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Events

Thursday, August 25

Bound for Beauty
25 Aug

Before publishers started mass producing books with standardized bindings, owners took their books to be bound individually according to their tastes and...

Chiura Obata, an Artist Behind Barbed Wire: 80 Years After the Incarceration
25 Aug

Chiura Obata (1885-1975) was a Japanese American painter known primarily for illustrating the West Coast landscape in works that embody his artistic...

Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood
25 Aug

Leaving China is an exhibition of work by accomplished artist James McMullan that focuses on watercolor paintings about his childhood during World War II....

Powder, Crinoline, Beasts, Gremlins: Fairytale Subjects in Illustration
25 Aug

Fairytales were a popular subject for books during the Golden Age of Illustration and continue to be so today. The emergence of the children’s book as its...

Proposal-Writing Information Session & Workshop 2022
25 Aug

Information Session Thursday, August 25, 10 am–11 am Danforth University Center, Room 276 Proposal Workshop Friday, August 19, 12 pm CDT: Proposal...

Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 12:00 AM
Stories From World War II
25 Aug

The "Stories From World War II" exhibition brings together stories from the Second World War told through special collections. A variety of personal accounts...

Through the Scope: A Small History of Microscopy
25 Aug

The invention of the microscope revealed the invisible and enabled new fields of biomedical research. Explore a small history of microscopy, from Robert...

Abstract DNA illustration (image: Shutterstock)
25 Aug

The Synthetic Biology Young Speaker Series (SynBYSS) is a yearlong, weekly, virtual seminar series. The series is organized and chaired by Tae Seok Moon,...

Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Virtual Event
WUSM Farmers Market
25 Aug

The Office of Sustainability, Operations & Facilities Management Department, and Human Resources are excited to announce the return of The School of Medicine...

BearFit Hatha Yoga
25 Aug

Join BearFIT Instructor Chris for this noon hour break of stretching, breathing, and mindfulness.

Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 12:00 PM
Perspectives: Stop Calling Me Diverse
25 Aug

Language is important in shaping and communicating culture and the values associated with it. We will be hosting 2 virtual sessions of this Perspectives to...

Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 12:00 PM
Virtual Event
Power Lunch & Learn: Advancing Your Career - Power & Politics in the Workplace
25 Aug

Professor Kurt Dirks will lead a discussion based on his popular class “Power & Politics” about the topics of “informal leadership” and how to have a...

Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 12:00 PM
Virtual Event
Textbook Central
25 Aug

Textbook Central helps students learn how to use the Libraries to find textbooks and other course materials for their classes. Librarians will be available...

Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 2:00 PM
 Multi-contrast Photoacoustic Computed Tomography: Seeing Through Small-Animal Whole Body and Whole Brain at High Spatiotemporal Resolution
25 Aug

Whole-body imaging has played an indispensable role in preclinical research by providing high-dimensional physiological, pathological, and phenotypic...

Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 3:30 PM
Virtual Event
TRX Total Assets
25 Aug

Join BearFIT Instructor Jason in Studio 1904 for this dynamic take on suspension training with a mix of dumbells and body weight exercises. Registration is...

Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 4:00 PM
BearFit Vinyasa Yoga
25 Aug

Join BearFIT Instructor Monica in Studio 1904 for this gentle but challenging Yoga Class.

Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 6:30 PM

Thursday, August 25