A guide to events on our campuses.

Assembly Series

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McKelvey School of Engineering

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Events

Thursday, November 2

Adam Pendleton: To Divide By
02 Nov

“What is your name?” “Where are you from?” “How did you end up here?” “Can you feel it?” “Does it hurt?” With these and other questions, the American artist...

Cabaret
02 Nov

Join us for a raucous and risqué revival of Kander and Ebb’s musical masterpiece. Set in the chaotic world of Weimar Berlin, Cabaret is a phantasmagorical...

Thursday, November 2 | 12:00 AM
Chris Jackson and Chrystal Jackson: 'Somewhere in the Stars'
02 Nov

Washington University in St. Louis alumnus (1981) Chris Jackson authored and produced numerous musical shows and productions in St. Louis, the Midwest, and...

Domesticated Pulp: Archie Publications and the Comics Code
02 Nov

For over 50 years, the Comics Code Authority enforced its Seal of Approval, a set of self-imposed guidelines used to judge comics as appropriate for all...

MADness Unleashed: The World of MAD Magazine
02 Nov

The MADness Unleashed exhibition is an overview of MAD Magazine and its place within American culture. The exhibition is highlighted by original art and...

Secret Sciences: The Hidden Arts of Alchemy
02 Nov

In the popular imagination, alchemy is often synonymous with the transmutation of lead into gold. But while this was certainly one of the alchemists’ goals,...

The Assembled Playwright: Harley Hammerman’s Eugene O’Neill Collection
02 Nov

The Assembled Playwright exhibition presents highlights from the Harley Hammerman Collection on Eugene O’Neill. The exhibition includes manuscripts,...

Fire & Freedom: 'Food and Enslavement in Early America'
02 Nov

The traveling exhibition from the NLM explore ways in which meals can tell us how power is exchanged between and among different peoples, races, genders and...

BME Seminar: David Bundy, PhD
02 Nov

Presenting on “Towards Neuroprosthetic Applications for Stroke: Understanding Neurophysiological Correlates of Post-stroke Motor Recovery”. David Bundy,...

Disorderly Materials / Contingent Objects
02 Nov

Over the past two decades, several philosophers, art theorists, and cultural critics have turned their attention to the study of matter. Philosopher Jane...

EEPS Colloquium: Lars Hansen
02 Nov

Lars Hansen, Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota

Thursday, November 2 | 11:30 AM
Power Lunch & Learn: Cultivating Executive Presence
02 Nov

What does it take to cultivate executive presence and "show up" professionally and intentionally? It seems to be an asset for advancing to leadership roles...

Thursday, November 2 | 12:00 PM
Virtual Event
Danforth Staff Council Forum
02 Nov

The Danforth Staff Council will hold its fall forum. Topics will include benefits and institutional equity. Please register and submit questions in...

Thursday, November 2 | 2:00 PM
Dr. Jingcheng Ma , postdoctoral scholar with Professor Bozhi Tian at the Chemistry Department of the University of Chicago
02 Nov

Postdoctoral scholar with Professor Bozhi Tian at the Chemistry Department of the University of Chicago. Precise surface engineering for advanced...

Moral Stance-Independence.
02 Nov

Robust moral realist views maintain that morality is objective. Part of what it is for morality to be objective, realists claim, is for there to be a range...

Thursday, November 2 | 4:00 PM
Taxonomy of Salicaceae of Madagascar: Implications for conservation
02 Nov

Wendy Applequist, Missouri Botanical Garden, will present this Living Earth Collaborative/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar. Please use the following...

Thursday, November 2 | 4:00 PM
Taxonomy of Salicaceae of Madagascar: Implications for conservation
02 Nov

We will no longer be hosting a live YouTube channel, instead a zoom recording of the talk will be posted after the seminar.

Thursday, November 2 | 4:00 PM
Zotero – Beyond the Basics
02 Nov

This workshop will build on the information learned in the “Citing Simplified Using Zotero” workshop to take your use of Zotero to the next level. Free and...

Drawing at the Margins: A Black Cartoonist’s Journey Through the Arts
02 Nov

Join us for the keynote address of Blind Spots: 13th Annual Illustration Research Symposium, featuring Charles Johnson. The award-winning and prolific...

Lecture: 'Adam Pendleton: Here Is Your Language'
02 Nov

Adrienne Edwards, Engell Speyer Family Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Whitney Museum of American Art, provides an overview of Adam...

Visiting Hurst Professor: Timothy Donnelly, Reading
02 Nov

Washington University Department of English is proud to welcome Visiting Hurst Professor, Timothy Donnelly. Timothy Donnelly’s most recent book of poetry is...

Thursday, November 2 | 8:00 PM

Thursday, November 2