• New W&L Accounting Courses Teach International Standards
  Lexington, Virginia • March 10, 2010 -- A $50,000 grant from PricewaterhouseCoopers Charitable Foundation has enabled W&L's accounting department to create a series of courses that teach the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in parallel with the regular accounting classes covering U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (U.S. GAAP).
• International Investment Disputes Focus of Washington and Lee and United Nations Joint Conference
  Lexington, Virginia • March 18, 2010 -- On March 29, academics, governments, practitioners, investors, and representatives from international and non-governmental organizations from around the world will meet at Washington and Lee University School of Law (W&L) in Lexington, Virginia for a symposium to explore the prevention and efficient management of investment treaty disputes. The symposium is a joint effort between W&L and UNCTAD.
• Real-World Advertising
  W&L Students Assist Natural Bridge With Its Marketing
  Lexington, Virginia • March 17, 2010 -- Students in Washington and Lee course on "Art and Business" created a marketing plan for the Natural Bridge of Virginia.
• Melissa Meriam Bullard Delivers Talk on “The Secrets of a Renaissance Merchant in his 'Studiolo'”
  Lexington, Virginia • March 17, 2010 -- Melissa Meriam Bullard, professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will deliver a lecture at Washington and Lee University on “The Secrets of a Renaissance Merchant in his Studiolo” on Friday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library.
• Law Alumnus, Army Reservist to Discuss Rule of Law in Afghanistan
  Lexington, Virginia • March 16, 2010 -- On Wednesday, March 17, Washington and Lee School of Law alumnus Kevin Rardin '84L will speak about the rule of law in Afghanistan and his experiences as an attorney working for Lawyers without Borders.
• W&L Writer-in-Residence R.T. Smith to Give Reading
  Lexington, Virginia • March 16, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University’s Writer-in-Residence R. T. Smith will give a reading from some of his own works on Wednesday, March 24, at 4:30 p.m. in Staniar Gallery, Wilson Hall.
• Bunnell, Browning Recognized at Celebrating Student Success Reception
  Lexington, Virginia • March 16, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University senior Natalie Bunnell and junior Christopher Browning will be recognized at the Celebrating Student Success (CSS) monthly reception on Wednesday, March 17, from 2-4 p.m. in the Elrod Commons Living Room.
• Washington and Lee University Hosts High School ChoralFest Concert
  Lexington, Virginia • March 16, 2010 -- The music department at Washington and Lee University will conclude a full day of music with the first High School ChoralFest Concert on Saturday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the Wilson Concert Hall.
• W&L to Test Emergency Notification System on March 16
  Lexington, Virginia • March 12, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University will participate in Virginia's statewide tornado drill on Tuesday, Mar. 16, by testing the University's emergency notification system.
• Student-Faculty Symposia Promote the Joy of Learning
  Lexington, Virginia • March 12, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University students in pursuit of graduation pack their schedules to fulfill their requirements. Naturally, they study subjects for which they have a passion during the march to a degree. Some students, however, seek intellectual stimulation not only for academic credit, but for the pure pleasure of learning.
• Founding Chairman of ESPN Stuart Evey to Share Inside Story of Its Beginning
  Lexington, Virginia • March 11, 2010 -- Founding chairman of ESPN and author Stuart Evey will give a lecture on the story of ESPN’s beginnings on Thursday, March 18, at 5 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons at Washington and Lee University.
• Classicist Andrew Wallace-Hadrill to Lecture About Preserving the Past Buried by Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
  Lexington, Virginia • March 11, 2010 -- Classicist and a Roman social and cultural historian Dr. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, M.A., D.Phil., O.B.E., director of the Herculaneum Conservation Project and master of Sidney Sussex College in England, will lecture at Washington and Lee University on Tuesday, March 23, at 7 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater in the Elrod Commons.
• Curious George Tests Students at Speed Reading
  W&L First Book Program Raises Funds
  Lexington, Virginia • March 10, 2010 -- During Speed Read Week at Washington and Lee University, students compete to see how many words in the children's book, Curious George, they could read aloud in 15 seconds. The winners were local school children who benefit from Speed Read's sponsor, W&L's chapter of First Book.
• Reed Bolton Byrum to Give Keynote Address for 49th Institute of Media Ethics
  Lexington, Virginia • March 9, 2010 -- Reed Bolton Byrum, former president and CEO of the Public Relations Society of America, will give the keynote address for Washington and Lee University’s 49th Institute on Media Ethics on Friday, March 12, at 5:30 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.
• Science, Journalism Profs Join Forces to Teach Space Travel
  Lexington, Virginia • March 8, 2010 -- How are new college courses created? In the case of Topics in Public Science: Space Travel, at Washington and Lee University, it all started at a brown bag lunch hosted by W&L's journalism department in 2004.
• Robert L. Wolke to Address W&L’s Phi Beta Kappa Convocation
  Lexington, Virginia • February 19, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University will induct students into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society at its Phi Beta Kappa/Society of the Cincinnati Convocation on Wednesday, March 10, at 11:45 a.m. in Lee Chapel.
• Novelist Porochista Khakpour to Give W&L Glasgow Reading
  Lexington, Virginia • March 1, 2010 -- Novelist Porochista Khakpour, who teaches fiction at Bucknell University, will give a reading for her work on Thursday, March 18, at 7 p.m. in Room 345 in Elrod Commons at Washington and Lee University.
• Mountain Photographer Shows Changes Over 50 Years in Mt. Everest Region
  Lexington, Virginia • March 1, 2010 -- Mountain geographer and climber Alton Byers, famous for capturing on camera 50 years of climate change in the Everest region of the Himalayas, will give a talk on Thursday, March 18, at 7 p.m. in the Leyburn Library’s Northen Auditorium at Washington and Lee University.
• Chemistry Professor Marcia France to Give Herwick Professorship of Chemistry Inaugural Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • February 25, 2010 -- Marcia France, professor of chemistry at Washington and Lee University, will give the Herwick Professorship of Chemistry Inaugural Lecture on Wednesday, March 17, at 7 p.m. in Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library. A reception will follow in the Northen Lobby.
• Legal Ethics Expert Stephen Pepper to Lecture on Lawyers’ Ethics at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • February 25, 2010 -- Stephen Pepper, professor of law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, will lecture on lawyers’ ethics during the 32nd Legal Ethics Institute at Washington and Lee University. His talk will be on Friday, March 19, at 5 p.m. in Classroom B of Sydney Lewis Hall.
• 9/11 Terror Trial Judge to Speak on High Profile Trials
  Lexington, Virginia • March 5, 2010 -- On Tuesday, March 16, the Hon. Leonie M. Brinkema, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, will deliver the 2010 Tucker Lecture at Washington and Lee University School of Law. The title of her talk is "Managing Perfect Storms: A Judicial Perspective on the Challenges Presented by High Visibility Cases."
• Shenandoah Turns 60 and Turns a Corner
  Lexington, Virginia • March 5, 2010 -- This spring, Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review, celebrates one milestone and prepares for another. First comes the 60th anniversary issue of the journal, a tribute to writer Flannery O'Connor. And then comes a change, when Shenandoah shifts from print to Web.
• Rockbridge County Model United Nations Conference Held at W&L This Weekend
  Lexington, Virginia • March 3, 2010 -- The Rockbridge County Model United Nations Conference, which is hosted by Washington and Lee University and staffed completely by W&L students, will be held on Friday, March 5, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, March 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the W&L Law School.
• Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Walter Kansteiner III to Speak at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • March 2, 2010 -- Walter H. Kansteiner III, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003, will be Executive-in-Residence in the Williams School at Washington and Lee University on March 11-12. He will give a lecture on Thursday, March 11, at 5 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater in Elrod Commons.
• Seventh Annual Tom Wolfe Lecture/Seminar Features Writer Jeannette Walls
  Lexington, Virginia • March 1, 2010 -- Writer Jeannette Walls will present the keynote remarks of Washington and Lee University’s seventh annual Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar on Friday, March 12, at 4 p.m. in Lee Chapel.
• "Chicago" Will Bring Murder, Greed and Corruption to the Lenfest Stage
  Lexington, Virginia • March 1, 2010 -- The department of theater and dance at Washington and Lee University will present the musical "Chicago" on March 11-14, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. in the Keller Theatre in Lenfest Hall.
• ODAC Champion Generals Open NCAA Tournament at Christopher Newport
  Lexington, Virginia • February 21, 2010 -- Washington and Lee's Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship women's basketball team opens play in the NCAA Division III tournament Friday (March 5) at 7:30 p.m. against Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va.
• W&L Lecture Examines Conservation in Mexico
  Lexington, Virginia • February 22, 2010 -- A lecture on conservation titled "Where are the Parks? Great Ideas, Cultural Contexts, and Conservation in Mexico" will be presented by Emily Wakild, assistant professort of history at Wake Forest University, on Thursday, March 4, at Washington and Lee University.
• 75th Anniversary Production of George Gershwins’ "Porgy and Bess" to be Presented at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • February 23, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University’s Lenfest Center, Concert Guild and the Class of ’64 join together to present the 75th anniversary tour of George Gershwin’s "Porgy and Bess" on Monday, March 22 and Tuesday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Keller Theatre.
• NSF Equipment Grant Allows W&L Faculty to Look at Things in a New Light
  Lexington, Virginia • February 23, 2010 -- Students and faculty will soon be looking at Washington and Lee University's significant collection of art, ceramics and historical artifacts in a new scientific light, courtesy of a National Science Foundation grant for instrumentation.
• Mark Grunewald Named Interim Law Dean
  Lexington, Virginia • February 23, 2010 -- Mark Grunewald, the James P. Morefield Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University, has been named interim dean of the W&L School of Law, effective July 1, 2010.
• 10 Things We Should Know About George Washington
  Commentary
  Lexington, Virginia • February 22, 2010 -- Frank E. Grizzard Jr., director of the Lee Family Digital Archive at Washington and Lee University and author of several books on George Washington, celebrates Washington's birthday with an essay on 10 things everyone should know about the the first United States president.
• French Film Festival Begins March 4 at Washington and Lee University
  Lexington, Virginia • February 19, 2010 -- The department of Romance languages at Washington and Lee University will show five recent French films in the Stackhouse Theater of the Elrod Commons at 7 p.m. on the Tuesdays and Thursdays from March 4 to March 18.
• Asian Leadership Conference to be Held at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • February 19, 2010 -- Washington and Lee's Pan-Asian Association for Cultural Exchange (PAACE) is hosting an Asian Leadership Conference at the university on Saturday, Feb. 20, in the Elrod Commons.
• New Resources for Pre-law Students at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • February 18, 2010 -- Washington and Lee alumna Abby Perdue has returned to her alma mater on sabbatical from a New York law firm to assist current W&L undergraduates explore careers in law.
• W&L’s Lincoln Lecture Series Features Speaker on Lincoln and Douglass
  Lexington, Virginia • February 18, 2010 -- As one of Washington and Lee University’s Lincoln Lecture Series featured speakers, Diana Schaub, professor of political science at Loyola College in Maryland, will give a lecture on Thursday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 327, Huntley Hall.
• W&L President Ruscio Elected to AAC&U Board of Directors
  Lexington, Virginia • February 17, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University President Kenneth P. Ruscio has been named to the board of directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).
• Former University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway to Lecture on African-American Writer
  Lexington, Virginia • February 17, 2010 -- Robert E. Hemenway, a distinguished scholar of African-American literature and the newly retired chancellor of the University of Kansas, will present a lecture, “Zora Neale Hurston: Jook Joints and Voodoo Tales,” on Monday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 214 of Washington and Lee University’s Science Center.
• Sarah Keckler ’10 and Jamie Goodin ’10 Recognized at Celebrating Student Success Reception
  Lexington, Virginia • February 15, 2010 -- W&L seniors Sarah Keckler and Jamie Goodin will be recognized at the Celebrating Student Success (CSS) monthly reception on Wednesday, Feb. 17, from 2-4 p.m. in the Elrod Commons Living Room.
• W&L Librarian Yolanda Merrill Curates “Arts of the Book” Exhibit
  Lexington, Virginia • February 15, 2010 -- "Beyond Text and Image: The Book as Art" opens on Thursday, Feb. 25, in Staniar Gallery, Wilson Hall, at Washington and Lee. Curated by W&L humanities librarian Yolanda Merrill, the exhibition showcases 30 works by nationally known book artists.
• W&L Women's Swimming Captures 20th Conference Title
  Lexington, Virginia • February 15, 2010 -- The Washington and Lee women’s swimming team wrapped up its 20th Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championship on Sunday evening.
• Prominent Historian to Dissect the Ecology of U.S.-Mexico Trade
  W&L Presents Lecture Series on How Environment Shapes Human History
  Lexington, Virginia • February 14, 2010 -- A special lecture series that examines "Nature and Politics in the Americas" will begin Thursday, Feb. 18 at Washington and Lee University and continue through March. The four programs, featuring nationally- and internationally-known guest lecturers, will examine ways in which the physical environment helped shape human history in Latin America, and will discuss the ecology of international trade, conservation and national parks, climate history and environmental justice.
• New W&L Microfinance Club to Give Small Loans in Developing Countries
  Lexington, Virginia • February 11, 2010 -- Spurred by a course on development economics, three students and a faculty member are turning theory into practice by starting a microfinance club called The General Development Initiative at Washington and Lee University.
• Internationally-Acclaimed Pianist Di Wu to Perform at Washington and Lee University
  Lexington, Virginia • February 10, 2010 -- Pianist Di Wu will perform at Washington and Lee University on Wednesday, February 17 at 8 p.m. in Wilson Hall under sponsorship of the W&L Concert Guilde.
• USSO to Perform the Afro-American Symphony as Part of Feb. 13 Concert
  Lexington, Virginia • February 10, 2010 -- In celebration of Black History month, the University-Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra will perform William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. in Wilson Hall’s Concert Hall at Washington and Lee University. Tickets are required.
• Dr. Harold Koenig to Give Root Lecture at W&L on Religion, Spirituality and Health
  Lexington, Virginia • February 10, 2010 -- Dr. Harold G. Koenig will present the Robert W. Root Lecture entitled "Religion, Spirituality and Health: Definitions, Research and Clinical Applications" at Washington and Lee University on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• W&L Mourns Loss of H. Marshall Jarrett, Emeritus History Professor
  Lexington, Virginia • February 10, 2010 -- H. Marshall Jarrett, professor of history at Washington and Lee University from 1963 to 2000 and a member of the Class of 1952, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Heritage Hall in Lexington. He was 79.
