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Tuesday, March 7

Credit: Katherine Simone Reynolds
07 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
07 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
07 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
07 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'
07 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
07 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
07 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
07 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
07 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
07 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...

Missouri Statewide Tornado Drill
07 Mar

The 2023 Annual Missouri Statewide Tornado Drill will be held on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 10 am. This is an opportunity for the WashU community to practice...

Tuesday, March 7 | 10:00 AM
Virtual Event
Trademark Licensing Fair--Medical Campus
07 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...

Microbiology Seminar Series
07 Mar

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

The Current State of Missouri’s Overdose Crisis and Recent Mitigation Strategies
07 Mar

This March we welcome Rachel Winograd to Brown Lounge for Public Health Speaker Series. She will give a talk called "The Current State of Missouri’s Overdose...

Tuesday, March 7 | 12:00 PM
Scroll of Esther. By Chefallen - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18256391
07 Mar

The joyous holiday of Purim is celebrated by hearing the scroll of Esther chanted. Join Rabbi Novack of Chabad to listen to the scroll being chanted during...

Olin Building
07 Mar

Join us to learn more about the scholarship opportunities available to you as a Washington University employee. You will hear from the Director of Financial...

Tuesday, March 7 | 1:00 PM
Scroll of Esther. By Chefallen - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18256391
07 Mar

The joyous holiday of Purim is celebrated by hearing the scroll of Esther chanted. Join Rabbi Novack of Chabad to listen to the scroll being chanted during...

MEMS Seminar: Aaron Blanchard, PhD
07 Mar

Aaron Blanchard, Postdoctoral Associate at Duke University, will present his seminar titled, "Towards Live-Cell, Single Molecule Mapping of Piconewton-Scale...

Civic Café: Civil Disobedience
07 Mar

What would you do for something you care about? How far are you willing to go to enact the social change you want to see? What actions are you willing to...

Tuesday, March 7 | 5:30 PM
Movie poster for "Why Is Mona Lisa Smiling? The Re-imagination of the Corporation" shows a photo of the Mona Lisa's eyes behind a city skyline, above a row of photos of leading business CEOs.
07 Mar

Join the WashU Alumni Association and Power of Arts & Sciences for a look at the current state of the modern corporation and a glimpse of what the future...

Tuesday, March 7 | 6:00 PM

Tuesday, March 7