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Obituary: Katrina Banks, of Office of Undergraduate Research, 31

3.1.18 |

Washington University in St. Louis faculty, staff and students are mourning the death of Katrina Banks, administrative coordinator for the Office of Undergraduate Research and a student in University College in Arts & Sciences. She was 31.

3.1.18

WashU Experts: Retail giants Dick’s, Walmart regulate where politicians won’t

3.1.18 |

Two U.S. retailers made moves this week to regulate their gun sales based on principle — moves that legislators failed to make in recent years despite public outcry following each incident in a line of mass-shooting tragedies. A pair of Washington University in St. Louis experts say that these actions represent “an expansion of corporate social responsibility,” even if the retailers financially may suffer amid something of a consumer backlash.

3.1.18

Chancellor's Concert March 2

2.27.18 |

The Washington University Choirs, Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra will join forces March 2 for the 2018 Chancellor’s Concert — the university’s largest musical event of the year.

2.26.18

Painting new pictures

2.26.18 |

The Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol is its physical and symbolic center, connecting the House of Representatives and Senate chambers and providing a setting for ceremonies such as presidential inaugurations and the lying in state of eminent persons. Scholar of early American literature Abram Van Engen tells the story of four historic paintings on display there and asks who and what they omit.

2.21.18

WashU Expert: Billy Graham leaves controversial legacy for the #MeToo generation

2.21.18 |

Half-century-old advice from Billy Graham, who died Feb. 21, was in line with cultural and sexual norms of the 1950s and later decades, when many of Graham’s contemporary evangelical preachers fell from grace after widely publicized extramarital affairs, says R. Marie Griffith, director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis.

2.21.18

Music and the spoken word

2.21.18 |

Poet Eileen G’Sell and guitarist William Lenihan will join pianist Jay Oliver and drummer Steve Davis for an evening of music and spoken word as part of the Jazz at Holmes Series.

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Obituary: Katrina Banks, of Office of Undergraduate Research, 31

Obituary: Katrina Banks, of Office of Undergraduate Research, 31

WashU Experts: Retail giants Dick’s, Walmart regulate where politicians won’t

WashU Experts: Retail giants Dick’s, Walmart regulate where politicians won’t

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