• Shenandoah Awards Graybeal-Gowan Prize for Virginia Poets
  Lexington, Virginia • February 9, 2010 -- Jennifer Key of Dallas, Texas has been named winner of the annual Graybeal-Gowan Prize for Virginia Poets offered by Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review for the best poem entered by a Virginia poet.
• Historian James McPherson Lectures on Lincoln at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • February 7, 2010 -- One of America's pre-eminent Civil War scholars, James M. McPherson, will present a lecture entitled "Lincoln's Legacy for Our Time" at Washington and Lee University on Friday, Feb. 12, the 201st anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
• Dwight Emanuelson Joins W&L Board of Trustees
  Lexington, Virginia • February 7, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University added Dwight Emanuelson Jr., of Dallas, Texas, to its Board of Trustees on Feb. 5, 2010, during a swearing-in ceremony in Lexington.
• Remembering J.D. Salinger
  Faculty Commentary
  Lexington, Virginia • February 6, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University English professor Mark C. Conner remembers the life and work of J.D. Salinger who died on Jan. 27, 2010.
• Professor of Health Policy Dr. Drew Kumpuris to Speak on Healthcare Reform
  Lexington, Virginia • February 3, 2010 -- Dr. Andrew G. Kumpuris ’71, a clinical cardiologist in Little Rock, Ark., and adjunct professor of health policy at the Clinton School of Public Service of Little Rock, will give a public lecture on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium in the Leyburn Library at Washington and Lee University.
• Change for Haiti: Can’t Stop Now
  W&L Student Organizers Continue Relief Efforts
  Lexington, Virginia • February 3, 2010 -- With the death toll in Haiti estimated at 150,000 and climbing, Washington and Lee's student organization Change for Haiti wonders how to unite its community of about 2,900 students, faculty and staff in response to the horrifying natural disaster.
• The Other Big Game:
  Amanda Bower on Super Bowl Advertising
  Lexington, Virginia • February 1, 2010 -- The Super Bowl television ads, as popular for many as the game itself, will have a few surprises this year, according to Washington and Lee University marketing professor Amanda Bower.
• New York Times Business Writer to Address Economy in W&L Talk
  Lexington, Virginia • January 30, 2010 -- New York Times senior business correspondent Micheline Maynard will present a talk entitled "What Will We Look Like When The Recession Is Over?" at Washington and Lee University on Monday, Feb. 8, Room 327, at Huntley Hall.
• Omicron Delta Kappa Relocating to Its Birthplace of Lexington
  Lexington, Virginia • January 30, 2010 -- Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society that was founded at Washington and Lee University in 1914, will be returning to its birthplace later this year when the national headquarters is relocated to Lexington, Va.
• Kevin Spirtas Presents One-Man Show at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • January 30, 2010 -- Kevin Spirtas brings his acclaimed one-man show to Washington and Lee University on Saturday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m. in the Keller Theater.
• Super Bowl Stock Market Predictor Still a Winner, According to W&L Professor
  Lexington, Virginia • January 29, 2010 -- Even before the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts step on the field for Super Bowl XLIV, one result has already been determined--stocks will be up for 2010. Or so says the Super Bowl Stock Market Predictor.
• Law Students Log Hundreds of Service Hours during Fall Semester
  Lexington, Virginia • January 29, 2010 -- Law students participating in Washington and Lee's new third-year curriculum have amassed over 1500 hours of community service since the beginning of the academic year.
• W&L Tax Clinic Receives IRS Grant for Third Straight Year
  Lexington, Virginia • January 29, 2010 -- The Tax Clinic at the Washington and Lee University School of Law has been awarded a matching grant from the Internal Revenue Service's Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic program (LITC). This is the third straight year that the Tax Clinic has received federal dollars to support its efforts.
• W&L's Ellen Mayock Receives SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award
  Lexington, Virginia • January 27, 2010 -- Ellen C. Mayock, professor of Spanish at Washington and Lee University, has received a 2010 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV). As Virginia’s highest honor for faculty at its public and private colleges and universities, the award recognizes superior accomplishments in teaching, research and public service.
• From Tweeting to Wii, Technology Meets Dance in W&L Concert
  Lexington, Virginia • January 26, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University's upcoming dance concert will test the use of Twitter as a benefit to the audience and will demonstrate the use of a Nintendo Wii as a way to translate movement to sound.
• Emily Coyle '10 and Kevin Corn '10 Recognized by Celebrating Student Success
  Lexington, Virginia • January 25, 2010 -- Washington and Lee seniors Emily F. Coyle and Kevin T. Corn were recognized at the January Celebrating Student Success (CSS) reception in the Elrod Commons.
• Washington and Lee Receives Record Applications for Class of 2014
  Lexington, Virginia • January 22, 2010 -- For the second time in the last three years, Washington and Lee University has received a record number of applications for admission. As of Friday, Jan. 22, the University's Office of Admissions had processed 6,588 applications for the Class of 2014. That compares with 6,222 applications a year ago and 6,386 in 2008, which had been the previous high.
• Winter 2009 Edition of Shenandoah Features Barry Vance Paintings
  Lexington, Virginia • January 21, 2010 -- The Winter, 2009 issue of Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review (Vol. 59, No. 3) features both a seasonal cover and a portfolio of paintings of Blue Ridge landscapes and culturescapes by Winchester (Virginia) artist Barry Vance, each in dialogue with an Appalachian literary passage chosen by the author.
• Law Professor's New Book Explores Climate Change Litigation
  Lexington, Virginia • January 20, 2010 -- The Courts have emerged as a crucial battleground in efforts to regulate climate change. A new book edited by Washington and Lee School of Law professor Hari Osofsky explores some of these cases in order to explain their regulatory significance and examine this emerging area of litigation.
• Jarrett Brotzman Wins Schlegel Prize for International Studies
  Lexington, Virginia • January 20, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University junior Jarrett Brotzman has received the Schlegel Prize for International Studies for the best paper on foreign affairs or international relations in a politics seminar. The prize honors a W&L alumnus who died during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
• Local Food Policy at W&L Benefits All Involved
  Lexington, Virginia • January 18, 2010 -- When students at Washington and Lee University eat at the on-campus dining facility, the Marketplace, they are completing a process that benefits not only themselves — the food is both delicious and nutritious — but also local food vendors, the local economy and the environment. In 2009, the percentage of local food used by W&L's dining facilities increased to an estimated 32 percent, up from 25 percent the previous year and 8.5 percent in 2007-2008.
• NPR Reporter to Address Afghanistan Situation in W&L Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • January 18, 2010 -- Jackie Northam, national security correspondent for National Public Radio, will address "Afghanistan: Surge Without a Cause" in a lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26, in Room 327 of Huntley Hall at Washington and Lee University.
• W&L Mourns Loss of Phil Cline, Emeritus Economics Professor
  Lexington, Virginia • January 14, 2010 -- Philip L. Cline, the Lewis Whitaker Adams Professor of Management and Economics Emeritus at Washington and Lee University, died Tuesday at his home in Lexington. He was 64.
• National Expert to Address Impact of Recreational Drugs and Alcohol on the Brain and Behavior
  Lexington, Virginia • January 14, 2010 -- Dr. Scott Swartzwelder, professor of psychiatry and psychology and neuroscience at Duke University Medical Center, will speak at Washington and Lee University on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.
• Survey Shows Surge of ‘Smart Phones’ among W&L Students
  Lexington, Virginia • January 13, 2010 -- Although cell phones have been a staple of college students' communications gear for some years now, the smart-phone revolution is taking over campuses.
• W&L Journalism Professor Sees Possible ‘Digital Divide’ in Social Media Campaigns
  Lexington, Virginia • January 10, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University journalism professor Claudette Artwick sees value in social media to supplement traditional media in certain instances but worries about a potential "digital divide."
• Lord Butler to Discuss Iraq and Intelligence in Johnson Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • January 10, 2010 -- The Right Honourable Lord Frederick Edward Robin Butler of Brockwell, who led a major investigation into the British decision to go to war in Iraq, will give a public lecture, "Iraq and the Lessons for Intelligence," at Washington and Lee University on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 4 p.m. in Stackhouse Theatre.
• W&L Hosts “A Conversation with Jane Mayer,” Author and Writer for The New Yorker
  Lexington, Virginia • January 8, 2010 -- “A Conversation with Jane Mayer,” author and staff writer for The New Yorker, will be held at Washington and Lee University on Thursday, Jan. 21, at 5 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater in the Elrod Commons.
• Pulitzer Prize Winner Gordon S. Wood to Address W&L Founders’ Day
  Lexington, Virginia • January 7, 2010 -- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood will address Washington and Lee University's annual Founders' Day/Omicron Delta Kappa Convocation on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 11:45 a.m. in Lee Chapel.
• Julian Bond Headlines Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • January 6, 2010 -- Julian Bond, chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) since 1998, will present the keynote address for the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Washington and Lee University on Sunday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. in Lee Chapel.
• Staniar Gallery Features Exhibition by Artists Jeff Louviere and Vanessa Brown
  Lexington, Virginia • January 5, 2010 -- Artists Jeff Louviere and Vanessa Brown will present a public lecture on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 6 p.m. in the Concert Hall of Wilson Hall at Washington and Lee University in conjunction with their current exhibition at Washington and Lee's Staniar Gallery.
• ODK to Initiate Three Honorary and 28 Student Initiates during Founders Day/ODK Convocation
  Lexington, Virginia • January 5, 2010 -- Washington and Lee University’s Alpha Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa will recognize three honorary initiates in addition to 28 student initiates at the Founders Day/Omicron Delta Kappa Convocation which will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 11:45 a.m. in Lee Chapel.
• Exhibit in Williams Gallery in Huntley Hall by Kathleen Olson: “Inside Out”
  Lexington, Virginia • January 5, 2010 -- The Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., is pleased to present the solo exhibition “Inside Out,” paintings by Kathleen Olson. The exhibition will show through June 30, 2010, in the Williams Gallery, Huntley Hall.
• Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee Makes Snack Packs for Kids
  Lexington, Virginia • January 3, 2010 -- The Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University (CKWL) has added a weekend snack program for children to its hunger-relief services in Rockbridge County.
• Law Faculty Scholarship Cited in FTC Virtual World Report
  Lexington, Virginia • December 31, 2009 -- A recent report to the U.S. Congress from the Federal Trade Commission examining virtual worlds prominently cites the work of two Washington and Lee law professors.
• Self-Taught W&L Musician Publishes First Album
  Lexington, Virginia • December 23, 2009 -- When she entered college, Julie Slonecki was a self-taught musician who could not read music. Two years later, as a junior music major at Washington and Lee University, Slonecki has published her own indie rock album called "Borders."
• Music Professor’s Progressive Jazz CD Honors Stan Kenton
  Lexington, Virginia • December 20, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University music professor and composer Terry Vosbein's new CD, "Progressive Jazz 2009," is a rousing tribute to Stan Kenton performed by the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra.
• Law Dean Rodney Smolla Named President of Furman University
  Lexington, Virginia • December 14, 2009 -- Rodney A. Smolla, dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. Professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been named president of Furman University in Greenville, S.C. Smolla will assume his new position on July 1, 2010.
• W&L’s Community Grants Committee Announces November 2009 Grants
  Lexington, Virginia • December 14, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University's Community Grants Committee has made its first round of grants to non-profit organizations in the Lexington/Rockbridge community, awarding grants to 13 different organizations.
• Four W&L Students Selected for Trip to Israel through Taglit-Birthright
  Lexington, Virginia • December 11, 2009 -- Four Washington and Lee University students were selected to participate in a free, 10-day trip to Israel during their December break through Taglit-Birthright Israel. This is the seventh year that W&L Hillel is participating in this program.
• W&L's First LEED Certification Effort On Target
  Lexington, Virginia • December 10, 2009 -- In its first attempt at earning Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for a campus building project, Washington and Lee University has made significant strides with its Newcomb Hall preservation project , especially with its related construction waste management plan.
• GAO Report Highlights W&L Black Lung Clinic
  Lexington, Virginia • December 10, 2009 -- he U.S. General Accounting Office has released a report examining processes and outcomes in the Federal Black Lung Benefits program and cites The Black Lung Clinic at Washington and Lee University School of Law as a prominent provider of legal services for those seeking federal benefits.
• Fighting Pollution at Hays Creek
  Lexington, Virginia • December 11, 2009 -- With a modest grant from Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality, Robert Humston, assistant professor of biology at W&L, hopes to enlist the help of Rockbridge County landowners to fight pollution in Hays Creek.
• W&L Professor’s New Book Examines the Power of Silence in Japanese Politics
  Lexington, Virginia • December 9, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University politics professor Robin LeBlanc explores the masculine dynamic in Japanese politics in her new book, The Art of The Gut: Manhood, Power, and Ethics in Japanese Politics.
• University Chorus Debuts Three W&L Student Compositions
  Lexington, Virginia • December 9, 2009 -- In a first for Washington and Lee University, the University Chorus performed three new choral works composed by three senior music majors during the 2009 Holiday Concerts.
• Alex Shabo '12 and Greg Lennon '11 Recognized at Celebrating Student Success Reception
  Lexington, Virginia • December 7, 2009 -- W&L students Alex Shabo and Greg Lennon will be recognized at the Celebrating Student Success (CSS) monthly reception on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 2-4 p.m. in the Elrod Commons Living Room.
• W&L Habitat for Humanity Chapter Earns State Farm Matching Grant
  Lexington, Virginia • December 3, 2009 -- The Washington and Lee University Habitat for Humanity chapter has been selected as one of the 2009-2010 State Farm Insurance Companies $5,000 Matching Grant recipients.
• W&L President Kenneth P. Ruscio Joins Presidents’ Trust to Advance Liberal Education
  Lexington, Virginia • December 3, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University President Kenneth P. Ruscio is among 82 college and university presidents and chancellors who have joined a new Presidents' Trust formed by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to make the case for liberal education and its value in today's world.
• Juniors Anthony Cardona and Emmy Mathews Win VFIC/Norfolk Southern Scholarships
  Lexington, Virginia • December 2, 2009 -- Anthony Cardona and Emmy Mathews, juniors at Washington and Lee University, are winners in the $10,000 Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges (VFIC ) / Norfolk Southern Scholarship Program competition.
