Courtesy photoSpiral HouseAcclaimed architect Kathryn Dean, founding partner of Dean/Wolf Architects in New York City, has been appointed director of the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. She previously served on the faculty of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture.
A drug-resistant germ was found in children tested in the St. Louis metropolitan area by researchers at the School of Medicine. Demographic analyses showed that children carrying the superbug were associated with a low socioeconomic status, defined as enrollment in Medicaid and living in crowded households.
Washington University in St. Louis launches its “Where to Go” campaign this fall to help the campus prepare for emergency situations. During the fall semester, members of the University’s Crisis Management Team will give presentations at student, staff and faculty meetings explaining where to go for information before, during and after an emergency.
Courtesy photoSweet Honey in the RockGrammy Award-winning a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock will launch the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series with a special one-night-only performance at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. Founded in 1973, the acclaimed all-female group has released more than a dozen albums combining the music of the Civil Rights movement and the African-American church with jazz, rap, reggae, Hip Hop, African chants and contemporary rhythm and blues.
James WertschRussia’s leaders and its population tend to view current developments in Poland through the lens of a basic Russian national narrative that focuses on Russia as a target of invasion by foreign enemies, claims James V. Wertsch, an expert on post-Soviet democracy movements at Washington University in St. Louis. Wertsch was interviewed on this subject and on the Georgia/Russian conflict recently on KMOX radio. The interview is available here.
Courtesy photo*The Mystery of Edwin Drood*St. Louis native John Ezell is one of contemporary theater’s most influential scenic designers. Over the last five decades the Washington University alumnus has created hundreds of sets for major regional, national and international companies and festivals. Next month the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ Des Lee Gallery will present Bold Strokes and Finesse: The Stage Designs of John Ezell. The exhibition will include drawings, models, painter elevations and other material surveying the breadth and scope of Ezell’s work.
Senior Hana Greenberg and junior Scott Friedman, both in Arts & Sciences, will gain an inside look at the U.S. political process by participating in a Washington Center educational program focused on the election year. As part of the program, Greenberg will attend the Democratic National Convention in Denver while Friedman will travel to Minneapolis to attend the Republican National Convention. Both will receive media credentials through Student Life, the University’s student newspaper, to have access to exclusive events at the conventions.
Senior Hana Greenberg and junior Scott Friedman, both in Arts & Sciences, will gain an inside look at the U.S. political process by participating in a Washington Center educational program focused on the election year. As part of the program, Greenberg will attend the Democratic National Convention in Denver while Friedman will travel to Minneapolis to attend the Republican National Convention. Both will receive media credentials through Student Life, the University’s student newspaper, to have access to exclusive events at the conventions.
The Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis has announced a schedule of program previews, networking events and information sessions highlighting the value of the school’s top-ranked Executive MBA program (EMBA), which prepares individuals to lead and advance their organizations.