 Sporting a Washington University sweatshirt and projected onto two giant screens, Microsoft founder and CEO Bill Gates addresses 3,500 students packing the Field House Oct. 13. He told his audience that the current state of computer technology is "like the Gold Rush, with all that energy and excitement ... it's a great time to be going out into the job market." |
Colin Powell to be here for Founders DayGen. Colin L. Powell, former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, will deliver the keynote address at this year's Founders Day celebration Nov. 7 at America's Center in downtown St. Louis. Sponsored by the Washington University Alumni Association, Founders Day is the annual commemoration of the University's founding in 1853. The program will include Powell's address and the presentation of the Distinguished Faculty Awards, the Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Board of Trustees' Robert S. Brookings Awards. Cocktails and dinner will precede the program. Powell's U.S. Army career spans 35 years and includes leadership positions under three presidents. From 1989 to 1993 he served as the 12th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest military position in the Department of Defense. |
WUTV broadcasts Gates talk liveBy David MoessnerOn autumn Saturdays, junior Mike Sholiton is a surehanded wide receiver for the football Bears. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, however, he quarterbacked a different winning endeavor. At the helm of an eight-person Washington University Television (WUTV) crew, Sholiton served as producer for the fledgling station's live broadcast of an address by Bill Gates, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp. |
Network study of families continues with added grantBy Nancy BeltA two-year $1,375,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will provide continued funding for a national research network concerned with America's families, co-chaired by Robert A. Pollak, Ph.D., the Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics in Arts and Sciences and the John M. Olin School of Business. The Network on the Family and the Economy, researching the future of families in today's economy, includes nine leading scholars in economics, sociology, developmental psychology and public policy from major research universities nationwide. |
Cancer Center plans unfold; added funding is providedBy Barbra Rodriguez | |
| Timothy J. Eberlein, M.D., interim director of the Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the School of Medicine, provided an update on the center's developments to a standing-room only crowd at an Oct. 7 town hall meeting in a seminar room at the Eric P. Newman Conference Center. Eberlein gave an overview of the three-year strategic plan for the center and updates on developments for its new facilities, scheduled to open in the fall of 2001. He reported that an agreement has been reached by the medical school, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and BJC Health System to provide about $28 million to support Cancer Center planning and programs. |
 An illustration of the first floor lobby area of the Ambulatory Care/Cancer Center. The facilities are scheduled to open on the southwest corner of Forest Park Parkway and Euclid Avenue in fall 2001. Plans to enhance clinical, educational and research endeavors at the Cancer Center and funding support of $28 million were recently discussed at a town hall meeting. |
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