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Thursday, February 16

50 Years of Title IX
16 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
16 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'
16 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
16 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
16 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
16 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....

Washington University College Republicans
16 Feb

Join us for fun, pizza-filled discussions on current events each Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in DUC 232.

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 6:30 AM
Black History Month
16 Feb

Perspectives seeks to provide space for participants to share experiences and build muscles for listening, understanding, empathy and dialogue across...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Virtual Event
Digital Transformation Coffee Hour
16 Feb

Curious about WashU's new Digital Transformation initiative? Have ideas? Want to get involved? Every Thursday, you can join Philip R.O. Payne, Digital...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 9:30 AM
WUSM Farmers Market
16 Feb

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

Love Data Week 2023: Qualitative Data Sharing: Roadmap and Resources to Facilitate Responsible and Ethical Data Sharing
16 Feb

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

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 11:00 AM
Virtual Event
Weidenbaum Center Public Policy Meeting
16 Feb

A lively discussion among Washington University faculty, special guets, and the audience. Topics will include current issues in the news, as well as the...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 12:00 PM
Virtual Event
Social Work and Human Service Leadership: The Disconnect and Strategies Forward
16 Feb

Social workers embody purpose, values and vision – which are the foundations of leadership. Yet social workers are under-represented in the leadership of...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 12:30 PM
Virtual Event
Fan Cui
16 Feb

Fan Cui, Postdoctoral Associate in the Center for Soft Matter Research at New York University, will present her seminar titled, "Understanding and...

Love Data Week 2023: MDClone Workshop – Making a Love Connection between You and the Data of Your Dreams, Faster
16 Feb

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

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 3:00 PM
Virtual Event
Subaltern Epistemologies of Health: Collaborative Ethnographies from Colombia
16 Feb

In the first part I will present the results of over 10-years of collaborative work conducted at the oldest child and maternity hospital in Colombia. Along...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 4:00 PM
The Deaf Shoemaker:  Ability, Disability, and Daily Life in the Sixteenth Century
16 Feb

This lecture will focus on Jacob Baum's work on researching a deaf shoemaker named Sebastian Fisher who chronicled his attempts to cure his disability in...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 4:00 PM
The Potential for the Weaponization of Water in a Changing Climate
16 Feb

We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 4:00 PM
“For when you speak, I no longer understand” (Soph. Aj. 1262): Unraveling of Communication and Dissolution of Binaries in the Finale of Sophocles’ Ajax
16 Feb

Sophocles’ Ajax contains a notorious compositional crux: the hero dies mid-play, and the last third of the tragedy is occupied with drawn-out verbal...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 6:00 PM
Virtual Event
Fall 23 Master Student Information Session
16 Feb

Interested in learning about the research opportunities available to Master's students in Electrical & Systems Engineering as well as possible fellowship...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 7:00 PM
Virtual Event
The Black Rep presents 'The Light'
16 Feb

The St. Louis Black Repertory Company continues its 46th Season with The Light by Loy A. Webb. Previews begin Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at the Hotchner...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 7:00 PM
Visiting Hurst Professor: Cedar Sigo, Reading
16 Feb

Professor Cedar Sigo was raised on the Suquamish Reservation in the Pacific Northwest and studied at The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 8:00 PM
WU Cinema Presents: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
16 Feb

A heart-stopping love story. (2018, USA, 119 min) Directed by Barry Jenkins Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) adapts James Baldwin’s 1974 novel chronicling two...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 8:00 PM

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