• W&L Journalism Professor Covers Indian Prime Minister’s State Visit
  Lexington, Virginia • December 2, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University journalism professor Indira Somani spent her Thanksgiving vacation on assignment in Washington, D.C., where she covered the historic state visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
• Law Professor Christopher Bruner Wins AALS Scholarly Papers Competition
  Lexington, Virginia • November 30, 2009 -- Christopher Bruner, associate professor of law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been named the winner of the Association of American Law Schools 2010 Scholarly Papers Competition.
• Retired Professor S. Todd Lowry Delivers Paper at International Conference in Japan
  Lexington, Virginia • November 24, 2009 -- Dr. S. Todd Lowry, professor emeritus of economics at Washington and Lee University, delivered a paper at the international Workshop on Mathematical Economics at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 15.
• W&L English Professor Attends National Book Awards; Alumna is Finalist
  Lexington, Virginia • November 23, 2009 -- Marc Conner, professor of English at Washington and Lee University, attended the National Book Awards on Nov. 18 as a guest of novelist Charles Johnson, who received an honorary degree from W&L in June and was the Martin Luther King Jr. Day speaker at the university in 2008.
• W&L Students' Business Plan Helps Amazon Villagers
  Lexington, Virginia • November 18, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University's Student Consulting is working to create a comprehensive business plan for a Brazilian village to develop consumer products from malva and jute that the villagers grow and then market those products in the United States.
• Washington and Lee University Partners with QuestBridge
  Lexington, Virginia • November 18, 2009 -- As part of its continuing efforts to attract and enroll a diverse group of students, Washington and Lee University has partnered with QuestBridge, a non-profit organization that assists low-income, high-achieving students with college applications.
• Medical Expert, Popular TV Producer Dr. Neal Baer Lectures for Contact Series
  Lexington, Virginia • November 12, 2009 -- Dr. Neal Baer, executive producer of NBC’s award-winning series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and a medical expert, will present a lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel.
• Shenandoah Editor’s New Short-Story Collection Spotlights Southwest Virginia
  Lexington, Virginia • November 16, 2009 -- In his new short-story collection, The Calaboose Epistles, R.T. Smith, W&L's Writer-in-Residence and editor of Shenandoah magazine, gives a voice to the criminal types who fascinated him as a boy.
• Generals Fall 2-0 to Lynchburg in NCAA Women's Soccer
  Lexington, Virginia • November 13, 2009 -- Washington and Lee scored four second-half goals, including a pair by senior midfielder Maggie Sutherland, to produce a 4-0 victory over Christopher Newport in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Watt Field.
• Stephanie Hardiman '10 and Abel Delgado '10 Recognized at Celebrating Student Success Reception
  Lexington, Virginia • November 13, 2009 -- Stephanie Hardiman and Abel Delgado will be recognized at the Celebrating Student Success (CSS) monthly reception on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 2-4 p.m. in the Elrod Commons Living Room.
• Beta Beta Beta National Biology Honor Society Started at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • November 16, 2009 -- Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta), a national biological honor society for students, particularly undergraduates, and new to Washington and Lee, inducted 36 new members on Nov. 15 at Washington and Lee University.
• Law Students Travel to Tanzania to Research Sex Crime Enforcement
  Lexington, Virginia • November 10, 2009 -- Watching human suffering from half a world away can be frustrating. But six W&L law students in a new international law class are getting the rare chance to do something about it.
• SAAC Mobilizes W&L Troops for Soldier Care Package Drive
  Lexington, Virginia • November 8, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is working together with various groups across campus and within the Lexington Community to send care packages to 486 soldiers in Afghanistan.
• W&L Women's Soccer Wins ODAC Championship
  Lexington, Virginia • November 7, 2009 -- The Washington and Lee women’s soccer team won the 2009 ODAC Tournament championship on penalty kicks, 3-2, after tying Virginia Wesleyan, 0-0, on Saturday at Foster Field in Virginia Beach, Va.
• Exhibit by New York Artist Shirley Irons Opens Nov. 12 at W&L's Staniar Gallery
  Lexington, Virginia • November 6, 2009 -- Shirley Irons: A Perfect Day, an exhibition of paintings, will be on display at Washington and Lee's Staniar Gallery from Nov. 12 to Dec. 18. The artist will give a public lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. in the Concert Hall of Wilson Hall to be followed by a catered reception.
• Robin F. Wilson Named to Chaired Professorship
  Lexington, Virginia • November 6, 2009 -- 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.
• Great Trials as a Teaching Tool
  Lexington, Virginia • October 26, 2009 -- 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.
• Harvard Economist Richard Freeman to Lecture at W&L on Shared Prosperity After Financial Crisis
  Lexington, Virginia • October 13, 2009 -- 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.
• W&L Symposium Examines Sports, Law and Media
  Lexington, Virginia • November 2, 2009 -- Two panels of attorneys, reporters, and pro sports executives will explore issues of sports, the law and the media during the third annual Reynolds Media, Courts and Law Symposium at Washington and Lee University on Nov. 11-12.
• Call for Proposals: W&L’s Community Grants Committee Will Evaluate Proposals in November
  Lexington, Virginia • November 2, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University’s Community Grants Committee would like to remind the community of its 2009-10 proposal evaluation schedule. Community Grants Proposals may be submitted at any time but are reviewed semiannually: at the end of the calendar year and at the end of the fiscal year. The deadline for submitting a proposal for the end of the 2009 calendar year is Monday, November 16, 2009.
• A marriage equality bill that respects religious objectors
  Lexington, Virginia • November 1, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson published an opinion piece in the Nov. 1, 2009, edition of The Washington Post examining the District of Columbia's same sex marriage bill.
• Iranian-Born Scholar Lectures on Iran’s History
  Lexington, Virginia • October 29, 2009 -- Thirty years after Iranian students, in the aftermath of the revolution of 1979, occupied the American Embassy and took American hostages, Hossein Sheiban, a professor of history and visiting scholar at Washington and Lee University, will give a talk that looks back over Iran's history and examines the country's situation today at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, in W&L's Northen Auditorium in the Leyburn Library.
• Home Cooking on Parents & Family Weekend
  Lexington, Virginia • October 29, 2009 -- This Saturday, Washington and Lee's Dining Services will provide students and their families with a taste of home cooking when they prepare three recipes submitted to the Recipes from Home contest by parents of W&L first-year students.
• MOMIX Ultimate Date Event and the Best of MOMIX at Lenfest Center
  Lexington, Virginia • October 29, 2009 -- The Lenfest Center for the Arts at Washington and Lee University will present the MOMIX Ultimate Date event on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 8:30 p.m. in the Keller Theatre, Lenfest Center. During this performance the audience will have the unique opportunity to be on stage with the dancers. The Best of MOMIX will be Nov. 11 at 8:30 p.m. also in the Keller Theatre.
• W&L Hosts International Theater Festival and Symposium
  Lexington, Virginia • October 29, 2009 -- Some big international names in the theater world will be attending the 10th National Symposium of Theater in Academe at Washington and Lee University from November 11-14.
• Law Professor’s New Book Chronicles Execution of Juvenile Offender
  Lexington, Virginia • October 28, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University law professor Todd C. Peppers is co-author of a new book that relates the story of Chris Thomas, one of the last juvenile offenders put to death before the U.S Supreme Court ruled that the execution of juveniles constituted cruel and unusual punishment.
• The 2009 Flournoy Playwright Festival Presents Where We're Born Nov. 5-7
  Lexington, Virginia • October 27, 2009 -- 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.
• Sally Lawrence Elected to W&L Board of Trustees
  Lexington, Virginia • October 27, 2009 -- Sally P. Lawrence, of Greenwich, Conn., joined the Board of Trustees of Washington and Lee University on Oct. 22, 2009, during the board's fall meeting.
• Former New York Times Reporter Jayson Blair to Address W&L Journalism Ethics Institute
  Lexington, Virginia • October 26, 2009 -- Jayson Blair, who was at the center of a major journalism scandal as a New York Times reporter in 2003, will be the featured speaker at Washington and Lee University’s 48th Journalism Ethics Institute on Friday, Nov. 6. The title of Blair’s talk is “Lessons Learned.” The public is invited to the presentation at 5:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.
• Law Symposium to Explore Violence on College Campuses
  Lexington, Virginia • October 24, 2009 -- A symposium at Washington and Lee University’s School of Law will explore recent violence on college campuses from the perspective of psychology, medical science and the law.
• Award-winning Playwright Teaches his Art to W&L Students
  Lexington, Virginia • October 24, 2009 -- Chris Gavaler, visiting assistant professor of English at Washington and Lee University, has won the outstanding playwright award at the Pittsburgh New Works Festival for the fourth year in a row for his one-act play "Vows."
• Emory University Dean, Carolyn Denard, to Talk on Toni Morrison’s "Jazz"
  Lexington, Virginia • October 23, 2009 -- Carolyn Denard, associate dean for undergraduate education at Emory University, will give a talk at Washington and Lee University on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Huntley Hall Room 327.
• Retired Professor Roger Jeans Publishes Book on WWII-Era Japanese Diplomat
  Lexington, Virginia • October 23, 2009 -- Roger B. Jeans, the Elizabeth Lewis Otey Professor of History Emeritus at Washington and Lee University, has published "Terasaki Hidenari, Pearl Harbor, and Occupied Japan: A Bridge to Reality." The book was released in July.
• Visiting International Scholar at W&L, Yumiko Mikanagi, to Give Public Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • October 23, 2009 -- Professor Yumiko Mikanagi, a senior researcher at Columbia University's Weatherhead East Asian Institute and currently the Robert S. Griffith Jr. '52 Visiting International Scholar in Politics at Washington and Lee University, will give a public lecture on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 5 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.
• W&L Reynolds Visiting Professor To Explore Journalism’s Future in Public Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • October 20, 2009 -- Caesar Andrews, Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at Washington and Lee, will discuss "Journalism's Best Hope: Talent" in a public lecture at 5 p.m. on Nov. 4 in the Stackhouse Theater of the Elrod Commons.
• W&L and United Nations Partner on International Investment Project
  Lexington, Virginia • October 19, 2009 -- Washington and Lee School of Law has announced a new partnership with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to explore the prevention and efficient management of investment treaty disputes.
• Elsa Friis '11 and Mike Kuntz '11 Recognized by Celebrating Student Success
  Lexington, Virginia • October 19, 2009 -- Elsa Friis and Mike Kuntz will be recognized at the Celebrating Student Success (CSS) monthly reception on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 2-4 p.m. in the Elrod Commons Living Room. The reception is open to anyone in the campus community. Free food and beverages will be available beginning at 2 p.m. with a brief presentation taking place at 3:45 p.m.
• W&L Journalism Professor's New Book Examines Southern Press
  Lexington, Virginia • October 20, 2009 -- In his new book, The Southern Press: Literary Legacies and the Challenge of Modernity, Washington and Lee University journalism professor Doug Cumming argues that what distinguishes journalists who got their start in the South is their primary motivation: less a matter of an informed citizenry and more a question of finding a literary outlet.
• New Study Shows Consumers Fail to Distinguish Between Licensing Agreements and Seals of Approval
  Lexington, Virginia • October 20, 2009 -- A new study by a Washington and Lee University professor shows that consumers do not distinguish between officials seals of approval and licensing agreements in which nonprofits lend their names and logos to a company for use in advertising.
• W&L's Domnica Radulescu Receives 2009 Fiction Prize from Library of Virginia
  Lexington, Virginia • October 18, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University professor Domnica Radulescu was awarded the Library of Virginia's 2009 fiction prize for her novel, Train to Trieste, during a banquet in Richmond on Saturday, Oct. 17.
• Law School Launches New Criminal Defense Clinic
  Lexington, Virginia • October 14, 2009 -- The School of Law at Washington and Lee University has launched a new legal clinic focusing on misdemeanor criminal defense. Law students working in the Criminal Justice Clinic will represent in district and circuit court indigent clients facing criminal charges including assault, driving while intoxicated, shoplifting, and marijuana possession.
• Research Curator Suzannah Lipscomb to Lecture at W&L on Henry VIII
  Lexington, Virginia • October 13, 2009 -- Suzannah Lipscomb, a research curator at Hampton Court Palace, London, will give a lecture at Washington and Lee University on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 4 p.m. in Northen Auditorium in Leyburn Library.
• Paula Meehan, Irish Poet and Playwright, Will Give Poetry Reading
  Lexington, Virginia • October 13, 2009 -- Irish poet, playwright and teacher Paula Meehan will give a poetry reading at Washington and Lee University on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 4:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium in Leyburn Library.
• The New York Times’ Gretchen Morgenson to Speak at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • October 13, 2009 -- If you do a Google search for the phrase “trenchant and incisive,” five of the top 10 results concern Gretchen Morgenson. The assistant business and financial editor at The New York Times and author of the weekly “Fair Game” column, Morgenson will speak at Washington and Lee University on Monday, Oct. 26, at 4:30 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.
• W&L Co-Sponsors Seminar on Reporting on the Economy
  Lexington, Virginia • October 14, 2009 -- Pam Luecke, the Donald W. Reynolds Professor of Business Journalism at Washington and Lee University, will address a workshop for journalists on covering economic issues on Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Richmond.
• Poverty Law Scholar David Super to Lecture at School of Law
  Lexington, Virginia • October 13, 2009 -- David Super, professor of law at the University of Maryland School of Law and a leading scholar in the field of anti-poverty law, will speak at the Washington and Lee School of Law on Monday, Oct. 19, at 7:00 p.m. in Classroom A, Sydney Lewis Hall.
• Annual Supreme Court Preview Highlights Variety on Supreme Court Docket
  Lexington, Virginia • October 11, 2009 -- U.S. Supreme Court watchers will have much more to keep them busy this year than the introduction of new Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The 2009-10 docket is full of interesting cases, including another exploration of the Second Amendment and its application to state gun laws, the free speech protections related to images depicting animal cruelty, and corporate malfeasance.
• Washington and Lee Receives Mellon Grant for New Spring Term
  Lexington, Virginia • October 9, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University has received a $650,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to enhance the educational effectiveness of the University's four-week spring term.
• W&L Professor Kathleen Olson’s Exhibit "Somewhere In Between" Opens in Staniar Gallery
  Lexington, Virginia • October 8, 2009 -- "Somewhere In Between," an exhibition of paintings by Kathleen Olson, opens October 8 in Staniar Gallery in the Art Department of Washington and Lee University. Olson joined the faculty of Washington and Lee in 1987 as a professor of studio art. She now teaches all levels of drawing and painting.
