Photo by Mary ButkusDaniel Keating, J.D., presents the crowd-pleasing “10 Hard Lessons I Learned in the Dean’s Office (With Help from Dilbert)” during an Oct. 15 event celebrating his service to the law school.
Washington University has completed its greenhouse gas emissions inventory, a key component of the University’s sustainability strategic plan. This report identifies the University’s “carbon footprint” and will be used to develop a greenhouse gas reduction strategy that will reduce the University’s impact on global climate change.
Photo by Whitney CurtisJunior Hao Yang (left), a biology major in Arts & Sciences, discusses his research with Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton during the Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium Oct. 24 at the Laboratory Sciences Building.
John Maeda, Ph.D., one of the pioneers in integrating technology and the visual arts, will give a presentation on “Creative Leadership” for the Assembly Series. The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Graham Chapel and is free and open to the public.
William Massie, architect-in-residence and head of the architecture department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., will present the Abend Family Lecture at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. The free talk — part of the school’s fall Public Lecture Series — takes […]
America has the potential to solve its energy crisis over the next decade, but doing so will require immediate investment in clean energy technologies, said Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, vice chair of a National Resource Council report on America’s energy challenges. The report will be the topic of a symposium to be held from 12:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, in the May Auditorium in Simon Hall.
Courtesy ImageAs part of its semester-long series “Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy,” the Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values will host a free screening of “The Cats of Mirikitani” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the Danforth University Center, Room 276.
An aging society represents an opportunity, not just a crisis, said Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ph.D., the Ralph & Muriel Pumphrey Professor of Social Work at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.
Photo by Mary ButkusStudents show off new outfits made of recyclable materials during the “Trashy Fashion Show” Oct. 20 at Ursa’s on the South 40. The show was part of the Congress of the South 40’s ECOlympics Oct. 18-23, a competition among students from each residential college to represent their college and tackle sustainability and environmental issues.
Photo by Whitney CurtisRobert Wiltenburg, Ph.D. (left), dean of University College, talks with student Soyon Park at M.I.L.D. (Mosey In, Lie Down) Oct. 15 at Holmes Lounge. M.I.L.D. is an annual event sponsored by University College, the evening and outreach program in Arts & Sciences.