On Jan. 10, The Teaching Center, University Libraries and College of Arts & Sciences will host ITeach 2008, an event at which faculty can gather to talk specifically about their teaching experiences and learn about new teaching methods and technology that can help students learn more quickly and easily.
The Teaching Center, in collaboration with faculty in the Departments of Education and History, both in Arts & Sciences, and Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), has received an educational grant from Hewlett-Packard (HP) that will provide 40 tablet PCs to assist WUSTL instructors in teaching. The grant supports the expansion into the humanities and social sciences […]
Student Health Services, in conjunction with Parking and Transportation Services, has announced the introduction of a new printable temporary parking pass available online for students to use during their visits. The health center also is offering a new program that provides for secure e-mailing between students and health providers they have seen.
In celebration of The Black Rep’s 31st season, Washington University’s Diversity Initiative is giving away 31 season PassPorts to University faculty and staff. Each season PassPort consists of five ticket vouchers redeemable at any time during the 2008 season. The drawing, which for the second consecutive year is sponsored by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and […]
David Kilper/WUSTL Photo ServicesThe combination of beer, wastewater, microbes, fuel cells, high-school students and teachers sounds like a witches’ brew for an old-fashioned, illicit 1960s beach party. Instead, these are the components of a new high-school science curriculum being developed by researchers at Washington University and two St. Louis area high-school teachers.
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at WUSTL has announced the recipients of its first annual Faculty Creative Activity Research Grants. Five faculty members from the College of Art and the College of Architecture will each receive $5,000 to support a variety of projects, from publications and video documentary to large-scale public sculpture.
Tamara L. King, J.D., director of Judicial Programs, has been named president-elect of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs, an international organization that helps to promote, encourage and support student development professionals who have responsibility for student judicial affairs.