• Conflict over Water in Peru Has Lessons for Climate Change
  Lexington, Virginia • October 8, 2009 -- This is the story of a small community in the Andes and its fight with a major energy company over access to water. No one knows how the conflict will end. But, as Washington and Lee University history professor Mark Carey observes, the battle offers lessons for other communities threatened by the early effects of climate change.
• NSF Grant Places W&L at Forefront of Undergraduate Schools
  Lexington, Virginia • October 6, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University's chemistry department has received a grant from the National Science Foundation for the addition of a new mass spectrometer.
• W&L Health & Wellness Fair Set for Oct. 13
  Lexington, Virginia • October 5, 2009 -- W&L's first Health & Wellness Fair takes place on Tuesday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Evans Dining Hall.
• Erich Wasserman, Co-Founder and Vice President of MediaMath, To Discuss Internet Advertising
  Lexington, Virginia • October 2, 2009 -- Erich Wasserman, co-founder and vice-president of MediaMath, will discuss the technology and business that is transforming the online world in a talk at Washington and Lee University on Monday, Oct. 12, at 5 p.m. in Huntley Hall, room 327.
• W&L Student Presents Research at Computing Conference for Women
  Lexington, Virginia • October 1, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University sophomore Camille Cobb will present research that she has done with W&L computer science professor Sara Sprenkle at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Tucson, Ariz.
• Prison Overcrowding Target of New W&L Partnership in Liberia
  Lexington, Virginia • October 1, 2009 -- The Washington and Lee School of Law has announced the expansion of its access to justice program in Liberia.
• Sharon Squassoni to Lecture at W&L on Nonproliferation Issues
  Lexington, Virginia • September 30, 2009 -- Sharon Squassoni, a senior associate in the Nonproliferation Program with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will give a lecture in the Johnson Lecture Series at Washington and Lee University on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Room 345 of Elrod Commons.
• W&L’s Nabors Service League will host its 11th Annual Day of Service
  Lexington, Virginia • September 30, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University’s Nabors Service League will hold its annual day of service on Saturday, Oct. 3. This day was organized by students to honor the memory of Jonathan Nabors, a W&L freshman who died in a car accident in 1999 coming back to campus after Winter Break.
• W&L Sophomore Member of U.S. Champion Goalball Team
  Lexington, Virginia • September 29, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University sophomore Matt Simpson was a member of the United States under-19 Goalball team that won the world championships in Colorado Spring, Colo., this past July.
• W&L Hosts Cultivating Sustainability Conference
  Lexington, Virginia • September 28, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University's Dining Services is hosting a conference on buying local food as part of a cultivating sustainability program.
• “Remembering Robert E. Lee” Presents Lecture by Noted Civil War Scholar
  Lexington, Virginia • September 25, 2009 -- The 139th anniversary of the death of Robert E. Lee will be observed on Monday, Oct. 12, when the Lee Chapel and Museum at Washington and Lee University presents a lecture by noted Civil War historian Gary Gallagher at part of its yearly Remembering Robert E. Lee program.
• Visiting LL.M. Students Hope to Bring Better Life to Afghanistan
  Lexington, Virginia • September 24, 2009 -- M. Asif Ehsan and Sebghatullah Ebrahimi can see the path to peace and prosperity in their native Afghanistan, and it is a long one that may even wind through Lexington.
• Mike White and Rosemary Hambright First Students Recognized by Celebrating Student Success
  Lexington, Virginia • September 22, 2009 -- Mike White '10 and Rosemary Hambright '11 were recognized at the first Celebrating Student Success (CSS) monthly reception Wednesday, Sept. 23, in the Elrod Commons Living Room.
• Abraham Lincoln is Topic of September Two-Day Conference
  Lexington, Virginia • August 3, 2009 -- What are the lessons that Abraham Lincoln might be able to teach us today? That is the question that a prestigious series of speakers from around the nation will consider at a conference, Lincoln for the Ages: Lessons for the 21st Century, which will be held at Washington and Lee University on Sept. 25-26 as part of the bicentennial celebration of Lincoln’s birth.
• Health Care Expert Shannon Brownlee Presents Johnson Lecture at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • September 21, 2009 -- Journalist and U.S. health care expert Shannon Brownlee will deliver the opening address of this year's Johnson Lecture Series at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Stackhouse Theater. Brownlee's talk is titled "After Reform: How We Can Transform Medicine, Improve the Nation's Health, and Avoid Going Broke."
• W&L's Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar to Lecture on the Future of Gender
  Lexington, Virginia • September 18, 2009 -- Catharine A. MacKinnon, the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar at Washington and Lee University and the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, will give a lecture on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m. in Lee Chapel at W&L.
• Director of American Indian Studies to Give Shannon-Clark Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • September 17, 2009 -- Robert Warrior, director of American Indian Studies and the Native American House at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will be the speaker for Washington and Lee University’s Shannon-Clark Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 8 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater, University Commons.
• Simurda Appointed First Woman University Marshal at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • September 16, 2009 -- When students and faculty met for Fall Convocation at Washington and Lee University on September 9, few would have given much thought to the nuts and bolts work necessary to prepare for the ceremony. Yet, behind all the regalia, processions and speeches, mundane things such as wiping off the chairs after it rained are just part of the work coordinated by the office of the university marshal.
• W&L Biologists to Determine if Rare Plant Deserves Protection
  Lexington, Virginia • September 16, 2009 -- First, the experts doubted it existed. Then, the federal government protected it under the Endangered Species Act. Now, that protection is in jeopardy, and the status of the rare herbaceous plant lies largely in the hands of a team of biologists at Washington and Lee University.
• Wheeler and Almeder to Give Poetry Reading on Sept. 18
  Lexington, Virginia • September 9, 2009 -- Lesley Wheeler, professor of English at Washington and Lee University and Melanie Almeder, who teaches creative writing and literature at Roanoke College, will give a poetry reading on Friday, Sept. 18, at 4 p.m. in Staniar Gallery in the Lenfest Center for the Arts.
• Lecture and Panel Discussion Highlight Modern Patrons Exhibit
  Lexington, Virginia • September 13, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University Art Department will be presenting two events in conjunction with the current Staniar Gallery exhibition "Modern Patrons: Donations of Twentieth Century Art to the University Collection." The exhibition, which is on view in Staniar Gallery until October 2, features important modern art works donated to the university.
• NPR’s Alan Cheuse to Speak at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • September 13, 2009 -- Alan Cheuse, a prolific author best known as the "voice of books" for NPR's All Things Considered, will give a lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 4:30 p.m. at Washington and Lee's Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library.
• ASIL President Lucy Reed to Deliver Transnational Law Institute Fall Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • September 13, 2009 -- Lucy Reed, president of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and a senior partner with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, will deliver the Washington and Lee Transnational Law Institute Distinguished Lecture for fall 2009.
• W&L Receives National Grant for Faculty Career Flexibility
  Lexington, Virginia • September 10, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University has been awarded a $200,000 accelerator grant as part of the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Faculty Career Flexibility.
• New Look for The Rockbridge Report
  Lexington, Virginia • September 10, 2009 -- The Rockbridge Report is the public face of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Washington and Lee University, and it got a makeover this summer.
• W&L President Challenges University to Renew Commitment to Values
  Lexington, Virginia • September 9, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University President Kenneth P. Ruscio challenged members of the W&L community to renew their commitment to the values that he said are at the heart and soul of the University during his convocation address that officially opened W&L's 261st academic year.
• Law Professor’s New Book Explores Human Side of Bioethics and Health Law
  Lexington, Virginia • September 9, 2009 -- A new collection co-edited by Washington and Lee Law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson, Health Law and Bioethics: Cases in Context, explores the human side of the landmark cases in this field and features Wilson's own essay about the death of Jesse Gelsinger, who was the first person to die in a human gene therapy trial.
• Party Animals: W&L Co-Sponsors Panel on Political Partisanship
  Lexington, Virginia • September 8, 2009 -- A panel of distinguished academics and journalists will examine questions of partisanship and the Obama presidency in a program co-sponsored by the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs, Washington and Lee University, and the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation on Oct. 2 at the Miller Center in Charlottesville.
• Louis Fisher to Deliver Constitution Day Address at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • September 8, 2009 -- Louis Fisher, Specialist in Constitutional Law with the Law Library of the Library of Congress will deliver the University's Constitution Day address at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, in the Stackhouse Theater. All members of the University community and the public are welcome. The title of Fisher's Talk is "Judicial Supremacy: Neither the Intent nor the Reality."
• W&L Sets 9/11 Commemoration
  Lexington, Virginia • September 8, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University will honor those killed in New York City, Washington, D.C. and rural Pennsylvania in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, by holding "9/11: Never Forget."
• W&L News Video
  The Class of 2013 arrived on Sept. 5, 2009, to begin orientation. Several members described their reasons for attending W&L in this video.
• Class of 2013 Arrives at Washington and Lee University
  Lexington, Virginia • September 5, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University welcomed 473 members of its Class of 2013 to the campus on Saturday, Sept. 5, for the start of a five-day orientation.
• Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Gives Washington and Lee $1 Million for Colonnade Renovation
  Lexington, Virginia • September 2, 2009 -- The Lettie Pate Evans Foundation has given Washington and Lee University $1 million toward the renovation and restoration of Newcomb Hall-the first of the historic Colonnade buildings to undergo the extensive improvement planned for all of them.
• Liberal Arts Faculty, Administrators To Consider Teacher-Scholar Model in Washington and Lee Symposium
  Lexington, Virginia • September 2, 2009 -- Faculty and administrations from 29 liberal arts colleges from around the country along representatives of three national educational organizations will gather at Washington and Lee University this month for a two-day conference on the role of faculty at liberal arts colleges.
• Washington and Lee University Hosts ACE Fellow, Verna Miller Case
  Lexington, Virginia • September 2, 2009 -- Verna Miller Case, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Biology at Davidson College, will serve as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow at Washington and Lee University during the 2009-10 academic year.
• Washington and Lee Partners with Carter Center to Expand Liberia Justice Project
  Lexington, Virginia • August 31, 2009 -- The Transnational Law Institute at Washington and Lee University School of Law has announced a new partnership with the Carter Center that places current or recently graduated U.S. law students with a variety of institutions in Liberia working pro-bono on access to justice issues.
• Uncovering the Graffiti of Pompeii
  Lexington, Virginia • August 30, 2009 -- Rebecca Benefiel, assistant professor of classics at Washington and Lee University, has spent the last three years studying the more than 11,000 graffiti in Pompeii.
• Kennedy Would Have Relished the Fight Liberals Face Now
  Lexington, Virginia • August 30, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University history professor Molly Michelmore assesses the legacy of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in an op-ed that appeared in both the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
• The Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University Wins Online Service Award
  Lexington, Virginia • August 28, 2009 -- The Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University was awarded $1,000 in the national online True Hero™ Competition.
• W&L Professor Curates "Modern Patrons" Exhibit
  Lexington, Virginia • August 21, 2009 -- Modern Patrons: Donations of Twentieth Century Art to the University Collection opens on Sept. 1 in Staniar Gallery in Wilson Hall on the campus of Washington and Lee University. Curated by W&L Art History Professor Pamela H. Simpson, the exhibition focuses on significant donors by examining the nature of their collections, their connection to Washington and Lee and the historical context of their gifts.
• Critically Acclaimed Novelist and Former Botswana High Court Judge visits School of Law
  Lexington, Virginia • August 20, 2009 -- Unity Dow, the first woman appointed as Justice in the High Court of Botswana, will deliver a public lecture at Washington and Lee School of Law on Thursday, Aug. 27.
• Reid Named University Ombuds
  Lexington, Virginia • August 20, 2009 -- Jane Ellen Reid has contracted with Washington and Lee University to provide services as the first university ombuds. She offers a neutral, independent, informal and confidential way for all employees of W&L to address work-related or other campus concerns.
• Law Students Return to Revamped Third Year
  Lexington, Virginia • August 20, 2009 -- When third year students return to Washington and Lee Law School this week, they will be met with a brand new curriculum, one unlike any other in the country.
• W&L Professor Lesley Wheeler's Debut Book of Poetry Garners Praise
  Lexington, Virginia • August 19, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University English professor Lesley Wheeler's new book of poetry, Heathen, is the culmination of 10 years of poetry writing.
• W&L Preparing for H1N1 Influenza
  Lexington, Virginia • August 17, 2009 -- With the return of students to its campus imminent, Washington and Lee University is launching an information campaign to alert the community to the threat of the novel H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu.
• New W&L Law Professor Trains the World’s Lawyers
  Lexington, Virginia • August 17, 2009 -- James E. Moliterno, the Vincent Bradford Professor of Law at Washington and Lee School of Law, travels the globe helping foreign legal systems develop ethics codes and training programs that guide lawyers, judges and law students through the conundrums they face in their professional careers.
• W&L Researchers Explore a Noisy Theory of Aging
  Lexington, Virginia • August 13, 2009 -- We know that as people age their responses and decision-making processes slow down. What we don't know exactly is why this happens. Wythe Whiting, associate professor of psychology at Washington and Lee University, hypothesizes this may be due to a breakdown of the brain's neural circuitry, resulting in what he calls "neural noise."
• W&L Team Tracking Potential New Salamander Species
  Lexington, Virginia • August 10, 2009 -- What may prove to be a new species of salamander is being investigated in the George Washington National Forest by a Washington and Lee University professor and his students.
• Economics Research Examining Whether the World Is Really Flat
  Lexington, Virginia • August 9, 2009 -- When you think about research into global economics, the cost of lipstick and toilet paper is hardly the first thing that comes to mind. But that is precisely what Katie Boiles and Ian Sturdy, both economics majors and R. E. Lee Research Scholars at Washington and Lee University, have been researching this summer. Along with light bulbs, bottles of wine and toasters, they are looking at the prices of nearly 200 products around the world.
• Memorial Service Set for W&L Emeritus History Professor Robert McAhren
  Lexington, Virginia • August 4, 2009 -- Robert McAhren, professor of history emeritus at Washington and Lee University, died Tuesday at Stonewall Jackson Hospital. He was 73.
