East Village Opera Company brings rock arrangements to opera music

You’ve heard opera, and you’ve heard rock, but you’ve never heard opera rocked like the East Village Opera Company. Over the past five years, this powerhouse ensemble — comprising a five-piece band, a string quartet and two outstanding vocalists — has created electric, hard-hitting arrangements of many of opera’s “greatest hits.” At 8 p.m. May […]

Harris World Law Institute kicks off landmark Crimes Against Humanity Project

The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute of Washington University School of Law announced a two-year project to study the international law regarding crimes against humanity and to draft a multilateral treaty condemning and prohibiting such crimes. Leila Sadat, J.D., the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law and director of the Harris Institute, recently convened the first meeting of the project’s steering committee.

Remembering Steve Fossett

A memorial service for adventurer Steve Fossett, a member of the University’s Board of Trustees and a 1968 MBA graduate of the Olin Business School, will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in Graham Chapel.

Sutera named interim dean of School of Engineering

Salvatore P. Sutera, Ph.D., senior professor of biomedical engineering, has been named interim dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, effective July 1, 2008, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

WUSTL Flag at half-staff in honor of Richard John Parvis

Richard J. Parvis, professor emeritus at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and leader in the area of international social development, died Sunday, Feb. 24. He was 92. A memorial service is scheduled for April 26, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. in Brown Hall Lounge.

Social work to present 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding school service during its annual Alumni Awards Dinner Wednesday, April 30, at the Coronado Ballroom. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards; one faculty member will receive the Distinguished Faculty Award; and one member of the community will receive the […]

DBBS to mark 35th anniversary, 1,000th graduate

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding school service during its annual Alumni Awards Dinner Wednesday, April 30, at the Coronado Ballroom. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards; one faculty member will receive the Distinguished Faculty Award; and one member of the community will receive the […]

Deadly genetic disease stopped before zebrafish birth

By injecting a customized “genetic patch” into early stage fish embryos, researchers at the School of Medicine were able to correct a genetic mutation so the embryos developed normally. The research could lead to the prevention of up to one-fifth of birth defects in humans caused by genetic mutations, according to the authors. Madsen Erik […]