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Monday, March 6

Credit: Katherine Simone Reynolds
06 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
06 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
06 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
06 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'
06 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
06 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
06 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
06 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
06 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
06 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...

Community Commitments | Class 1 of Commit Series
06 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...

Monday, March 6 | 1:30 AM
Virtual Event
Donuts with the Vice Dean
06 Mar

Come to the Office of Grad Studies Suite and have coffee and donuts with Director of Grad Student Affairs, Andy Wiegert and Vice Dean of Graduate Education,...

Trademark Licensing Fair--Danforth Campus
06 Mar

The purpose of the fair is to help the WashU community become better acquainted with the standards and resources available through the Trademark Licensing...

Monday, March 6 | 11:00 AM
Enhancing Privacy-Preserving Interactions for Smart Device Users.
06 Mar

Jingjie Li Ph.D. Candidate Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Emerging smart devices, such as smart home...

Monday, March 6 | 11:30 AM
McKelvey 1020
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Eighteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Salon Event
06 Mar

The Eighteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Salon will host a joint presentation by Jürgen Overhoff, Professor of History at the University of Munster, and...

Fragmentology in Islamic Manuscripts: Gathering the Fragments of A Persian Book
06 Mar

Shiva Mihan, Visiting Lecturer, Washington University in Saint Louis

Gender-Affirming Care: Facts and Myths
06 Mar

A Discussion of Gender-Affirming Care: Facts and Myths Date: Monday, March 6, 2023 Time: 4:00-5:00 pm Location: Zoom Registration Required

Monday, March 6 | 4:00 PM
Virtual Event
It’s All About Communication: How Bacteria Coordinate Their Life Cycles
06 Mar

Paola Mera, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of IL-Urbana-Champaign

Grigsby Lecture
06 Mar

Alani Hicks-Bartlett, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and French Studies at Brown University, will give a lecture drawing on her comparative...

Monday, March 6 | 5:00 PM
Grigsby Lecture
06 Mar

Alani Hicks-Bartlett, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and French Studies at Brown University, will give a lecture titled "A Trace of Shadows...

The Objects that Remain: Criminal Evidence, Holocaust Artifacts and Work of Doing Justice
06 Mar

Building from her book, The Objects That Remain, Laura Levitt will consider the ways in which the material remains of violent crimes inform our experience...

Monday, March 6 | 5:00 PM
Dirk and the Chocolate Factory, designed by Anna & Eugeni Bach. La Bisbal, Girona, Spain. (Photo: Courtesy Anna & Eugeni Bach)
06 Mar

Anna and Eugeni Bach, the spring 2023 Ruth & Norman Moore Visiting Professors of Architecture, are founders of Anna & Eugeni Bach is an award-winning...

Monday, March 6