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Tuesday, March 28

Credit: Katherine Simone Reynolds
28 Mar

In 2021 the Washington University Libraries acquired the literary papers of Aaron Coleman. Coleman, a poet and translator, received his Master of Fine Arts...

2023 Open Education Week: WashU Student Advocacy for Access to Affordable Textbooks
28 Mar

Open Education Week raises awareness and highlights innovative open education successes worldwide every year. Open Education Week allows practitioners,...

50 Years of Title IX
28 Mar

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
28 Mar

"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'
28 Mar

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

Inherent Vice: Preserving Vulnerable Collections
28 Mar

Libraries and archives are stewards to immense collections threatened by building leaks, pest infestations, and their own inherent vices. The Inherent Vice...

School of Medicine Composting Pilot Program
28 Mar

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
28 Mar

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
28 Mar

"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....

WashU Earth Week 2023
28 Mar

Every year as the harbingers of spring arrive on campus, we start to think more about the earth around us. Annually, April 22 marks Earth Day, but we come to...

Women in Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine
28 Mar

Back by popular demand, this exhibit, in collaboration with the Academic Women's Network, features 22 women from the Washington University School of Medicine...

Data for Good: Driving Prosperity in the St. Louis Region
28 Mar

Many local organizations focus on driving innovation and economic prosperity in the St. Louis area. To date, there hasn’t been a data-driven methodology to...

Tuesday, March 28 | 7:30 AM
University Shield
28 Mar

BME Dissertation Defense: Punn Augsornworawat Presenting on “Development and Maturation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Pancreatic Islets” Read the...

Tuesday, March 28 | 9:00 AM
Virtual Event
Universitywide Blood Drive
28 Mar

The next University-Wide Blood Drive will take place in Umrath Lounge on the Danforth Campus. If you were previously deferred from donation, please visit...

Tuesday, March 28 | 9:00 AM
Microbiology Seminar Series
28 Mar

The Microbiology seminar series is held weekly during the academic year. Speakers present current research on pathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoa,...

Supporting Families to Promote Child Safety and Well-Being
28 Mar

Children require secure, nurturing, and safe environments in order to thrive and flourish. In this Open Classroom webinar, we will highlight micro and macro...

Tuesday, March 28 | 12:30 PM
Virtual Event
Community Commitments | Class 1 in the Commit Series 
28 Mar

What commitments has WashU made as an institution in pursuit of equity and inclusion? How does that promise impact staff and faculty in the workplace and...

University Shield
28 Mar

Presenting on “Cancer Assessment with Optical Imaging: Algorithms and Machine Learning” Read the full abstract. Shuying Li, PhD candidate, will defend...

Tuesday, March 28 | 3:00 PM
Francophone Week, 3ed.
28 Mar

Celebrated yearly in March, the International Francophonie Week is a worldwide celebration that reunites francophones to celebrate French language and...

Sheretta Butler-Barnes, PhD
28 Mar

On Tuesday, March 28 from 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m., the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement is hosting a Civic Skill Building Event about the role...

Tuesday, March 28 | 5:30 PM
Self Love Workshop and Art Space
28 Mar

In collaboration with Habif and Peer Health Educators, please join us for a workshop on self-love and de-stressing. There will be an art space! This is a...

Visiting Hurst Professor: Renee Gladman, Craft Talk
28 Mar

Professor Renee Gladman is the author of fourteen published works, including a cycle of novels about the city-state Ravicka and its inhabitants, the...

Tuesday, March 28 | 8:00 PM

Tuesday, March 28