The School of Law will celebrate the outstanding achievements of seven individuals at its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner Friday, April 11, at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. Presenting the awards will be Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. Four alumni will receive Distinguished Law Alumni Awards and three will receive […]
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will honor six outstanding architecture and art alumni at its first annual Awards for Distinction dinner April 17 at the Coronado Ballroom in the Coronado Hotel. The awards recognize graduates who have demonstrated creativity, innovation, leadership and vision through their contributions to the practices of art […]
School of Medicine researchers have discovered the heart doesn’t slow down as quickly after exercise in patients taking highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV.
At the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the handwashing or foam-use compliance rate is much higher than average at nearly 80 percent and continues to rise.
Harold Rosen, an international development expert with the World Bank, will discuss how new grassroots approaches to business can give poor people in developing countries the tools to lift themselves out of poverty. The lecture takes place at 8 a.m., Monday, April 14, in Room 200 of the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center. Free […]
Irish poet and novelist Ciaran Carson will read from his work at 8 p.m. Monday, April 14, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. The event, sponsored as part of the Writing Program’s spring Reading Series, is free and open to the public and takes place in Duncker Hall, Room 201, Hurst Lounge. Carson […]
One mark of a great novel, it’s been said, is its ability to stand the “test of time,” to remain captivating to readers from generation to generation. Washington University will honor such a novel Friday, April 18, with two campus events celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of “The Tale of Genji”, a central pillar of the Japanese literary canon.
Bunge’s strong relationship with the Olin Business School was cemented on March 13 with a ceremony dedicating the new Bunge Classroom in the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center. The partnership began several years ago, when Olin created customized leadership programs for Bunge executives. The programs have been successful for Bunge, and to show its support for the school’s innovative curriculum, it recently provided Olin with a gift of $300,000 for the Knight Center and to establish an endowed scholarship fund.
Courtesy PhotoThe Lapa Bus Terminal (2002) by Brazilian architecture firm Nucleo de Arquitetura. The building is one of 18 projects by six Brazilian firms profiled in “Coletivo: Contemporary Architecture from Sao Paulo,” on view through April 25 in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ Steinberg Hall Gallery.