• Shepherd Alliance Interns Report on Experiences
  Lexington, Virginia • August 2, 2009 -- Shepherd Alliance interns discussed their experiences during their summer internships as part of the Shepherd Poverty Program when they returned to Lexington for a conference in August.
• W&L Philosophy Professor a Bodybuilding Champion
  Lexington, Virginia • August 2, 2009 -- At 5-feet-0 and 107 pounds, Melina Bell looks more like, say, a college philosophy professor than a champion bodybuilder. As it happens, she's both. And to prove it, Bell just won a major bodybuilding title to go along with the several scholarly papers she has written on the philosophy of women's bodybuilding.
• Summer Research Brings Poverty Issues to Life
  Lexington, Virginia • August 2, 2009 -- Spending your summer gathering data on how the U.S. government has funded social programs to combat poverty over the past 50 years would hardly seem to qualify as a day at the beach. But Washington and Lee University senior Caroline Head, an economics major with a minor in poverty studies, has discovered that such data mining is not as dull as it might seem, especially when you consider the stories that are behind the data.
• Robots, Loud Bangs, and Jelly Beans, Oh My!
  Lexington, Virginia • August 1, 2009 -- Family Adventure Program brings Washington and Lee alumni back to the campus with their children or grandchildren for a weekend of exploring science.
• Pulitzer Prize Winner to be Reynolds Visiting Professor at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • July 29, 2009 -- Caesar Andrews, one of the Detroit Free Press staff that won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, is the newest Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications.
• Eight Ways to Stay Healthy at College
  Lexington, Virginia • July 23, 2009 -- As colleges and universities prepare to open the year with continuing warnings about the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, this promises to be a challenging year for student health centers. But Dr. Jane Horton, director of student health and counseling at Washington and Lee University, says that the keys for students to stay healthy are not really different despite the swine flu's presence.
• Summer Research Means Yellow Jackets, X-ray Diffractometer and Dirt
  Lexington, Virginia • July 23, 2009 -- Stepping on a nest of yellow jackets is just part of Meredith Townsend's experience during her summer research project at Washington and Lee University.
• Aaron Baker wins Shenandoah/Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers
  Lexington, Virginia • July 21, 2009 -- Aaron Baker of Charlottesville, Va., has been named recipient of the 2009 Shenandoah/Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers, awarded annually by Shenandoah and Washington and Lee University, for his book Mission Work from Houghton Mifflin (2008).
• New Article Examines How Public Health Plans Affect Federal and State Regulations
  Lexington, Virginia • July 16, 2009 -- In a new article published by Health Affairs, the leading journal of health policy, Washington and Lee University law professor Timothy Jost examines how the interplay between federal and state health care regulations could affect reform efforts.
• New Research Considers Impact of Investment Disputes on Developing World
  Lexington, Virginia • July 16, 2009 -- Global Arbitration Review, a leading journal focused on international public and private arbitration, featured research by Washington and Lee law professor Susan Franck in a recent article examining potential bias against developing nations in investment treaty arbitration.
• Site Work Begins on W&L's New Hillel House
  Lexington, Virginia • July 16, 2009 -- Site preparation has begun on Washington and Lee University’s new Hillel House project on Washington Street.
• Shepherd Alliance Interns Enjoy Lexington Assignments
  Lexington, Virginia • July 14, 2009 -- Although the Shepherd Alliance summer internship program has 30 Washington and Lee University undergraduates and four law students working across the country this summer, the two students interning in Lexington are not among them.
• A Grander Sense: The Renovation of Newcomb Hall
  Lexington, Virginia • July 10, 2009 -- In the summer of 2010, Washington and Lee University will see the results of the extensive renovation of one of its signature structures, the 127-year-old Newcomb Hall. “Overall, it’s going to be that same, familiar building,” said Thomas M. Kalesky, director of design and construction at W&L, “but in a grander sense, as you would have seen back in the 1800s.”
• W&L Graduate’s Paper Selected for Presidential Fellows’ Anthology
  Lexington, Virginia • July 10, 2009 -- Wesley O’Dell, a 2009 Washington and Lee University graduate who participated in the annual Presidential Fellows Program, has had his research paper selected for inclusion in the papers of the 2008-2009 Presidential Fellows.
• W&L Art Professor Spreads the Word About Butter Sculpture
  Lexington, Virginia • July 10, 2009 -- Summer is the time for state fairs, and state fairs mean butter sculpture. Butter sculpture? Washington and Lee University art history professor Pamela Simpson has been studying the phenomenon for the past dozen years.
• Sotomayor’s Nomination: Will the Senate Fight the Wrong Fight?
  by Mark Rush
  Lexington, Virginia • July 8, 2009 -- Mark Rush, Robert G. Brown Professor of Politics and Law and head of the department of politics, at Washington and Lee University examined the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court in an opinion piece published in The Roanoke Times on July 8, 2009.
• Law Professor’s Work Cited by UK High Court
  Lexington, Virginia • July 7, 2009 -- Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl's research on the Rwandan genocide trials influenced a recent United Kingdom High Court of Justice decision involving the extradition to Rwanda of four high-profile genocide suspects
• W&L Aims for Healthy Employees
  Lexington, Virginia • June 17, 2009 -- A dollar spent could be three dollars saved at Washington and Lee University. That’s because W&L’s increased emphasis on boosting the health of its employees will ultimately save on health care costs, said Mary Katherine Snead.
• W&L Faculty Offer Must-Reads for Entering Students
  Lexington, Virginia • July 7, 2009 -- What should every new college student spend the summer reading? It depends entirely on who you ask. An informal survey of Washington and Lee University faculty on the subject resulted in an array of titles that ranged from history to poetry and from novels to biographies.
• Reticence and Revolution
  by Robert A. Strong
  Lexington, Virginia • July 6, 2009 -- Robert A. Strong, associate provost and Wilson Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University, wrote about President Obama's response to the Iranian election in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
• W&L Alumnus Wins Cooke Graduate Scholarship
  Lexington, Virginia • July 1, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University alumnus Adam Hockensmith has become the first W&L graduate to win a prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship.
• W&L Professor Has Mixture of Pride and Fear for His Native Iran
  Lexington, Virginia • June 26, 2009 -- As he has watched events unfold in his homeland of Iran in recent days, Hojat Ghandi of Washington and Lee University has felt two principal emotions — pride and fear.
• W&L's Community Grants Committee Announces June 2009 grants
  Lexington, Virginia • June 25, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University's Community Grants Committee met recently to evaluate the second round of proposals from local agencies and organizations for the 2008-09 fiscal year. The purpose of the community grants program is to support non-profit organizations in the Lexington/Rockbridge community.
• W&L's Public Safety Department Shines
  Lexington, Virginia • June 25, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University’s Public Safety department was recognized at the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (VACLEA) summer conference in Virginia Beach, Va.
• Law Professor Benjamin Spencer Appointed Special Assistant United States Attorney
  Lexington, Virginia • June 24, 2009 -- A. Benjamin Spencer, Associate Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law has been appointed to serve as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Spencer, who will remain on the law school faculty, began his appointment on June 8.
• R.T. Smith Named W&L's Writer-in-Residence
  Lexington, Virginia • June 24, 2009 -- R.T. Smith, editor of Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review, has been named W&L’s Writer-in-Residence, effective July 1.
• Sally Wiant to Retire as Law Library Director
  Lexington, Virginia • June 18, 2009 -- Sarah K. (Sally) Wiant will retire as director of the Washington and Lee Law School Library at the end of June to assume full-time duties as a teacher and scholar on the Washington and Lee Faculty of Law.
• Law Professor Participates in SEC's 75th Anniversary Program
  Lexington, Virginia • June 18, 2009 -- On June 4, Washington and Lee Law School professor Lyman Johnson participated in a program to celebrate the Securities and Exchange Commission's 75th anniversary. An audience of several hundred attended the program.
• Schwartz Designs Payout System for World Series of Poker
  Lexington, Virginia • June 16, 2009 -- For Adam Schwartz, the problem was simply irresistible. An associate professor of business administration at Washington and Lee University, Schwartz has played poker on occasion but does not consider himself a great poker player and certainly doesn't endorse gambling, especially for the students he teaches.
• The Little Red Pedometer That Could
  Lexington, Virginia • June 16, 2009 -- It’s a little red box that attaches to your waistband and looks like a beeper. But it’s a pedometer and it’s proving popular on Washington and Lee University’s campus this summer.
• W&L Endowed Professorships Announced
  Lexington, Virginia • May 1, 2009 -- On July 1, four members of the Washington and Lee University faculty will step into endowed professorships. They are Theodore C. DeLaney Jr., associate professor of history; Marcia B. France, professor of chemistry; Dennis M. Garvis, associate professor of business administration; and Elizabeth G. Oliver, professor of accounting. These promotions reflect their outstanding contributions to their disciplines and the classroom.
• W&L Students Participate in Shepherd Alliance Internships
  Lexington, Virginia • June 16, 2009 -- Thirty-nine Washington and Lee University undergraduate students are participating in internships this summer as part of the Shepherd Alliance.
• W&L's Tabb Named CoSIDA Academic All-American
  Lexington, Virginia • June 13, 2009 -- Washington and Lee women’s senior women’s tennis player Katie Tabb (Minneapolis, Minn./Edina) has been named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All-America At-Large squad as a third team selection.
• Three W&L Grads to Study at 'Oxbridge'
  Lexington, Virginia • June 10, 2009 -- Three Washington and Lee University students have been accepted to study at Oxbridge for the academic year 2009-2010, and three current undergraduates will be spending their junior years there as well.
• Washington and Lee Participates in Yellow Ribbon Program for Veterans
  Lexington, Virginia • June 10, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University is among the colleges and universities participating in the new Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program, a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008.
• W&L Trustees Meet Challenge to Complete Hillel House Funding
  Lexington, Virginia • May 13, 2009 -- Mark Eaker, a 1969 graduate of Washington and Lee University and a member of its Board of Trustees, has made a $235,000 challenge gift to the University’s Hillel House project that was matched by fellow trustees in a matter of hours, permitting the project to move forward with groundbreaking in September.
• W&L Awarded CASE-WealthEngine Awards for Educational Fundraising
  Lexington, Virginia • June 11, 2009 -- Washington and Lee has been recognized with a 2009 CASE-WealthEngine Award for Educational Fundraising in the category of Overall Performance. The award is the University’s second consecutive Overall Performance award, and its third such award in the past five years.
• Profiles of the Class of 2009
  Lexington, Virginia • June 4, 2009 -- The men and women who comprise Washington and Lee's Class of 2009 have distinctive stories. The four profile here provide only a small sampling of the graduates' accomplishments.
• Washington and Lee University Awards Degrees to 415 Seniors
  President Ruscio Encourages Graduates to Live in the "Complicated Center"
  Lexington, Virginia • June 4, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University President Kenneth P. Ruscio encouraged members of the graduating Class of 2009 to live in the “complicated center” of life during the University’s 222nd commencement exercises on Thursday, June 4.
• Washington and Lee Awards Three Honorary Degrees
  Lexington, Virginia • June 4, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University bestowed three honorary degrees during its commencement exercises on Thursday, June 4, 2009.
• W&L Grads Told to "Be Like the Fox"
  Lexington, Virginia • June 3, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University’s graduating seniors should set their sights higher than simply “the profits and the raises and the paid vacations,” urged the Rev. Jennifer R. Strawbridge in her baccalaureate address on Wednesday, June 3.
• W&L to Celebrate 222nd Commencement on June 4
  Lexington, Virginia • June 2, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University will celebrate its 222nd undergraduate commencement on Thursday, June 4, on its historic Front Lawn in front of Lee Chapel. The rain location will be Virginia Military Institute's Cameron Hall.
• W&L Black Lung Clinic Wins Two 4th Circuit Cases
  Lexington, Virginia • June 1, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University School of Law students have again prevailed in two Black Lung benefits disputes argued this year before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
• Five Members of W&L’s Faculty to Retire After Teaching a Total of 193 Years
  Lexington, Virginia • June 1, 2009 -- Five members of Washington and Lee’s faculty are retiring June 30 after teaching at W&L for a total of 193 years. They are Philip L. Cline, business administration and economics, 34 years; A.G. Fralin Jr., Romance languages, 34 years; John S. Knox, biology, 33 years; Joseph F. Lyles, physical education, 50 years; and Thomas O. Vinson, mathematics, 42 years.
• Dance Students Take Flight on Side of Wilson Hall
  Lexington, Virginia • May 29, 2009 -- In a dazzling display of aerial artistry, Washington and Lee University students swooped, spun and flipped off the side of Wilson Hall at the Lenfest Center for the Arts Friday afternoon, introducing a crowd of about 300 campus and community members to an entirely new kind of performance.
• Their Day
  Lexington, Virginia • May 28, 2009 -- Writing in Inside Higher Ed, Washington and Lee President Kenneth P. Ruscio says that commencement speakers should remember that the day belongs to the graduates and their families — advice he gives himself each year.
• New Novel Features Lexington and W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • May 27, 2009 -- You might recognize a few places around Lexington and Washington and Lee University in a new novel, The Widow’s Season, by Laura Brodie, visiting assistant professor of English at Washington and Lee University.
• W&L Mourns Loss of Art Historian Joan O'Mara
  Lexington, Virginia • May 25, 2009 -- Joan O’Mara, associate professor of art history at Washington and Lee, died Sunday, May 24, 2009.
• W&L's Doornbos Earns All-America Honors at the Division III NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  Lexington, Virginia • May 23, 2009 -- Washington and Lee senior Stacy Doornbos notched a fourth-place finish in the heptathlon with a school-record total of 4,764 points and garnered All-America accolades Friday at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Marietta, Ohio.
• Jenefer Davies Discusses the Genesis of Aerial Dance at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • May 20, 2009 -- Theater and Dance at W&L presents Aerial Dance Performance, under the direction of Artistic Director Jenefer Davies, on May 29 and 30, 2009, at 3:30 p.m. The performance will take place on the exterior wall of Wilson Hall. Tickets are not required.
• Timothy Lubin Receives Two National Fellowships
  Lexington, Virginia • May 15, 2009 -- Timothy Lubin, associate professor of religion at Washington and Lee University, has received two national fellowships for work on his research project “Authority, Law and the Polity in India, 300-1700.”
