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Major gift strengthens Wash U's Shakespeare summer program
15+ hour, 49+ min ago (907+ words) Lesley Malin, AB "88, and Scott Helm, BSBA "87, of Baltimore, have made a $1. 35 million gift to support Wash U"s annual summer theater program at Shakespeare"s Globe Theatre in London, which is hosted by the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in…...
Help name the Wash U bear mascot
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (140+ words) Wash U invites students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends to help name the university's bear mascot, an enduring symbol of the university." "Organizers are looking for a name that will represent Wash U for years to come." Organizers encourage submitters…...
Midwestern Climate Collaborative receives 2026 AASHE sustainability award
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (265+ words) The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) recently gave the Midwest Climate Collaborative (MCC) a 2026 Campus Sustainability Achievement Award, one of its highest honors. The association recognized the MCC for outstanding achievements and progress in higher education…...
Wash U launches doctoral program in neuroengineering
5+ day, 54+ min ago (192+ words) The Mc Kelvey School of Engineering at Wash U, in collaboration with Wash U Medicine, plans to launch a doctoral program in neuroengineering in fall 2027 to train students who will drive new technologies and methods to study the brain and…...
Baer installed as Knight Family Professor
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (596+ words) Markus Baer, vice dean of executive education and professor of organizational behavior at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been installed as the Knight Family Professor. A ceremony took place Feb. 18 at the Charles F. Knight Center....
Celebrating William H. Danforth
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (264+ words) April 10 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of Wash U's most transformative leaders This Friday, April 10, marks 100 years since the birth of William H. Danforth, the transformative visionary who led Wash U from 1971 until 1995. During his tenure, Wash U…...
Mackey to deliver annual Brauer Lecture
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (384+ words) John Mackey, co-founder of Whole Foods Market, will deliver the keynote address for Wash U Olin Business School's annual Brauer Lecture Series. " The event will be held at 6 p. m. Tuesday, April 14, in Graham Chapel on Washington University in St. Louis' Danforth…...
The View From Here 04. 06. 26
1+ week, 2+ day ago (80+ words) Wash U to host April 7 polling place for county voters Thurtene to host 5 K April4 Leadership award named for Barry Rosenberg Mc Nally honored by Association of Governing Boards Ralph S. Quatrano, former dean of engineering, 84 Robots learn by imitating other robots…...
Mortimer installed as James Langenfeld Professor of Industrial Organization
1+ week, 5+ day ago (505+ words) Julie Holland Mortimer, a renowned applied microeconomics scholar, was installed as the inaugural James Langenfeld Professor of Industrial Organization in Wash U Arts & Sciences at a ceremony March 2. Mortimer joined Wash U's Department of Economics in 2025, arriving from the University…...
Leadership award named for Barry Rosenberg
1+ week, 6+ day ago (225+ words) The Jewish Federation of St. Louis has renamed its annual professional leadership achievement award in honor of Barry Rosenberg, a professor of practice at the Wash U Brown School. The award recognizes Rosenberg for his 37-year career in executive leadership…...