W&L Hosts 12th National Symposium of Theater in Academe
Washington and Lee University will welcome visitors from around the world to its 12th National Symposium of Theater in Academe on March 26-28. This year's symposium, "Displacements, Frontiers and...
View ArticleW&L Fulbright Student Who Observed Ukrainian Revolution to Speak April 1
A Washington and Lee University alumnus who lived a year in Kyiv, Ukraine, as a Fulbright scholar observing the Ukrainian Revolution unfold will give a public lecture on "Ukraine in Crisis: A Witness...
View ArticleW&L's Drumbl on CNN.com: "The Truth About Child Soldiers"
Mark Drumbl, the Class of 1975 Alumni Professor and director of the Transnational Law Institute at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, published a March 19 opinion piece, "The Truth About...
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Dr. Guy Merritt was raised in Buena Vista, Virginia, served in World War II, graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1944 and has practiced dentistry in Roanoke, in the Grandin Village area,...
View ArticleJerry Greenfield, of Ben & Jerry's Fame, to Speak at W&L
Jerry Greenfield, of Ben and Jerry's ice cream fame, will speak at Washington and Lee University on March 23 at 7 p.m. in Evans Hall. The event, sponsored by Contact, is co-sponsored by the J. Lawrence...
View ArticleJonathan Berkey to Give Lecture on "Jihad, Crusade and the New World...
Jonathan Berkey, the James B. Duke Professor of International Studies and chair of the History Department at Davidson College, will give a lecture at Washington and Lee University on March 25, at 5...
View ArticleW&L Dance Company Performs in New York City
The W&L Repertory Dance Company performed a partial preview of their annual winter concert on March 14 in the Center for Performance Research, a contemporary performance laboratory in Williamsburg,...
View ArticleBusiness Administration Professor Receives President's Award from the...
Jeffrey Shay, Johnson Professor of Leadership and Entrepreneurship at Washington and Lee University, was honored with the Western Academy of Management's Joan G. Dahl President's Award at the group's...
View ArticleW&L Librarian Emeritus Maurice D. Leach Jr. Dies at 91
Maurice D. Leach Jr., who headed the library at Washington and Lee University from 1968 to 1985, died on March 21, in Lexington. He was 91.
View ArticleGuy Caldwell '86 Named a Distinguished Professor
Guy Caldwell, who graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1986, has been named a University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Alabama.
View ArticleLecture at W&L by CUNY Philosophy Professor Jesse Prinz
Jesse Prinz, a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and director of Interdisciplinary Science Studies at the City University of New York, Graduate Center, will give a lecture at Washington and Lee...
View ArticleSenior Theses Exhibition to Run from March 30 to April 10 in Staniar Gallery
Six Washington and Lee University studio art students will present their senior projects in an exhibition that opens at Staniar Gallery on March 30. The show will be on view through April 10.
View ArticleDavid Westin to Deliver Lewis F. Powell Jr. Lecture
David Westin, former president of ABC News and a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, will speak on "Citizen Lewis Powell" for the thirteenth annual Lewis F. Powell Jr. Lecture.
View ArticleW&L's Drumbl Gives Tax Advice on WalletHub
Michelle Drumbl, associate clinical professor of law and director of the Tax Clinic in Washington and Lee's School of Law, gives advice on WalletHub to people who do not have the funds to pay their tax...
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland English Professor to Lecture at W&L
Kellie Robertson, associate professor of English at the University of Maryland, will give a lecture at Washington and Lee University on March 31, at 5 p.m. in the Hillel House. This is the new date,...
View ArticleSheri Fink, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist and Author, to Deliver Fishback...
Sheri Fink, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who has reported on health care crises around the world, will deliver this year's Fishback Visiting Writer lecture at Washington and Lee...
View ArticleW&L's David Sukow to Lecture on Coping with Chaos in his Inaugural...
David W. Sukow, professor of physics and engineering at Washington and Lee University, will give his inaugural lecture marking his appointment as the Robert Lee Telford Professor of Physics and...
View ArticleMitchell '17 Wins Phi Beta Kappa's Goehring Award
At its March 19 convocation, the Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Washington and Lee University gave Stephen C. Mitchell Jr. '17 the Phi Beta Kappa J. Brown Goehring Sophomore Award.
View ArticleWhat's Up in Lexington/Rockbridge, A 40th to Remember
Here's the next installment of our roundup of events in the Lexington and Rockbridge area, compiled by 3L Hannah Shtein. Just read it! Tons of good stuff to do!
View ArticleW&L Magazine, Winter 2015: Vol. 91 | No. 1
In This Issue: An Outlaw Trade: Alumni Writers Discuss Their Craft Washington and Lee University Annual Financial Report, 2013-2014 General Stats By the Numbers: Dick Duchossois '44 Speak What W&L...
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