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Thursday, September 22

Bound for Beauty
22 Sep

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

Chakaia Booker: 'Shaved Portions'
22 Sep

Chakaia Booker is renowned for her artistic practice that pushes the limits of abstraction through the use of her signature material—discarded rubber tires...

Ervin Scholars: Honor the Legacy
22 Sep

The John B. Ervin Scholars Program honors the memory of a nationally renowned educator and community leader who believed in giving students a first-rate...

Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood
22 Sep

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

Life in St. Louis 1888-1905: T.S. Eliot’s First Waste Land
22 Sep

The Waste Land by St. Louis native TS Eliot was published in 1922 and forever changed literature. The Life in St. Louis 1888-1905: T.S. Eliot’s First Waste...

Stories From World War II
22 Sep

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

Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols: Selections from the Collection of Tim Huskey
22 Sep

Tim Huskey has been collecting Cardinals baseball memorabilia since he was five years old, when he stood in line to get an autograph from his favorite...

Through the Scope: A Small History of Microscopy
22 Sep

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

Pause @ Graham Chapel
22 Sep

The Office for Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life will be holding space in Graham Chapel. The Chapel will be open for reflection, prayer or a moment of...

Thursday, September 22, 2022 | 9:00 AM
Abstract DNA illustration (image: Shutterstock)
22 Sep

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, September 22, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Virtual Event
WUSM Farmers Market
22 Sep

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

Ambivalent Pleasures: Advertiser Content in American Art
22 Sep

This installation prompts the question of how the visual culture of marketing and markets influences our lives. Bringing together modern and contemporary...

Constitution Day 2022: U.S. Supreme Court updates
22 Sep

Join WashU law professors for an in-person discussion of important recent and upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases from the 2021-22 and 2022-23 terms. This is a...

Thursday, September 22, 2022 | 12:00 PM
Anheuser-Busch Hall, 305
Stream Available
Inner Workings of Channelrhodopsins and Brains
22 Sep

24th Donald C. Shreffler Memorial Lecture Hosted by: Jeffrey Milbrandt Zoom webinar attendee link: https://wustl-hipaa.zoom.us/j/94367220300

Thursday, September 22, 2022 | 12:00 PM
Virtual Event
Developing and Maintaining Partnerships for Implementation in Child Welfare Services
22 Sep

Join Geetha Gopalan as she examines a recent study implementing a child mental health intervention in child welfare services and the importance of developing...

Thursday, September 22, 2022 | 2:00 PM
Virtual Event
Rebecca Willits
22 Sep

Rebecca Willits, professor and chairperson of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University, will present her seminar titled, "Microenvironmental cues to...

Speaker: Beth Prusaczyk, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Informatics (I2) Center for Population Health Informatics at I2, and Washington University School of Medicine
22 Sep

To realize the full impact of academic research, it must reach those who can translate it into real-world action. Policymakers and other stakeholders...

Thursday, September 22, 2022 | 3:00 PM
Virtual Event
'The Politics of Reproduction' presents Professor Colin Burnett: 'The Rights of Intensity: Or, What Does 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Mungiu, 2007) 'Say' about Abortion?'
22 Sep

Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Department of Women ,Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Global Studies, Arts & Sciences

Thursday, September 22, 2022 | 4:00 PM
Precision Human Medicine at the Intersection of Biodiversity Science and Functional Genomics
22 Sep

Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on YouTube.

Thursday, September 22, 2022 | 4:00 PM
Portrait photo of Professor Colin Burnett, Film and Media Studies.
22 Sep

The Politics of Reproduction pop-up interdisciplinary course series is proud to present, Colin Burnett, Film and Media Studies, and his guest lecture, "The...

Thursday, September 22, 2022 | 4:00 PM
Faculty Book Talk: Miguel A. Valerio
22 Sep

Sovereign Joy: Afro-Mexican Kings and Queens, 1539–1640, provides an exploration of how Afro-Mexicans affirmed their culture, subjectivities, and colonial...

Thursday, September 22, 2022 | 4:30 PM
Excellence in Communication and English Language Skills Award Competition (ExCELS)
22 Sep

We are excited to host our inaugural ExCELS Award competition during National Postdoc Appreciation Week on the Danforth Campus in Umrath Lounge. We encourage...

Thursday, September 22, 2022 | 5:30 PM
Banned Comic Books
22 Sep

Panel discussion moderated by Rebecca Wanzo, professor and chair of the Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Washington University Who’s...

Thursday, September 22