Recent Events 13 Jan Peter Kastor – The Long, Strange Trip to Trump:Looking Back at the Presidencies of Your Lifetime and Pondering the Road Ahead January 13, 2025 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 10 Feb Rita Parai – Squeezing blood from a stone: How noble gasses record earth’s history as a planet February 10, 2025 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 9 Dec Vocal Spectrum – A Cappella Quartet December 9, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 11 Nov Tim Bono – Positive Psychology during a Pandemic: Perspectives on Mindset and Resilience November 11, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 14 Oct Barbara Schaal – Plants and people: An evolutionary story October 14, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 9 Sep Brian D. Carpenter – Enhancing Family Communication Across the Lifespan September 9, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 9 Apr Jennifer Reeves – Public Health Implications of Dobbs v Jackson April 9, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 11 Mar Gary Stormo – Artificial Intelligence: what, how, where, when March 11, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 12 Feb Chancellor Andrew D. Martin – Updates for Washington University in St. Louis February 12, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 8 Jan Leonard Slatkin – A musical life in his own words January 8, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 13 Nov Jim Wertsch – Russia, Putin, and the War in Ukraine November 13, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 6 Nov John Russell – Transitioning to Retirement: Tips from Retirees November 6, 2023 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm 9 Oct Jonathan Losos – Evolution of the House Cat October 9, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 11 Sep William Iseminger – The Rise and Demise of the Native American Cultures at Cahokia September 11, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 10 Apr Julia Sakharova – A Musician’s Journey: The Story of a Violinist April 10, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm 13 Mar Kenneth H. Winn – Sold Down the River: St. Louis, the Gateway to the Heart of Slavery March 13, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 13 Feb Michael S. Diamond – SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in the setting of emerging variants – Where do we go from here? February 13, 2023 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm via Zoom 9 Jan Gerald Early – Why are there Black Americans in America? January 9, 2023 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm via Zoom 12 Dec Deanna Barch – The enduring effects of poverty on brain development in children December 12, 2022 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm via Zoom 14 Nov Amanda Verma – Long COVID: A Cardiac Perspective November 14, 2022 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm via Zoom 10 Oct Timothy Holy – Social Communication with Chemical Signals October 10, 2022 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm via Zoom 12 Sep John Bowen – Justification, Performativity, and Islam in the anthropology of practical life September 12, 2022 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm via Zoom 11 Apr Rafia Zafar – Black Writers and the Harlem Renaissance April 11, 2022 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 14 Feb Henry Schvey – Tennessee Williams and Me: the Story Behind Blue Song February 14, 2022 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 10 Jan Robyn Klein January 10, 2022 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 13 Dec Strategic planning and the future of the University December 13, 2021 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm via Zoom Upcoming Events