Grace Chao, a freshman from Woodside, N.Y., majoring in biochemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received the Samuel P. Peabody Award for Community Activism from YouthAction NYC, a program of Citizen’s Committee for Children of New York. “Receiving the Peabody Award is a great honor,” Chao said. “However, this award is not only a recognition […]
In conjunction with the performances of “Ragtime,” the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present a faculty colloquium on the issues brought to light in the award-winning musical.
Poet Claudia Rankine, the Visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will lead a talk on the craft of poetry at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20. In addition, Rankine will read from her work at 8 p.m. Oct. 29. Both events — presented as part of The […]
WUSTL continues to accept donations to the annual United Way of Greater St. Louis campaign, which began Sept. 2. The University’s goal for this year’s drive is $600,000, and those who have not yet donated are encouraged to do so as soon as possible.
Urvashi Vaid, a stalwart of the LGBT movement, will deliver the Spencer T. Olin Fellows annual lecture, “Beyond the Wedding Ring: LGBT Activism in the Age of Obama.” The event will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, in Graham Chapel and is free and open to the public.
Soprano Jennifer Jakob and pianist Maria Sumareva will perform an intimate Liederabend for the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, in Graham Chapel.
Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D., dean of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor, has named Enola Proctor, Ph.D., associate dean for faculty, and Debra Haire-Joshu, Ph.D., associate dean for research.
Photo by Mary ButkusHarold Ford Jr., former Democratic congressman from Tennessee, shares political insight with students in a legislative politics class taught by Michael Minta, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences.
Washington University Libraries’ Film & Media Archive has partnered with the University of Hawaii-West Oahu to preserve and digitize an interview with African-American poet and journalist Frank Marshall Davis.