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Friday, January 27

Beauty in Enormous Bleakness: The Design Legacy of the Interned Generation of Japanese Americans
27 Jan

"The Beauty in Enormous Bleakness: The Design Legacy of the Interned Generation of Japanese Americans" explores architecture’s relationship to issues of...

Chakaia Booker: 'Shaved Portions'
27 Jan

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

Seymour Chwast, End Bad Breath, 1967. D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library
27 Jan

In the late 1940s and 50s, mainstream illustration was dominated by the simulated small-town charm of Norman Rockwell and the slick but false assurances of...

Holiday Lights Recycling 2022-2023
27 Jan

Wondering what to do with your old or unworkable holiday lights? You can recycle them! The annual Holiday Lights Recycling Drive returns to Washington...

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

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...

Mr. William Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies, 1685
27 Jan

"The Play’s the Thing" exhibition celebrates the 400-year anniversary of the first folio—the first time William Shakespeare’s collected works were printed....

Valuable Dregs: Research in the William Gaddis Papers
27 Jan

Novelist William Gaddis famously shunned the spotlight and dismissed attempts to tie his private life to his creative work. However, Gaddis also kept an...

Glaser Gallery Exhibit: 'How did we get hear? Historic hearing devices, 1800-2000'
27 Jan

The hearing aids we are familiar with today are both tiny and mighty, but they weren’t always that way. This exhibit highlights the long history of hearing...

Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar on A Sustainable Future for Astronomy
27 Jan

'Astronomers for Planet Earth' (A4E) is an international grass-roots movement of professional and amateur astronomers, as well as educators. It was founded...

Friday, January 27 | 9:00 AM
Data Sharing for Federally Funded Researchers
27 Jan

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently put out a memo stating that all federally funded, scientific data needs to be shared...

 Leaky Models and Unintended Inferences
27 Jan

David Evans Professor of Computer Science University of Virginia Machine learning offers the promise to train models that perform surprisingly well on a...

Friday, January 27 | 11:00 AM
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Casual Conversations with Campus Y (Session 1)
27 Jan

Connect with members of WashU Administration in a casual setting with food provided! Join us for a pizza lunch as we chat with Mark Kamimura-Jiménez, the...

TRIADS Speaker Series with Michael Esposito: Historical Redlining and Contemporary Racial Disparities in Neighborhood Life Expectancy
27 Jan

Join Michael Esposito, assistant professor of sociology, for a presentation on Historical Redlining and Contemporary Racial Disparities in Neighborhood Life...

MLK Jr. I Have a Deam (Digital) Vision Board Party with ABS
27 Jan

In collaboration with the Association of Black Students, please join us in creating digital vision boards reflecting your dreams and aspirations for 2023....

Friday, January 27 | 3:00 PM
Gayme Night
27 Jan

In partnership with Pride Alliance, come enjoy board games with CDI's LGBTQIA+ Team and student groups. Open to all LGBTQIA+ students, faculty, staff and...

Friday, January 27 | 5:00 PM

Friday, January 27