A guide to events on our campuses.
Assembly Series
A tradition of convening thought leaders since 1953
Events
January 18 - February 16, 2020
Saturday, January 18
18
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
18
Jan
In August Wilson’s masterpiece, history unfolds around everyday lives against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. Part of Wilson’s trailblazing...
Sunday, January 19
19
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
19
Jan
In August Wilson’s masterpiece, history unfolds around everyday lives against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. Part of Wilson’s trailblazing...
Monday, January 20
20
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
20
Jan
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Lecture recognizes members of the St. Louis and university community who continue to advance Dr. King’s message...
20
Jan
The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration is an annual celebration honoring the legacy of Dr. King and the impact he has made on those who carry the torch for...
Tuesday, January 21
21
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
21
Jan
The week aims to highlight violence prevention initiatives happening here at WUSM in partnership with our regional community. Students, staff and faculty...
21
Jan
James Cassat, of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will present this MMMP Seminar.
21
Jan
Lee Epstein, Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor, Washington University, and James E. Daily, Legal Data Scientist, Skopos Labs, Inc., will...
21
Jan
Artist Abbey Hepner and economist Alicia Plemmons will deliver an artist talk in conjunction with Big Pharma, an exhibition featuring a series of photographs...
Wednesday, January 22
22
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
22
Jan
This event is part of Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week 2020. With a focus on violence as a public health epidemic, Punch’s TedxGatewayArch Talk...
22
Jan
The ability to store, transfer and process quantum information promises to transform how we calculate, communicate and measure. The physical realization of...
22
Jan
Bernard Becker Medical Library, in collaboration with the Center for History Of Medicine at the School of Medicine, presents this 73rd Historia Medica...
22
Jan
In August Wilson’s masterpiece, history unfolds around everyday lives against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. Part of Wilson’s trailblazing...
Thursday, January 23
23
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
23
Jan
This event is part of Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week 2020. Panelists from the Gun Violence Initiative at the Institute for Public Health, St....
23
Jan
Raymond Co, of the University of Michigan, will present.
23
Jan
Katherine Starkweather, NSF SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of New Mexico, will present.
23
Jan
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Gina Lewin, Georgia Tech.
23
Jan
Innumerable examples exist in the Universe whereby motions of large objects are driven by gravitational forces. Yet, motions of Earth’s lithospheric plates...
23
Jan
Come find out how you can be involved in violence prevention work in our region. Local organizations need your support and YOU can do something! Learn about...
23
Jan
In August Wilson’s masterpiece, history unfolds around everyday lives against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. Part of Wilson’s trailblazing...
Friday, January 24
24
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
24
Jan
The Washington University Network for Dissemination and Implementation Research (WUNDIR), is an informal network of researchers with a common interest in...
24
Jan
The Religion Clauses is an interdisciplinary conference to explore current and future trends in the First Amendment’s free exercise and establishment...
24
Jan
Michael McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law and Director, Constitutional Law Center, Stanford University, will present in conjunction...
24
Jan
This talk will review the current status as well as some history of the 12C(,)16O reaction and the level structure of 16O. This reaction is essential for our...
24
Jan
In his unique and recognizable style, New York City pianist Matthew Shipp has performed and recorded vigorously from the late 1980s onward, creating music in...
24
Jan
India's rights-based LGBTQ activism--legislation, public protest, film and web production--has centered on the decriminalization of sodomy, particularly the...
24
Jan
In August Wilson’s masterpiece, history unfolds around everyday lives against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. Part of Wilson’s trailblazing...
Saturday, January 25
25
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
25
Jan
Kids will learn about the mantis shrimp, electric eels, understand the science behind why cats always land on their feet, how spiders walk on walls and which...
25
Jan
Stop by the Island Press Open House to see our new space in Bixby Hall, along with editions and works in progress by recent visiting artists such as Diane...
25
Jan
Go behind the scenes at this annual event to meet students in the Sam Fox School’s MFA in Visual Art program. Visit their studios, view work in progress, ask...
25
Jan
This is a free concert featuring live musical performances by the faculty, staff and students of the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish...
25
Jan
In August Wilson’s masterpiece, history unfolds around everyday lives against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. Part of Wilson’s trailblazing...
Sunday, January 26
26
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
26
Jan
In August Wilson’s masterpiece, history unfolds around everyday lives against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. Part of Wilson’s trailblazing...
Monday, January 27
27
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
27
Jan
Recent proposals to restructure governance in the St. Louis region pose an opportunity for citizens to consider changes that advance racial equity and...
27
Jan
A kickoff celebration of the new Vir Biotechnology and School of Medicine partnership.
27
Jan
Professor Emeritus Denis Noble will ask a deeper, developmental question: why did nature develop such extensive complexity?
Tuesday, January 28
28
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
28
Jan
David Kohler, President and CEO of Kohler Company, and Jeff Vincent, President and CEO of Laird Norton Company will present.
28
Jan
Beth McCormick, of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, will present this MMMP Seminar.
28
Jan
Sarah Lovegreen, vice president of Programs, Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Missouri, will present this seminar.
28
Jan
Hear Karen Sherman, president of the Akilah Institute, discuss her new book "Brick by Brick: Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Survivors Everywhere." A...
28
Jan
Thomas Kraft, postdoctoral scholar, University of California, Santa Barbara, will present.
Wednesday, January 29
29
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
29
Jan
A deeper understanding of the role of topology in condensed matter physics has led to a new paradigm of topological phases of matter, for example, the...
29
Jan
IdeaBounce® is both an online platform and event for sharing ideas and making connections. This is an opportunity to pitch your idea (no matter how...
Thursday, January 30
30
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
30
Jan
How do survivors of intimate partner violence fare when applying for refugee protection in different countries of the Americas? Join us for a presentation of...
