatic literature at the University of Denver
Faculty grant and workshops to support community based teaching and learning
The Gephardt Institute for Public Service invites faculty to apply for grants to support their community-based teaching and learning, also known as experiential education, engaged research and most commonly, service learning.
Sports updates, Week of Sept. 27
Sports updates for the week of Sept. 27, 2010.
Down to a science
Women in science and medicine were the focus of the Spotlight on Women in Medicine and Science (SWIMS) symposium Sept. 22 at the School of Medicine.
Federal budget expert says gore every ox
Dear Mr. President: With your economic team in transition, Murray Weidenbaum thought you could use some advice. Weidenbaum is an economist who has wrestled with federal budgets for six decades during a long career in public service and as an advisor to two presidents. Weidenbaum has prepared a list of budget cuts that calls for a new approach to fiscal restraint.
The evolution of social identity
Hillel Kieval, PhD, the Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History and Thought, has spent the past 25 years studying European Jews in the 19th and 20th centuries. His chief focus is the various ways in which they identified with, and struggled against, their European environment.
Arch competition winner: the WUSTL connection
A multidisciplinary team led by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh has won an international competition to reshape the area surrounding Eero Saarinen’s iconic Gateway Arch. Also on the team is artist Ann Hamilton, who is serving this fall as the inaugural Arthur L. and Sheila Prensky Visiting Artist in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.