Washington and Lee University
Lesbians, sex and incest, oh my! The 2009 Flournoy Playwright Festival features the works of Lucy Thurber, including Where We’re Born, which focuses on life in a small, working-class town, where “family relationships are maintained by a delicate balance between desire and dependency.” Where We’re Born runs from Thursday to Saturday, Nov. 5-7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Keller Theatre.
Washington and Lee University journalism professor Toni Locy, who spent 25 years covering legal issues for major newspapers, has created a course based on some of the great trials in American history.
Robin Fretwell Wilson, a professor of law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been named Class of 1958 Law Alumni Professor of Law.
Richard B. Freeman, Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University, will give a lecture in the Johnson Lecture Series at Washington and Lee University on Monday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Millhiser Moot Court Room in the Law School.
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Reynolds Visiting Professor Discusses Journalism's Future
W&L Poet Lesley Wheeler Interview on Vermont Radio Program
W&L Alumnus Alex Jones Discusses the Future of Newspapers
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Catharine A. MacKinnon Lectures on the Future of Gender
Robin F. Wilson Named to Chaired Professorship
Great Trials as a Teaching Tool
Harvard Economist Richard Freeman to Lecture at W&L on Shared Prosperity After Financial Crisis
W&L Symposium Examines Sports, Law and Media
Matt Simpson
If you missed W&L News Director Sarah Tschiggfrie’s news story about Washington and Lee sophomore Matt Simpson and his participation on the U.S. under-18 goalball team, you can catch up by watching WDBJ-TV’s report on Matt from Thursday night. Matt was interviewed last Friday during W&L’s Parents and Family Weekend, which allowed his parents to be part of the interview along with Chris Schall, director of the Fitness Center who has helped Matt train at W&L. Matt’s currently training to make the U.S. adult team for the 2012 Paralympics in London. You can watch the video on WDBJ’s Web site or below:
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