Student memorial service
A memorial service for Justin Allen Yeo will be held at 7 p.m. May 3 on the basketball court on the South 40; it’s open to all members of the University community.
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Memorial service
A memorial service for Justin Allen Yeo will be held at 7 p.m. May 3 on the basketball court on the South 40. The rain location is the Mudd House Multipurpose Room. Yeo, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences from Arcadia, Calif., died April 16. The service is open to all members […]
Wahl, professor who discovered plutonium; 89
He was famous for proving the existence of a radioactive isotope, element 94 on the periodic table, that had been postulated but never isolated.
‘Coach’ Burmeister steps down from Thurtene in grand style
Jim Burmeister was honored April 21-22 after stepping down following 35 years as adviser to the Thurtene Junior Honorary and Thurtene Carnival.
Epstein, Schaal elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Schaal and Epstein are among 195 men and women elected this year by the academy, an organization formed in 1870 to cultivate the arts and sciences.
Media Advisory
George Warren Brown School of Social Work students from various countries will offer a taste of their homelands through traditional foods and lively entertainment.
Siteman Cancer Center benefits from televised fundraiser
Photo by Robert BostonEmployees from Brown Shoe Company and physicians and staff from the Siteman Cancer CenterSiteman Cancer Center got quite a bargain when Brown Shoe Company, QVC and the Fashion Footwear Association of New York (FFANY) teamed up to offer half-price shoes at the 12th Annual QVC Presents “FFANY Shoes on Sale” event during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The net proceeds benefit breast cancer research and education programs across the country.
Linguistic profiling conference on campus
The Linguistic Profiling and Linguistic Human Rights conference will be held on campus April 28-29.
Sponsored by African and African American Studies in Arts & Sciences and the Ford Foundation, the conference will explore issues surrounding legal considerations of linguistic profiling, fair housing, language restriction on the job and racial, sexual and deaf discrimination, among others.
Mutated gene may hold key to emphysema, rare skin disease
The discovery by researchers at the School of Medicine of a mutated gene associated with a rare skin disorder should provide insight into more common diseases such as emphysema and aortic aneurysms.
Washington University and Cinema St. Louis to present Second Annual Children’s Film Symposium May 5 and 6
Warner Bros. Entertainment*Duma*Washington University’s Center for the Humanities and Program in Film and Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host a two-day symposium on Children’s Films and their audiences. Presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis, the event will feature a keynote address by Nicholas Sammond, author of Babes in Tomorrowland: Walt Disney and the Making of the American Child, 1930-1960 (2005), as well as screenings of the films Duma (2005) and Saving Shiloh (2006), the latter of which was shot in St. Louis last year.