• W&L Senior Art Thesis Exhibition, Ever Present, to Open at Staniar Gallery on May 19
  Lexington, Virginia • January 1, 1970 -- Five Washington and Lee studio art students will present their senior thesis work in the exhibition, Ever Present, which opens at Staniar Gallery on May 19 and will be display until June 4. Featuring paintings, prints, photographs, and mixed media works, the show is an opportunity for graduating seniors to showcase their work in a professional gallery setting.
• W&L Alumnus Matthew Loar Wins CIC Fellowship
  Lexington, Virginia • May 13, 2009 -- Matthew Loar, a 2007 graduate of Washington and Lee University, has been named the winner of an American Graduate Fellowship from the Council of Independent Colleges.
• Fulbright Awards and French Government Teaching Award Announced
  Lexington, Virginia • May 12, 2009 -- Four Washington and Lee University seniors have been awarded grants for postgraduate study under the Fulbright Programs while a fifth student has won a teaching assistantship through the French government through a Fulbright application.
• Hilary Craig ’09 Wins Sarah G. Ball Teaching Award
  Lexington, Virginia • May 12, 2009 -- Hilary Craig ’09 of Georgetown, Ky., is this year’s Sarah G. Ball award recipient. She is a double major in journalism and mass communications and psychology at Washington and Lee University.
• School of Law Honors Graduates at 2009 Commencement Ceremony
  Lexington, Virginia • May 11, 2009 -- The Washington and Lee University School of Law celebrated its 154th commencement on Saturday, May 9 as 138 J.D. degrees and five LL.M. degrees were awarded.
• Two Alumni Sworn In to W&L's Board of Trustees
  Lexington, Virginia • May 11, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University swore in two alumni — R. Allen Haight and Bennett L. Ross — to the University's Board of Trustees on May 8, at the board’s spring meeting in Lexington.
• W&L Receives $2.5 Million Endowment in Honor of Larry C. Peppers
  Lexington, Virginia • May 9, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University has received a $2.5 million gift from E. Mac and Linda T. Crawford of Nashville, Tenn., to establish an endowment in honor of Larry C. Peppers, dean of the Williams School of Commerce, Economics and Politics.
• Professor of Ethnobotany Robin Kimmerer to Give Public Reading at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • May 8, 2009 -- Robin Kimmerer, author and professor of ethnobotany at State University of New York—Environmental Sciences and Forestry in Syracuse, will be giving a public reading from her recent work at Washington and Lee University on Tuesday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium in Leyburn Library.
• William H. Webster, Distinguished American Lawyer, Jurist and Public Servant, to Speak at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • May 7, 2009 -- Judge William H. Webster, chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council and the only American to serve as director of both the Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation, will speak at Washington and Lee University on Tuesday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel.
• Law Professor Russell Miller Receives Fulbright Research Grant
  Lexington, Virginia • May 6, 2009 -- Russell Miller, associate professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar senior research grant to conduct research in Heidelberg, Germany at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and Public International Law during the 2009-10 academic year.
• Law Professor Elected Vice-President of American Bankruptcy Institute
  Lexington, Virginia • May 6, 2009 -- Margaret Howard, Law Alumni Association Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been elected Vice-President of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). As Vice-President, Howard will serve on the ABI’s executive committee and chair the Research Grants Committee for a three-year term.
• Law Student Wins Top Scholarship Award Honoring Virginia Civil Rights Champions
  Lexington, Virginia • May 6, 2009 -- Kathy Pritts '11L, a first year law student at Washington and Lee School of Law, has received the top scholarship from the Greater Richmond Bar Association and the Oliver W. Hill and Samuel W. Tucker Scholarship Committee
• Science of Cooking Course Provides Useful Skills
  Lexington, Virginia • May 5, 2009 -- Do egg whites really foam better in a copper bowl? Do powdered egg whites work as well as real egg whites?
• Head of British Supreme Court to Deliver Law Commencement Address
  Lexington, Virginia • May 5, 2009 -- Lord Nicholas Addison Phillips, president of the newly formed Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, will deliver this year's commencement address during the 2009 graduation exercises at the Washington and Lee University School of Law.
• Washington and Lee Names Four Distinguished Alumni
  Lexington, Virginia • May 5, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University bestowed its Distinguished Alumnus Award on three recipients: William A. Jenks, Lexington, Va., a retired W&L history professor; David H. Stovall Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., president and CEO of Stein Mart Inc.; and Russell W. Chambliss, Birmingham, Ala., president and CEO of Mason Corp.
• Battle of the Branches—Washington Term Symposium at D.C. Press Club
  Lexington, Virginia • May 5, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University’s Second Annual Washington Term Symposium will be held Friday, May 15, from noon to 3 p.m. at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., where a panel of political scientists and political journalists will tackle the subject, “President vs. Congress: An Imbalance of Powers?”
• Roddy Roediger ’69, Glynn Family Visiting Professor, to Give Public Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • May 4, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University’s psychology department will host Glynn Family Visiting Professor and psychology alumnus Dr. Henry L. ‘Roddy’ Roediger ’69 and his spouse, Dr. Kathleen McDermott, for part of the 2009 spring term. Roediger will give a public talk on Tuesday, May 5, at 5:30 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater in the University Commons.
• W&L Men's Lacrosse Knocks Off Top-Ranked Roanoke, 15-14, in ODAC Championship Game
  Lexington, Virginia • May 3, 2009 -- Washington and Lee senior midfielder Harry St. John (Essex Fells, N.J./West Essex) scored unassisted just 38 seconds into overtime to lift the 10th-ranked and third-seeded Generals to a 15-14 overtime victory over top-ranked and No. 1 seed Roanoke College in the finals of the ODAC men's lacrosse championship on Sunday afternoon at Kerr Stadium.
• W&L Presents Former Sen. John W. Warner with The Washington Award
  Lexington, Virginia • May 2, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University today presented former Sen. John W. Warner, a 1949 graduate of the university, with its highest honor, the Washington Award. The presentation occurred during Washington and Lee’s reunion weekend and the annual meeting of its Alumni Association.
• More than 10 Cases of H1N1 Influenza Confirmed at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • May 1, 2009 -- The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has confirmed 11 cases of the H1N1 virus (swine flu) at Washington and Lee, where the Student Health Center is treating the outbreak as a "second flu season."
• Richard Bresnahan to Present Lecture on Ceramics
  Lexington, Virginia • May 1, 2009 -- Ceramicist Richard Bresnahan will give a public lecture on Wed., May 13, at 5 p.m. in Wilson Hall, Room 2018, on the campus of Washington and Lee University. Bresnahan’s work is on display in the art department display cases on the third floor of Wilson Hall through May 29.
• Olivia Burr ’12 Selected as Kemper Scholar
  Lexington, Virginia • May 1, 2009 -- Olivia B. Burr ’12 has been selected from a group of finalists for the Class of 2012 of the prestigious Kemper Scholars Program. She joins current W&L students, Rebecca Taylor (’09), Cale Grove (’10), Eric Hamscher (’11) and Chengpeng Mou (’11) as Kemper Scholars.
• Spring/Summer 2009 Issue of Shenandoah Released
  Lexington, Virginia • May 1, 2009 -- The Spring/Summer 2009 issue of Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review (Vol. 59 No.1) is now available.
• Shannon-Clark Lecture Presents A Reading by Physician and Poet Dr. Rafael Campo
  Lexington, Virginia • May 1, 2009 -- The 27th Shannon-Clark Lecture in English presents A Reading by Dr. Rafael Campo, director of medical humanities at Harvard University, on Thursday, May 7, at 8 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater in Elrod Commons. A reception will follow the talk in the Living Room of Elrod Commons.
• Opening Assembly for W&L’s 2009 Reunion Weekend was April 30
  Lexington, Virginia • May 1, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University's 2009 Reunion Weekend began with an Opening Assembly on Thursday, April 30. Following a Welcoming Address from Executive Director of Alumni Affairs Waller T. Dudley ’74, an invocation was given by William C. Datz ’75, coordinator of religious life.
• Two W&L Student-Athletes Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships
  Lexington, Virginia • April 30, 2009 -- Washington and Lee senior swimmer Paul Crook (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell) and senior cross country and track & field athlete Elizabeth Webb (Middleburg, Va./Wakefield) have been awarded National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Postgraduate Scholarships.
• W&L to Present Sen. John W. Warner with The Washington Award
  Lexington, Virginia • April 29, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University will present former Sen. John W. Warner, a 1949 graduate of the University, with its highest honor — The Washington Award — on Saturday, May 2, at 10:30 a.m. during the annual meeting of the W&L Alumni Association in Lee Chapel.
• Mini Language Classes a Highlight of Alumni Reunion Weekend
  Lexington, Virginia • April 29, 2009 -- Bon vivant, ¿Qué haces?, Wie geht’s?, domo arigato – terms like these may jog our memory, but how much do we really remember from our foreign language classes? After all, for some of us it has been quite a while…
• T. Boone Pickens Scheduled to Speak at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • April 27, 2009 -- Oil billionaire and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens, an outspoken advocate for alternative energy, will speak at Washington and Lee University on Thursday, April 30, at 5 p.m. in Lee Chapel.
• Katherine Crowley Wins AMS Congressional Fellowship
  Lexington, Virginia • April 27, 2009 -- The American Mathematical Society (AMS) has announced that Katherine Crowley, assistant professor of mathematics at Washington and Lee University, will be the organization’s Congressional Fellow for 2009-2010.
• W&L Baseball Wins First ODAC Title With 10-6 Win Over Virginia Wesleyan
  Lexington, Virginia • April 26, 2009 -- LYNCHBURG, Va. -- The sixth-seeded Washington and Lee baseball team won its first-ever ODAC title by defeating second-seeded Virginia Wesleyan, 10-6, on Sunday evening at Lynchburg City Stadium.
• W&L Free Service Translates 50 Languages
  Lexington, Virginia • April 24, 2009 -- English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) at Washington and Lee University has provided live translations to the Rockbridge County community for the last seven years.
• Prof. Johanna Bond Named WLSO Professor of the Year
  Lexington, Virginia • April 17, 2009 -- The Women Law Students Organization at Washington and Lee University School of Law has named Johanna E. Bond the 2009 recipient of the organization's Professor of the Year award.
• Students to Dance on Side of 40-Foot Building
  Lexington, Virginia • March 7, 2009 -- Imagine pushing off from the side of a building high above the ground, executing a graceful spin, all while trying to point your toes. Students at Washington and Lee University, and not just dance students, will get the opportunity to try this in a new six-week class that begins this May.
• Three Law Students Receive VLF Public Service Scholarships
  Lexington, Virginia • April 17, 2009 -- Washington and Lee School of Law students Patrick Chamberlain '10L, Gail Deady '11L, and Rachel Mack '11L have been selected as the 2009 recipients of Virginia Law Foundation Public Service Internship awards.
• Book Returned to Washington and Lee Library Only 52,858 Days Late
  Lexington, Virginia • April 15, 2009 -- What qualifies as perhaps the longest overdue library book in history found its way back to Washington and Lee University’s Leyburn Library in February, when the first volume of W.F.P. Napier’s four-volume set, History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, was returned to the shelves after an absence of 52,858 days.
• NFL Commissioner Goodell to Address Leadership in W&L Presentation
  Lexington, Virginia • April 14, 2009 -- National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell will hold a conversation about leadershp in sports at Washington and Lee University on Tuesday, April 21, at 7 p.m..
• W&L Tax Clinic Helps People in Trouble with the IRS
  Lexington, Virginia • April 14, 2009 -- The Tax Clinic of Washington and Lee University's School of Law deals with problem cases and helps clients avoid sleepless nights after April 15.
• Holocaust Remembrance Week at W&L is April 27-May 1
  Lexington, Virginia • April 13, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University's Hillel presents Holocaust Remembrance Week from April 27 - May 1. The planned activities range from films to a vigil to a talk by Holocaust survivor, George Salton. All of the Holocaust Remembrance Week activities are open to the public without charge.
• W&L Recognizes and Honors University Staff Retirees at Banquet
  Lexington, Virginia • April 13, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University’s Employee Recognition Banquet held Monday, April 13, recognized four retiring members of W&L’s staff, with a total of 103 years of service to W&L.
• W&L Emeritus Biology Professor Honored by Virginia Museum for Natural History
  Lexington, Virginia • April 13, 2009 -- Cleveland P. Hickman Jr., professor emeritus of biology at Washington and Lee University, will receive the Thomas Jefferson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Natural Science from the Virginia Museum for Natural History Foundation at the organization’s 22nd annual Thomas Jefferson Awards on Earth Day on April 22, at the museum in Martinsville, Va.
• Law Professor’s Book Honored by International Law Organizations
  Lexington, Virginia • April 9, 2009 -- The American Society of International Law has selected Washington and Lee Law Professor Mark Drumbl's recent book as first runner-up for its 2009 Certificate of Merit for Creative Scholarship. This prize is among the most prestigious publishing awards globally in the field of international law.
• Two W&L Students Win Goldwater Scholarships
  Lexington, Virginia • April 9, 2009 -- Two Washington and Lee University students — junior Bena M. Tshishiku from Martinez, Ga., and sophomore F. Andrew Tessier Jr. from New Orleans, La. — have been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.
• Theresa Braunschneider's Study of Nighttime Activities in the 18th Century Wins ACLS Fellowship
  Lexington, Virginia • April 7, 2009 -- Theresa Braunschneider, associate professor of English at Washington and Lee University, has been awarded a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Society (ACLS) that she will use for a sabbatical year during 2009-10 to complete her new book, After Dark: Modern Nighttime in 18th-Century Literature. She is the first W&L faculty member to win the fellowship.
• Hunter Branstetter and Jenna Walls Named Unsung Generals of the Year
  Catherine Kruse Awarded the 2009 Decade Award
  Lexington, Virginia • April 7, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University seniors Hunter Branstetter of Nashville, Tenn., and Jenna Walls of Zionsville, Ind., were named the John W. Elrod Unsung Generals of the Year at the seventh annual Celebrating Student Success Awards held Sunday night, April 5, in the living room of the John W. Elrod University Commons.
• Winners of Johnson Opportunity Grants Announced
  Lexington, Virginia • April 6, 2009 -- The Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity at Washington and Lee University has announced the eight inaugural recipients of the Johnson Opportunity Grants. The grants are funded by a gift to W&L which also created scholarships, a lecture and symposia series focusing on leadership and two endowed professorships.
