Several members of the Arts & Sciences community at Washington University in St. Louis participated in the annual American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) conference, held in October in Minneapolis.
John C. “Jack” Danforth, former U.S. senator from Missouri, and Jay Nixon, former governor of Missouri, will participate in a fireside chat from noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in Anheuser-Busch Hall’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom.
While many have focused on the barriers to getting men in general to enter nursing, my research shows that black men, who are drastically underrepresented in nursing, may in fact be the group of men most motivated to enter the field, even despite an often racist environment.
New research from an engineer at Washington University in St. Louis stitches together the best bits of several different bacteria–including a virulent pathogen–to synthesize a new biofuel product.
Computing education must be part of every core curriculum, from elementary school through college. But teaching all students computing will require a major mind-shift – mostly among educators, who have never learned the subject themselves.
“Here.Now.Together,” the 2017 Washington University Dance Theatre concert, will feature seven new works by faculty and visiting choreographers in Edison Theatre Dec. 1-3.
The building blocks of successful tobacco-control programs are detailed in a new user guide developed by the Center for Public Health Systems Science at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. The guide recently was published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health, which funded the effort.
St. Louis businessman, scholar and philanthropist Eric P. Newman — an alumnus and major benefactor to Washington University in St. Louis — died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, at his home in Clayton. He was 106 years old.
The daily Record email takes a break for the Thanksgiving holidays after Tuesday, Nov. 21, and will resume publication Tuesday, Nov. 28. The Record staff wishes everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday.
The Washington University Police Department is pursuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. As part of that process, employees and the public may offer comments about the department at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, at Ursa’s on the South 40. People also may comment by phone or in writing.
