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Friday, March 3

Credit: Katherine Simone Reynolds
03 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
03 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
03 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
03 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'
03 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
03 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
03 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
03 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...

The Oresteia
03 Mar

The House of Atreus is burdened by an old curse and trapped in a cycle of retributive violence. How can justice be achieved without piling new crimes on top...

Friday, March 3 | 12:00 AM
Mr. William Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies, 1685
03 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....

Women in Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine
03 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...

Introduction to Text Mining with HathiTrust Research Center
03 Mar

Join us to learn about the principles of text mining using the HathiTrust Research Center’s computational text analysis tools. Topics include text mining and...

COCA  Presents : Artful Speaker Workshop
03 Mar

Speak the Speech: The second workshop segment engages participants in exercises from the world of theater; the actor’s craft. Participants experiment with...

Friday, March 3 | 11:00 AM
TRIADS Speaker Series: "Understanding” and prediction: Disentangling meaning extraction and predictive processes in humans and AI
03 Mar

Join Allyson Ettinger, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, the University of Chicago, for a presentation on "understanding” and prediction:...

Fox Fridays: Space as Sound / Sound as Space
03 Mar

Space as Sound / Sound as Space focuses on recording and editing short sound compositions, exploring spatial qualities of sound and sonic properties of...

Colloquium in Honor of Pascal Ifri:  Narrative Space
03 Mar

French Section Colloquium in Honor of Pascal Ifri. Open to all RLL members and invited guests. Friday, March 3, 3:00-5:00 p.m. French Section Colloquium in...

Friday, March 3 | 3:00 PM
Looking at the Creative Process Through the Lens of Scenic Design
03 Mar

Based on his 30 years of experience in stage design, exhibit design, art direction for film, and theme park and industrial design, Robert Mark Morgan's talk...

Latin American Film Festival @ WashU
03 Mar

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures is proud to present the Latin American Film Festival @ WashU. This spring, we will be screening five...

Affordable housing project in Santa Monica, California designed by Atelier Cory Henry which replaces a cluster of industrial buildings adjacent to the Metro line. The seven-story project has over 70 apartments, with a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 450-900 square feet. (Photo: Courtesy Atelier Cory Henry)
03 Mar

Cory Henry is the principal of the award-winning Los Angeles-based namesake atelier, Atelier Cory Henry. Henry’s approach to design integrates research and...

NCAA Tournament: WashU vs. Coe College
03 Mar

The Bears men's basketball team will host the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament. The team tips off against Coe at 6:55 p.m. Friday, March 3. ...

Friday, March 3 | 6:55 PM

Friday, March 3