Patricia Hill Collins Opens the Spring 2003 Assembly Series at Washington University

Patricia Hill Collins, Charles Phelps Taft Professor of Sociology and Chair of the African American studies department at the University of Cincinnati will deliver the annual Chancellor’s Fellowship Lecture as part of the university’s Assembly Series. Hill’s talk will take place at 11 a.m., Jan. 29th. The lecture is free and open to the public […]

Event commemorating national tragedy opens fall 2002 Assembly Series

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who directed his paper’s coverage of September 11, and a “Ground Zero” volunteer will share the podium during a special Washington University Assembly Series event marking the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States. The event, which is the first lecture of the Assembly Series’ fall 2002 season, […]

Thakor named Simon professor

He joins the Olin School of Business from the University of Michigan; he will be the John E. Simon Professor of Finance here.

Volunteers sought for annual Service First Aug. 30

The fifth Service First will take place Aug. 30 when more than 1,100 students, including most of the new freshman class, will help clean, update and renovate 13 St. Louis, University City and Riverview Gardens public schools. Volunteer support from faculty and staff to help supervise and organize students for the project is welcomed. “This […]

Bear Cub Fund aids invention development

The deadline for applications for the Bear Cub Fund is Sept. 1. The fund, which was founded to help support the development of new inventions, was established by the Office of Research to help University inventors attract investment interest. For more details, contact Tom Hagerty at 747-0926 or hagertyt@wustl.edu.