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Friday, March 31

'The Little Things' Art Exhibition
31 Mar

What do you think about when you hear “The Little Things”? Love? Grassroots Organizing? Micro-plastics? The Little Things is a multimedia art exhibit...

Credit: Katherine Simone Reynolds
31 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
31 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
31 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
31 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'
31 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
31 Mar

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

Neurodiversity Workshop Series
31 Mar

This four-part series is open to all WashU students and sponsored by The College of Arts & Sciences, Olin Business School, McKelvey School of Engineering,...

Friday, March 31 | 12:00 AM
School of Medicine Composting Pilot Program
31 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
31 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
31 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
31 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
31 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...

Global Health at Washington University: Here and Next — Day Two
31 Mar

The 9th Annual Global Health Conference will bring the Washington University community together to highlight and catalyze global health activities which...

Data Sharing for Federally Funded Researchers
31 Mar

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently put out a memo stating that all federally funded, scientific data needs to be shared...

Francophone Week, 3ed.
31 Mar

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

African Modernism in America
31 Mar

Organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Fisk University Galleries, African Modernism in America is the first major traveling exhibition to...

Dr. Jun Wang, University of Iowa
31 Mar

Jun Wang, James E. Ashton Professor College of Engineering Interim Chair, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Assistant Director, Iowa...

Friday, March 31 | 11:00 AM
ESE Seminar: Jakub Szefer
31 Mar

As Quantum Computer device research continues to advance rapidly, there are also advances at the other levels of the computer system stack that involve these...

Torkwase Dyson: Bird and Lava
31 Mar

Torkwase Dyson’s artwork engages urgent issues regarding architecture, infrastructure, and the social and political impacts of the climate crisis—bringing...

Institute for Informatics (I2) 2023 Annual Scientific Symposium
31 Mar

Join the Institute for Informatics (I2) for the Annual Scientific Symposium — back in-person at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, for the first time...

Building Bridges not Walls: Applying Lessons from Contemplative Science to Enhance Equity and Inclusion in the Classroom, Clinic and Beyond
31 Mar

Take part in the fifth lecture of the Mindfulness and Anti-Racism series with an in-person presentation by Doris Chang. The talk will be recorded and...

Diversity Perspectives: Diversity Is the Future of Work
31 Mar

A conversation with Emily Chang In virtually every industry, products are now capable of reaching billions of people from all different kinds of...

Friday, March 31 | 12:00 PM
Virtual Event
Expansion is Underway: CHW C.O.R.E - Creating Opportunities for Resiliency and Equity
31 Mar

Please join members of the St Louis Community Health Worker Coalition (STLCHWC) as they share progress, to date, leading a social impact effort within the...

Friday, March 31 | 12:00 PM
Virtual Event
Mindfulness Science and Practice
31 Mar

Mindfulness Science and Practice- a collaboration with the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures- will host Doris Chang, Associate Professor in the NYU...

Friday, March 31 | 12:00 PM
Public Humanities Workshop, Part 2: A Forum for Practitioners with Malinda Maynor Lowery
31 Mar

This hands-on workshop is designed for individuals or small teams currently engaged in public-facing work in the humanities. A Washington University...

Fox Fridays: Intro to Hossfeld Bender
31 Mar

The Hossfeld Bender is one of the school’s least used tools, but possibly, one of it’s most versatile. The Hossfeld is one of our only tools whose operation...

Imaging Sciences Pathway Retreat
31 Mar

Undergraduate students, graduate students, trainees, research assistants/associates, and postdoctoral researchers from all departments are invited to present...

Careers in the Entertainment Industry
31 Mar

Join us as Washington University Alumni come together to discuss their experiences within the entertainment industry. All aspects of the business will be...

Coffee and Conversation with Kemper Art Museum
31 Mar

In collaboration with Kemper Art Museum, join museum educators in an interactive tour of Torkwase Dyson: Bird and Lava (2020). The tour will highlight this...

Latin American Film Festival @ WashU
31 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...

Tina Post: 'On the Aesthetics of Black Inexpressionism'
31 Mar

In her book Deadpan, Tina Post argues that inexpression is a gesture that acquires distinctive meanings in concert with blackness, and that the performance...

Friday, March 31