• It’s All Greek for Grade Schoolers Learning the Language in Lexington
  Lexington, Virginia • April 2, 2009 -- Twice a week, Washington and Lee University sophomore Samantha Copping sits down with her students at a Lexington, Va., coffee shop for a tutoring session. It’s an unremarkable scene until you consider the subject — ancient Greek — and the students are in grade school.
• Professor's New Study Finds ALI Family Law Principles Have Small Impact
  Lexington, Virginia • April 2, 2009 -- Seeking to deal with the greater complexity of the American family, the American Law Institute nine years ago adopted a set of principles to help the courts and state legislatures negotiate these breakups.
• Law School Tax Clinic Receives IRS Grant
  Lexington, Virginia • April 2, 2009 -- The Tax Clinic at the Washington and Lee University School of Law has been awarded a matching grant from the Internal Revenue Service's Low Income Taxpayer Clinic program. This is the second straight year that the Tax Clinic has received federal dollars to support its efforts.
• Medal of Freedom Winner William T. Coleman to Deliver Annual Law and History Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • April 2, 2009 -- Distinguished attorney and public servant William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. will deliver the annual Hendricks Lecture in Law and History. Coleman, one of the lead strategists and coauthor of the legal brief in Brown v. Board of Education, will explore the impact of the NAACP on the civil rights movement.
• W&L Journalism Students Take Top Prizes at Society of Professional Journalists Regional Competition
  Lexington, Virginia • April 1, 2009 -- Washington & Lee journalism students earned seven awards – with an unprecedented three first-place winners – in the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Region II annual collegiate journalism competition.
• Judge Ginsburg's Centrist Role: Opinion Piece by W&L's Russell Miller in Roanoke Times
  Lexington, Virginia • April 1, 2009 -- Russell A. Miller, associate professor of law at Washington and Lee University, assesses the role that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has played on the Court.
• Joshua Fairfield Named Director of the Frances Lewis Law Center
  Lexington, Virginia • March 2, 2009 -- Joshua A.T. Fairfield, associate professor of law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been named the next director of the Frances Lewis Law Center. He will begin his duties with the Center on July 1, 2009.
• Law Professor Testifies on Indigent Defense before Congressional Committee
  Lexington, Virginia • March 30, 2009 -- Erik Luna, professor of law at Washington and Lee School of Law, testified last week before a U.S. congressional subcommittee on a state's ability to provide legal services to indigent defendants.
• W&L Study Assesses Rockbridge Area Poverty
  Lexington, Virginia • March 28, 2009 -- Two Washington and Lee seniors, Melissa Caron and Chris Martin, conducted the Rockbridge Poverty Assessment 2008 to catalogue and assess existing efforts to meet the needs of underserved populations in the county and to propose potential solutions.
• Staniar Gallery Interns Mount Art Exhibit in Leyburn Library With Opening Reception
  Lexington, Virginia • March 27, 2009 -- An opening reception on April 6 at 5 p.m. will celebrate a new exhibit of prints on display on the first floor of Leyburn Library on the campus of Washington and Lee University from April 1 to June 8.
• W&L Senior Awarded Project for Peace
  Lexington, Virginia • March 24, 2009 -- As far as Washington and Lee University senior Eduardo Rodriguez is concerned, communication is the key to peace. That basic premise underlies the proposal that won Rodriguez a $10,000 grant from the Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace program.
• The Challenge of D.C. Representation: Opinion Piece by W&L's Mark Rush in Times-Dispatch
  Lexington, Virginia • March 24, 2009 -- Mark Rush, the Robert G. Brown Professor of Law and Politics at Washington and Lee University, explores issues surrounding the efforts to gain voting rights of citizens of the District of Columbia in an opinion piece published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
• 2009 Lewis F. Powell Jr. Lecture On a Supreme Court Advocate's Perspective
  Lexington, Virginia • March 23, 2009 -- The Lewis F. Powell Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series will present the Seventh Annual Lewis F. Powell Jr. Lecture on Thursday, April 2, at 6 p.m. in Lee Chapel on the campus of Washington and Lee University. The event is free and open to the public.
• W&L Law Symposium to Explore African Women’s Rights and Health Issues
  Lexington, Virginia • March 24, 2009 -- Human rights scholars from around the world will gather at Washington and Lee University School of Law on Friday, April 3, for a symposium exploring women’s reproductive and sexual health as human rights on the African continent. W&L Law’s 2008-09 Scholar-in-Residence, Charles Ngwena, professor of health and human rights at the University of the Free State in South Africa, will chair the symposium.
• Lights Off for Earth Hour on Saturday
  Lexington, Virginia • March 27, 2009 -- In response to a request from Washington and Lee’s Student Environmental Action League (SEAL), lights in Payne, Washington and Robinson Halls will be turned off between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, in observance of Earth Hour.
• Recipients of the 2009 Woolley Fellowships Announced
  Lexington, Virginia • March 23, 2009 -- The Center for International Education (CIE) at Washington and Lee University has announced the recipients of the 2009 Woolley Fellowships, provided through the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Woolley in honor and memory of their son, Erik.
• Government Bailouts Topic of Federalist Society Panel
  Lexington, Virginia • March 20, 2009 -- Former presidential candidate Bob Barr will be among the participants for an upcoming panel discussion at Washington and Lee School of Law exploring government bailouts.
• Applications to School of Law Buck National Trend, Up 29 Percent This Year
  Lexington, Virginia • March 19, 2009 -- Law school applications are up nationally 4 percent, running lower than expected during an economic downturn. Washington and Lee School of Law is a notable exception, with applications up 29 percent over last year.
• W&L's Sixth Annual Tom Wolfe Lecture/Seminar Features P.J. O'Rourke
  Lexington, Virginia • March 19, 2009 -- The opening talk of Washington and Lee University's sixth annual Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar will be given by political humorist and author P.J. O’Rourke on Friday, March 27, at 4 p.m. in Lee Chapel.
• Death Penalty Topic of Law School Panel Discussion
  Lexington, Virginia • March 19, 2009 -- Three criminal law scholars will discuss and debate death penalty issues at Washington and Lee University on Wednesday, March 25, from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. in Classroom A of the Law School.
• Law Professor Expert Witness on Mutual Fund Case Headed to U.S. Supreme Court
  Lexington, Virginia • March 18, 2009 -- Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Lyman Johnson has for the last three years served as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in a mutual case, Jones v. Harris, as it moved through the lower courts and is moving to the Supreme Court.
• W&L Safety Officer Praised for Quick Action in Pi Phi Fire
  Lexington, Virginia • March 19, 2009 -- Washington and Lee safety officer Jamie Brown spent the longest seven minutes of his career when he responded to the Phi Kappa Pi fire earlier this month.
• School of Law Welcomes New Faculty for 2009-10 Academic Year
  Lexington, Virginia • March 18, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University School of Law will welcome five new teachers to the permanent faculty for the upcoming academic year.
• Professor Jeremy Sarkin to Give Public Lecture on Genocide
  Lexington, Virginia • March 18, 2009 -- Professor Jeremy Sarkin, distinguished visiting professor of law at Hofstra University, will deliver a lecture at Washington and Lee University on Thursday, March 26, at 4 p.m. in Room 327, Huntley Hall.
• Public Talk With American Playwright Lucy Thurber at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • March 17, 2009 -- Playwright Lucy Thurber will give a talk at Washington and Lee University on Friday, March 27, at 3:35 p.m. (H hour) in the Keller Theater of Lenfest Hall. It is free and open to the public.
• Washington and Lee Welcomes New Members into Phi Beta Kappa; Renames Award for Retired Professor
  Lexington, Virginia • March 16, 2009 -- When the Washington and Lee University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa inducted 47 members of the classes of 2008, 2009 and 2010 into the academic honor society on March 12, a former W&L faculty member was also recognized when the chapter's award for the top sophomore was named for J. Brown Goehring.
• Stacy Doornbos Earns All-America Honors in Pentathlon
  Lexington, Virginia • March 14, 2009 -- Stacy Doornbos, a Washington and Lee University senior, became the first Generals' athlete to win All-America honors in women's indoor track when she placed fourth in the pentathlon (3,390 total points) at the NCAA Division III finals on March 13.
• John Montgomery to Speak about Business and Philanthropy at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • March 13, 2009 -- John Montgomery, founder and CEO of Bridgeway Capital Management, Inc., will present an address at Washington and Lee University on Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in Northen Auditorium in the Leyburn Library.
• Authors Explore the Vietnam War If Kennedy Had lived
  Lexington, Virginia • March 13, 2009 -- James Blight and janet Lang, professors at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies, will give a talk about their new book, Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived, on Monday, March 23, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 345 of Washington and Lee University’s Elrod Commons. There will be a book signing after the lecture.
• Fire Damages Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
  Lexington, Virginia • March 12, 2009 -- All residents of Washington and Lee University’s Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house were successfully evacuated this morning (Thursday, March 12) when a pre-dawn fire caused major damage to the building at 201 East Washington Street in Lexington.
• Topic of W&L’s Annual Sexual Assault Summit is Peer Education and Bystander Intervention
  Lexington, Virginia • March 11, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University will host its third annual Sexual Assault Summit on Friday and Saturday, March 27-28, in the John W. Elrod Commons on W&L’s campus in Lexington, Va.
• Steven W. Squyres to Speak at Phi Beta Kappa Convocation
  Lexington, Virginia • March 10, 2009 -- Steven W. Squyres, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University and the principal investigator of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Project, will be the speaker at the Phi Beta Kappa/Society of the Cincinnati Convocation on Thursday, March 12.
• Philosopher Thomas Pogge to Addresses Issues of Poverty in W&L Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • March 9, 2009 -- Thomas W. Pogge, the Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, will present a lecture titled “Do the Global Poor have Human Rights?” at Washington and Lee University on Tuesday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium of the James G. Leyburn Library.
• Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to Speak at W&L on March 16
  Lexington, Virginia • March 9, 2009 -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will speak as part of Washington and Lee University’s Contact series of speakers on Monday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel. The program is free and open to the public.
• W&L's Van Devender Awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
  Lexington, Virginia • March 9, 2009 -- Washington and Lee senior soccer star Anne Van Devender has been awarded a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Postgraduate Scholarship. The award is a $7,500 scholarship for academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.
• James F. Childress to Deliver Inaugural Johnson & Johnson Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • March 7, 2009 -- Dr. James F. Childress, Professor of Ethics and Medical Education at the University of Virginia, will deliver the inaugural lecture of the new Johnson & Johnson Law and Medicine Colloquium Series at the Washington and Lee School of Law. The topic of his remarks will be "Controversies about Human Dignity: Implications for Biotechnology."
• W&L School of Law Receives $2 Million Gift for Third-Year Reform
  Lexington, Virginia • March 7, 2009 -- The Washington and Lee School of Law has received a major financial boost with the announcement of a $2-million gift to support the efforts to change the way third-year students prepare for transition from law students to legal practitioners.
• William Christenberry to Present Artist Talk at Washington and Lee
  Lexington, Virginia • March 5, 2009 -- Artist William Christenberry , whose work is currently featured in exhibition in Washington and Lee University's Staniar Gallery, will present an Artist Talk at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, in the Concert Hall of Wilson Hall at W&L. The lecture is free and open to the public.
• W&L Presents Speaker on Iconoclasm
  Lexington, Virginia • March 5, 2009 -- James Simpson, the Douglas P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University, will give a public lecture on Monday, March 23, at 7 p.m. in Northen Auditorium in the Leyburn Library at Washington and Lee University.
• Yale Law Professor Robert W. Gordon to Lecture at Ethics Institute
  Lexington, Virginia • March 4, 2009 -- Robert W. Gordon, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School, will deliver the keynote speech at Washington and Lee University’s Legal Ethics Institute on Friday, March 27, at 4:30 p.m. in Classroom A at the Washington and Lee University School of Law (Lewis Hall).
• Hurd to Give Herwick Professorship Inaugural Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • February 28, 2009 -- Lawrence E. Hurd, professor of biology at Washington and Lee University, will give the Herwick Professor in Biology Inaugural Lecture on Tuesday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library. Hurd was named to the professorship last fall 2008.
• Senior Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company to Speak at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • February 26, 2009 -- Ingrid Saunders Jones, senior vice president of The Coca-Cola Company, chairperson of The Coca-Cola Foundation and senior vice president of Global Community Connections, will present a lecture on Thursday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater in Washington and Lee University’s Elrod Commons.
• W&L Biologist's Research Aims to Help Yellowstone Bison, Elk
  Lexington, Virginia • February 26, 2009 -- What is a bottle of Roundup Weed and Grass Killer doing in Yellowstone National Park? W&L biologist Bill Hamilton and teams of W&L students have been working on projects to keep the prairie grasslands viable for the bison and elk.
• W&L's German and Russian Department to Perform Foreign Language Plays
  Lexington, Virginia • February 26, 2009 -- The Brothers Grimm and the Brothers Karamazov will take their turns this week on the Troubadour stage. Generalprobe, in its eighteenth year of performing German language comedy at Washington and Lee, will present Märchenwald II on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, March 5-7 at 7:30 p.m., in the Troubadour Theater.
• CNN Reporter to Speak on "Women in TV News" at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • February 25, 2009 -- CNN reporter Carol Costello, will bring stories about her experiences with hurricanes, disasters and more when she gives a talk, "Women in TV News," on Thursday, March 12, at 5:00 p.m. at Washington and Lee University's Stackhouse Theater in the Elrod Commons.
• USA Today Supreme Court Reporter Joan Biskupic to Speak at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • February 25, 2009 -- Joan Biskupic, Supreme Court reporter at USA Today, will bring her considerable expertise and experience to Stackhouse Theater in Elrod Commons on Wednesday, March 18, at 5 p.m. for a talk entitled, "Antonin Scalia vs. Sandra Day O'Connor: Dueling Supreme Court Legacies."
• Medical Ethics Institute Keynote Speaker is Duke Professor Gopal Sreenivasan
  Lexington, Virginia • February 25, 2009 -- Gopal Sreenivasan, Crown Professor of Ethics at Duke University, will deliver the keynote address at the Washington and Lee University Medical Ethics Institute on Friday, March 13, at 4:30 p.m. in Huntley Hall, room 221.
• 2009 Spring Speakers Series Topic is "George Washington and Robert E. Lee"
  Lexington, Virginia • February 25, 2009 -- The 2009 Spring Speakers Series at Washington and Lee University, titled George Washington's and Robert E. Lee's Rise to Prominence and Legacy, will present speakers comparing and contrasting various aspects of the lives of these great men.