30
Jan
Jordy de Vries, of the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, will present.
30
Jan
In this talk, Jeffrey Moore, Stanley O. Ikenberry Endowed Chair and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will discuss...
30
Jan
Morgan Hoke, assistant professor of anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, will present.
30
Jan
Surfaces of planetary bodies record evidence of essentially all major geologic processes occurring on a body, and are the ultimate record of its evolution....
30
Jan
Join us for a screening of the "Change the Subject" documentary, followed by a panel discussion. This documentary tells the story of a group of college...
30
Jan
Airea D. Matthews is the author of "Simulacra," winner of the 2016 Yale Series of Younger Poets. Her work has appeared in Best American Poets, Callaloo,...
Friday, January 31
31
Jan
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
31
Jan
If you are a health services or policy researcher; want to learn new ways to think about and communicate your research; or just want to impress grant...
31
Jan
Evan Carey, of the Center for Health Outcomes Research, St. Louis University, will present during the Division of Biostatistics Seminar Series.
31
Jan
The conversion of interstellar molecular gas into stars is an extremely inefficient process, due to regulation from a combination of turbulent gas motions,...
31
Jan
Black Anthology annually presents work that not only resonates with Black students, but reaches across racial boundaries to touch all students, faculty and...
Saturday, February 1
01
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
01
Feb
Black Anthology annually presents work that not only resonates with Black students, but reaches across racial boundaries to touch all students, faculty and...
Sunday, February 2
02
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
Monday, February 3
03
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
03
Feb
Global Health Work in Progress (GHWIP) aims to bring together members of the Washington University global health community to learn about each other’s work....
03
Feb
Michael Joo, the spring 2020 Arthur L. and Sheila Prensky Island Press Visiting Artist, will discuss his work in a public lecture. His lecture will be...
Tuesday, February 4
04
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
04
Feb
Carlos Cruchaga, professor of psychiatry at Washington University, will present this seminar.
04
Feb
Sarah Stanley, of the University of California, Berkeley, will present this MMMP Seminar.
04
Feb
Theresa Gildner, postdoctoral fellow, Dartmouth College, will present.
Wednesday, February 5
05
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
Thursday, February 6
06
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
06
Feb
The faculty of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design present the ninth year of DISCUSSIONS in Architectural History...
06
Feb
Does democracy foster economic growth? Do human rights protections advance counterterrorism objectives? Does great power competition hurt or empower the...
Friday, February 7
07
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
07
Feb
Kick off the new decade right by making your lab greener! Labs account for over 1.6 million square feet of space across Washington University campuses and...
07
Feb
How do the sciences and the humanities work together to further environmental studies in the modern university? What possibilities exist? What has worked...
07
Feb
On the first Friday of each month, grab a cookie with staff at an informal presentation of themed picks from the library's renowned archival and rare books...
07
Feb
Time-domain astrophysics provides a unique opportunity to study the most extreme physical processes in the Universe, including the deaths of massive stars,...
07
Feb
Join the Kemper Art Museum in celebration of the opening of the spring exhibitions. Multiplied: Edition MAT and the Transformable Work of Art, 1959–1965...
Saturday, February 8
08
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
08
Feb
The Olin Africa Business Club invites you to the 2020 Olin Africa Business Forum. The Forum convenes dignitaries, international business leaders, renowned...
Sunday, February 9
09
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
Monday, February 10
10
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
10
Feb
Brandon Garrett, L. Neil Williams, Jr. Professor of Law, Duke University, will present this lecture.
10
Feb
This seminar is part of the monthly Issues in Aging series that highlights current research and perspectives on aging-relevant issues from experts in...
10
Feb
In this talk, Jennifer Hirsch, professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University and co-author of the book "Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex,...
Tuesday, February 11
11
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
11
Feb
Keith Gull, of Oxford University UK, will present this MMMP Seminar.
11
Feb
Application of Machine Learning to Predict Amyloid, Metabolic and Structural Neuroimaging Biomarkers
Patrick Luckett, postdoctoral research associate, of the Ances Lab, will present this seminar on the "Application of Machine Learning to Predict Amyloid,...
11
Feb
Learn how to take control of debt and navigate the mortgage process.
11
Feb
A public lecture by Professor Daniel K. Richter, the Richard S. Dunn Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and Roy F. and Jeannette P....
11
Feb
Join us for The Africa Initiative’s February edition of "Africa Speak," a conversation with WashU Faculty on their research engagements in Africa. This...
11
Feb
This lecture/demonstration will explore the possibilities of the “dancing circle," and how the people participating, with their embodied histories and...
Wednesday, February 12
12
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
12
Feb
Fluorescence microscopy is a workhorse technique in both biological and abiological imaging and sensing. A fluorescence photon can carry information encoded...
Thursday, February 13
13
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
13
Feb
Three-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo is a true global superstar who has recorded 13 albums and performed at top venues around the world. Born in Benin,...
13
Feb
Jiang-Hao Yu, of the CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, will present.
13
Feb
Diane Seuss is the author of four books of poetry: "Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl"; "Four-Legged Girl," finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; "Wolf...
Friday, February 14
14
Feb
An ongoing exhibit highlighting a small number of the many immigrants who have worked at the School of Medicine over the past 128 years. Free and open to...
14
Feb
The Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) is hosting their third annual symposium and poster session to explore how the application of...
14
Feb
Conference will include breakfast, panel discussions and lunch. Partners: Career Center: Government & Public Policy Work Group – Amy Heath-Carpentier,...
14
Feb
Conference will include breakfast, panel discussions and lunch. Partners: Career Center: Government & Public Policy Work Group – Amy Heath-Carpentier,...
14
Feb