Explaining neighborhood success
Why do some St. Louis neighborhoods rebound while others languish? That’s the question that will be at the forefront of a talk presented by Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration at Washington University in St. Louis, and Todd Swanstrom, PhD, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed
Professor in Community Collaboration and Public Policy at the University of Missouri St. Louis. That lecture, “Neighborhood Change in the St. Louis Region Since 1970: What Explains Neighborhood Success” takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, in the Lee Auditorium of the Missouri History Museum.
Collaborative project and website shed new light on slavery ‘Freedom Suits’ (VIDEO)
The ability to access, search, and interact with legal case documents that record the freedom suits of former slaves is now just a browser click away, thanks to a major initiative of the Digital Library Services unit of Washington University Libraries. The Libraries secured funding for the project from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, with the Missouri History Museum as an institutional partner. (VIDEO)
Community forum on U.S. prison system offered Nov. 8
A group of Washington University students, in collaboration with the Missouri History Museum and Gephardt Institute of Public Service, will present a two-part community forum on the evolution of the U.S. prison-industrial complex titled “The Criminal Brand: America’s Invisible Class,” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8 at the Missouri History Museum.
Webber to participate in Great Debate exploring regional economic development
Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration at Washington University in St. Louis, will participate on a panel to discuss strategies for economic development in the St. Louis region in the second installation of St. Louis Great Debates at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, at the Missouri History Museum.
Diversity advocate Kip Fulbeck asks: What are you?
The face of America is changing rapidly, and Kip Fulbeck hopes that this change will lead Americans to explore the meaning of racial identity and challenge old ethnic stereotypes. Fulbeck will offer his insights at the Assembly Series program, “What Are You? The Changing Face of America,” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, in Graham Chapel.
Exhibition on race: Are we so different?
The exhibition “RACE: Are We So Different?” opened at the Missouri History Museum in January. The exhibition — which focuses on the history of race, the role of science in that history, and race in modern society — is free to Washington University faculty, staff and students through Feb. 27.