Bret Gustafson, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has spent more than 14 years in Bolivia. His early research focused on language and culture to help promote the inclusion of the indigenous Guarani language, history and culture into the public school system in Bolivia. As with many indigenous peoples across the Americas, […]
Photo by Gloria Stukenbroeker”Chef” Mahendra Gupta, Ph.D., dean and the Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management at Olin Business School, serves burgers to hungry business school students on the first day of classes at the 15th annual Olin Welcome Cookout.
Jessica Jackley understands the power of the personal connection. She discovered it while visiting East Africa to conduct impact evaluation surveys for Village Enterprise Fund. At the same time, her husband, Matt Flannery, was in the field filming interviews with small business entrepreneurs. When they saw firsthand the life-changing power of micro financing, they devoted […]
Photo by Mary ButkusJacqueline Ong (left) and McDonnell International Scholars Academy member Juanyi Yu listen as Scott McIntosh, events specialist in the Career Center, explains the nuances of dining etiquette during a luncheon for the scholars Sept. 1 in Whittemore House.
Photo by Joe AngelesNearly 100 scientists from all over the world gathered at WUSTL’s Knight Center Sept. 1 and 2 to discuss whether humble algae might be part of the solution to the problem of global warming in a conference sponsored by I-CARES.
The men’s soccer team posted a pair of ties and a win during the first week of the 2009 season. In the season opener against Illinois Wesleyan University Sept. 1, senior goalkeeper John Smelcer tied his career high of 10 saves in a 0-0 tie. The Bears then hit the road, traveling to Granville, Ohio, […]
A. Peter Mutharika, J.S.D., will be installed as the Charles Nagel Professor of International and Comparative Law at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 309.
Students, faculty and staff living or working in the South 40, the Village, Simon Hall, the Danforth University Center or the Knight Center might have noticed their cell phone signals are much stronger this fall than when spring semester ended last May.