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Wednesday, February 15

50 Years of Title IX
15 Feb

In June 1972, Congress passed Title IX, prohibiting sex-based discrimination in any federal government-funded school or other educational programs. The 50...

Beauty in Enormous Bleakness: The Design Legacy of the Interned Generation of Japanese Americans
15 Feb

"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'
15 Feb

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

School of Medicine Composting Pilot Program
15 Feb

Was your New Year's resolution to be more sustainable? Here's an easy way to stick to it! WashU School of Medicine will be piloting a composting program at...

Shakespeare in Hand
15 Feb

Shakespeare’s words have become so famous that there is a quote for just about every circumstance or occasion. Though many miniature books feature an entire...

Mr. William Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies, 1685
15 Feb

"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....

Women in Innovation & Technology (WIT) Symposium
15 Feb

Join us for the 2023 Women in Innovation & Technology (WIT) Symposium! Keynotes, panelists and breakout sessions will provide insights and practical guidance...

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

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...

Love Data Week 2023: Data as an Organizing Tool: How Sharing Information Can Keep Us Accountable to Community and Coordinate Across Boundaries
15 Feb

Join us for a week of virtual presentations and workshops around all things data. Presented by Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University...

Wednesday, February 15 | 10:00 AM
Virtual Event
Navigating Difficult Conversations
15 Feb

In this interactive course with paired activities, small group exercises and large group discussion, participants will explore how navigating difficult...

Wednesday, February 15 | 10:00 AM
Virtual Event
Danforth Campus Toastmasters Club Returns February 1
15 Feb

WUSTL Speaks, the Danforth Campus Toastmasters club since 2014, meets every 1st and 3rd Wednesday, with the occasional 5 Wednsday being a socail meeting off...

Wednesday, February 15 | 12:00 PM
Simon Hall, 113
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Monthly Wellness Wednesdays: Let's Get Sleepy Session
15 Feb

Let’s Get Sleepy Session: A session chock full of tips and tricks to improve the quality of your sleep and get back to what it's meant for...healing and...

Resistance Requires Excellent Scholarship: Seeding a Vision for Change
15 Feb

In observance of 2023 Black History Month, Sean Joe will examine and provide a personal response to the September 1967 call to action by the then-only...

Wednesday, February 15 | 12:30 PM
Virtual Event
Physics Colloquium on Direct Detection of Dark Matter
15 Feb

Determining the nature of dark matter (DM), a mysterious ‘missing mass’ in the universe, is crucial to completing our models of cosmology and high-energy...

Wednesday, February 15 | 1:45 PM
ESE Dissertation Defense: Hongbo Luo
15 Feb

Human colorectal cancer and ovarian cancer remain the leading causes of cancer mortality. However, if diagnosed early, both cancer types have high patient...

Love Data Week 2023: How to Use the WashU DMPTool to Write a Data Management and Sharing Plan
15 Feb

Join us for a week of virtual presentations and workshops around all things data. Presented by Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University...

Wednesday, February 15 | 2:00 PM
Virtual Event
Genomics of Adaptation and Speciation in Emerging Model Clades
15 Feb

Abstract: I am an evolutionary biologist interested in the mechanisms and conditions driving (or constraining) the evolution of biological diversity. Like...

Wednesday, February 15 | 4:00 PM
Physics Colloquium on Atomic Arrays Coupled to Structured Light
15 Feb

Technological advances driven by modern experiments provide a context to examine fundamental questions in quantum physics. For example, the ability to...

Wednesday, February 15 | 4:00 PM
Black Student-Athlete Panel with Athletics
15 Feb

Join us to hear from Black student-athletes about their experiences on WashU teams and how they balance social, work and team life!

Wednesday, February 15 | 7:30 PM

Wednesday, February 15