• Law Dean Elected to Board of Governors of Virginia Bar
  Lexington, Virginia • February 23, 2009 -- Rodney A. Smolla, dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law has been elected to the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association.
• Legal Reporting Professor to Give Speech at Journalism Ethics Institute
  Lexington, Virginia • February 21, 2009 -- Toni Locy, Reynolds Professor of Legal Reporting at Washington and Lee University, will deliver the keynote address at Washington and Lee University’s 47th Institute on Journalism Ethics on Friday, March 6, at 5:30 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.
• W&L Negotiations Teams Finishes Fourth at National Championships
  Lexington, Virginia • February 21, 2009 -- The Washington and Lee School of Law team of Mike Gardner '10L and Steve Mammarella '10L took fourth place at the American Bar Association's 2009 National Negotiations Competition, held in Boston February 14-15.
• Washington and Lee University Elects Three New Members to Board of Trustees
  Lexington, Virginia • February 10, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University’s Board of Trustees has elected three alumni as new members. They are John Baker Gentry Jr. of Fort Worth, Texas; Robert E. Sadler Jr. of Buffalo, N.Y., and William M. Webster IV of Spartanburg, S.C.
• Visiting Professor at W&L to Talk on A New Generation of Journalists
  Lexington, Virginia • February 20, 2009 -- Tom Mattesky, as the Donald W. Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor at Washington and Lee University this term, has been sharing his unique broadcast news experience with students in the journalism and mass communications department.
• W&L Law Students Assist Defense in Khmer Rouge Trial
  Lexington, Virginia • February 20, 2009 -- When the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders opened this month in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, legal groundwork by Washington and Lee University law students was being used in the defense of Kaing Guek Eav, commonly known as Duch, who is the first to be put on trial.
• Alumni Bring Expertise to Psychology Course
  Lexington, Virginia • February 18, 2009 -- Psychology majors' angst about their future careers had been apparent for some time, said David G. Elmes, emeritus professor of psychology at W&L. "Some had even been told that there is little they could do with a psychology degree," he added.
• Drop-Dead Day for Detroit: Opinion Piece by Smitka in Times-Dispatch
  Lexington, Virginia • February 15, 2009 -- Michael Smitka, professor of economics at Washington and Lee University, explores the state of the automobile industry in advance of "drop-dead day," the deadline that Congress have given Detroit's Big Three to produce turnaround plans.
• Law Students to Assist Area Residents with Tax Preparation
  Lexington, Virginia • February 14, 2009 -- Students from Washington and Lee University School of Law will offer free tax preparation assistance for low- to moderate-income taxpayers in the Rockbridge county area this tax season. This service is free to members of the local community earning less than $42,000 annually (per family).
• W&L Students to Teach English at San Diego Padres’ Baseball Academy
  Lexington, Virginia • February 12, 2009 -- When the San Diego Padres built their state-of-the-art baseball academy in the small town of Najayo in the Dominican Republic, they committed to develop the players both on and off the field. With this in mind, they are now piloting a program, the first of its kind, with faculty and students from Washington and Lee University, to teach English to their baseball students for a week during the 2009 spring break.
• W&L Art Professor Awarded VMFA Fellowship
  Lexington, Virginia • February 11, 2009 -- Christa Bowden, assistant professor of art at Washington and Lee University, has been awarded a 2009-2010 Fellowship by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). Recognition by the Virginia General Assembly in honor of the 14 fellowship recipients will be held at the state capitol in Richmond on Friday, Feb. 20, with lunch to follow at VMFA.
• W&L Symposium Advises Obama Administration on Climate Change
  Lexington, Virginia • February 10, 2009 -- On Feb. 20, legal scholars, economists and scientists from W&L and around the nation will converge at Washington and Lee for a symposium exploring the Obama administration's initial steps at addressing the effects of climate change and anticipating the challenges ahead.
• W&L's DeLaney Discusses Abraham Lincoln in Fredericksburg Free Lance Star
  Lexington, Virginia • February 11, 2009 -- Theodore C. DeLaney, associate professor of history, discusses Abraham Lincoln's achievements and legacy in an opinion piece in the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star.
• W&L Team Wins 10th Annual VFIC Ethics Bowl
  Lexington, Virginia • February 10, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University won its fifth Ethics Bowl championship Monday when its four-member team of students successfully argued that a journalist is ethically justified to use deception as a last resort in getting a story that is in the public interest.
• W&L's Amanda Bower Rates Super Bowl Advertising on Weekend Virginia
  Lexington, Virginia • February 8, 2009 -- Business administration and marketing professor Amanda Bower on WVTF's Weekend Edition.
• W&L's Linda Hooks Discusses "Bad Banks" on Weekend Virginia
  Lexington, Virginia • February 8, 2009 -- Economics professor Linda Hooks appears on WVTF's Weekend Virginia.
• Law Professor Offers Expert Testimony at United Nations Conference
  Lexington, Virginia • February 14, 2009 -- Susan D. Franck, associate professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law and an expert in international economic law and dispute resolution, will present expert evidence this February at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, Switzerland.
• John W. Warner ’49 Receives NAICU Advocacy Award
  Lexington, Virginia • February 6, 2009 -- Washington and Lee alumnus John W. Warner, former U.S. senator from Virginia, received the 16th annual Award for Advocacy of Independent Higher Education from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), during the organization’s annual meeting in Washington on Feb. 3.
• Open for Business: Leyburn Library Unveils New Main Floor
  Lexington, Virginia • February 6, 2009 -- The renovated main floor of Washington and Lee University’s Leyburn Library looks so different that it’s hard to believe it’s the same place. What once was a dark, cluttered area now beckons with plenty of open space, natural light and student-approved furniture.
• W&L's Smitka Discusses Auto Crisis on WTOP Radio
  Lexington, Virginia • February 4, 2009 -- Economics professor Michael Smitka appears on WTOP radio in Washington, D.C.
• W&L to Host 10th Annual Ethics Bowl
  Lexington, Virginia • January 30, 2009 -- "We're all opinionated, in a good way, and we all defend our arguments well," says Alisha Laventure, a senior journalism and communications major at Washington and Lee University, "so one of the biggest challenges for our teams in this year's ethics bowl will be reaching a consensus on the position we want to take on the subject."
• W&L Negotiations Team Headed to National Championships
  Lexington, Virginia • January 2, 2009 -- The Washington and Lee School of Law team of Mike Gardner '10 and Steve Mammarella '10 will compete at the American Bar Association's 2009 National Negotiations Competition, to be held in Boston February 14-15.
• Uffelman and Carey Awarded Outstanding Faculty Awards
  Lexington, Virginia • January 26, 2009 -- Two Washington and Lee University professors--Mark Carey and Erich Uffelman--today were named recipients of the 2009 Outstanding Faculty Award, administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
• Author and Jazz Critic Stanley Crouch to Give Public Lecture at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • January 23, 2009 -- Stanley Crouch, the noted essayist, jazz critic and columnist for the New York Daily News, will present a lecture at Washington and Lee University on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. in Huntley Hall, room 221.
• W&L Law Professor Mark Drumbl to Deliver Oxford University Honorary Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • January 23, 2009 -- Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl will deliver the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society Lecture at Oxford University. He will present a lecture titled "Justice after Atrocity: A Cosmopolitan Pluralist Approach."
• University RecycleMania—Maximizing Recycling After Minimizing Waste
  Lexington, Virginia • January 20, 2009 -- Washington and Lee University is currently participating in RecycleMania, an annual 10-week effort of colleges and universities across the country to maximize recycling after minimizing waste. It is a joint effort of the National Recycling Council and the College and University Recycling Council, and this year runs from January 18 to March 28.
• Ronald MacDonald Named to Virginia Communications Hall of Fame
  Lexington, Virginia • January 22, 2009 -- The late Ronald MacDonald, former professor of journalism at Washington and Lee University, will be inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame in April.
• W&L Hosts Exhibition of Works by William Christenberry
  Lexington, Virginia • January 21, 2009 -- An exhibition of work by William Christenberry will open at Washington and Lee University’s Staniar Gallery on Feb. 9. “William Christenberry: Site/Possession” will feature paintings, photographs, constructions, “dream buildings” and the “Klan Room Tableau.”
• New York Ceramics Fair Exhibits W&L Chinese Export Porcelain
  Lexington, Virginia • January 19, 2009 -- Carefully cushioned in bubble wrap many times over, wedged in foam and packed into five large crates, 27 pieces of Chinese export porcelain are ready to wow New York City.
• Public's Distrust of Bush Dimmed Success of Preventing Terrorist Attack, Says Former Member of Bush Administration
  Lexington, Virginia • January 19, 2009 -- Once he takes office Tuesday as the nation's "second terror president," Barack Obama must confront public skepticism about the reality of threats the United States continues to face from terrorists. That is the assessment of Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith, a former member of the Bush administration and author of "The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration."
• Nationally-Renowned Business Journalist to Address Financial Crisis in W&L Lecture
  Lexington, Virginia • January 16, 2009 -- Greg Ip, the U.S. economics editor of The Economist, will give a public lecture at Washington and Lee University on Thursday, Feb. 5, at 5 p.m. in Room 327 of Huntley Hall. Ip’s talk is titled “Our Financial 9/11.”
• No Longer Science Fiction, W&L's Kalista Researches Self-Healing Materials
  Lexington, Virginia • January 16, 2009 -- Stephen Kalista, a visiting instructor of physics and engineering at Washington and Lee University, is investigating this emerging area of materials research that focuses on self-healing properties.
• Chairman of the Board for BB&T Corp. to Present Talk at W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • January 14, 2009 -- John A. Allison IV, chairman of the Board of Directors for BB&T Corporation and former CEO, will be the Williams School Executive-In-Residence at Washington and Lee University and will give a speech on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 4:30 p.m. in Huntley Hall, room 327.
• Science, Society and the Arts to Feature Dr. Brian Nosek as Keynote Speaker
  Lexington, Virginia • January 13, 2009 -- The keynote speaker for Science, Society and the Arts (SSA), to be held on Friday, Feb. 27, is Dr. Brian Nosek, associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. Nosek’s luncheon talk will be held at 12 p.m. in Evans Hall. The title of the talk is “Mind Bugs: The Ordinary Origins of Bias.”
• Wallace Renfro and Jeffrey Toobin to Address W&L's Institute for Honor
  Lexington, Virginia • January 13, 2009 -- Wallace Renfro, vice president and senior advisor to the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and Jeffrey Toobin, journalist and author, are the kickoff speakers for Washington and Lee University's eighth annual Institute for Honor on Friday, Jan. 23, in Lee Chapel. Renfro's talk will be at 11:30 a.m. and Toobin's at 2 p.m.
• Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Steve Coll to Lecture as W&L's Fishback Visiting Writer
  Lexington, Virginia • January 13, 2009 -- Steve Coll, president and CEO of the New America Foundation and a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine will present a lecture at Washington and Lee University on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. in Stackhouse Theatre of Elrod Commons.
• Acclaimed German Novelist and Constitutional Scholar to Visit W&L
  Lexington, Virginia • January 13, 2009 -- Bernhard Schlink, author of the international bestseller and Oprah Book Club selection The Reader, will lecture and meet with students at Washington and Lee University on Feb. 4-5. The German novelist's visit comes in the midst of his tour of awards events celebrating the just-released and critically-acclaimed film adaptation of his book.
• NAACP Bureau Chief to Speak at W&L Law on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  Lexington, Virginia • January 13, 2009 -- Hilary O. Shelton, director of the Washington bureau of the NAACP, will speak at Washington and Lee School of Law as part of the University's celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Virginia Students to Debate Ethics and Journalism
  Top Business and Community Leaders to Judge Student Team Arguments
  Lexington, Virginia • January 12, 2009 -- Students from 15 of Virginia's leading independent colleges and universities will debate issues of ethics and journalism at the 10th annual statewide collegiate Wachovia Ethics Bowl on Feb. 8-9 at Washington and Lee University.
• Jack Goldsmith to Present W&L's Founders Day/ODK Speech
  Students to be inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa
  Lexington, Virginia • January 9, 2009 -- Jack Goldsmith, a 1984 graduate of Washington and Lee University and currently the Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law in the Harvard Law School, will return to his alma mater to address the annual Founders' Day/Omicron Delta Kappa Convocation on Monday, Jan. 19, at 11:45 a.m. in Lee Chapel.
• Dick Gregory to Speak at Celebration of Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  Lexington, Virginia • January 7, 2009 -- Dick Gregory, the comedian and civil rights activist, will be the keynote speaker for Washington and Lee University's Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Sunday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. in Lee Chapel.
• Wilson Hall to Exhibit Work of Artist Ron Johnson
  Artist's Talk and Reception January 12, 2009
  Lexington, Virginia • January 5, 2009 -- Everybody Wants the Other, an installation of large-scale drawings by Ron Johnson, will be on view in Washington and Lee's Wilson Hall through January 30, 2009.
• Collins Designs Set for Play Touring U.S.
  Lexington, Virginia • January 5, 2009 -- One actor playing a set of twins. Numerous exits off-stage and rapid costume changes. A set that needed to be both adaptable and portable. These were just some of the challenges Owen Collins, W&L professor of theatrical design, faced in designing the set for the NYC-based Aquila Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors."
• W&L's Tyler Lorig Discusses What the Nose Knows with WVTF Public Radio
  Lexington, Virginia • December 23, 2008 -- In an interview with Connie Stevens of WVTF, public radio in Roanoke, Tyler Lorig, the Ruth Parmly Professor and chair of neuroscience at Washington and Lee, explains the ways in which our sense of smell has an impact on all of our senses.
• Student's Photo Snapped Up by National Geographic
  Lexington, Virginia • December 16, 2008 -- "If I had arrived just a minute later I would have missed it," says W&L student Morgan Harris ’09, who keeps his professional-grade SLR camera on him whenever he can while traveling. One of his shots proved to be a winning one and has been selected by National Geographic photo editors to be included in their 2009 Glimpse calendar.
• Students in International Law Practicum Promote Justice in Liberia
  Lexington, Virginia • December 11, 2008 -- The West-African nation of Liberia is just beginning to recover from the fourteen year civil war that destroyed its economy, infrastructure and legal system. Through a new international law course, Washington and Lee law students are participating in the rebuilding process up close and personal.
• Odell S. McGuire, Geology Professor, Dies at 81
  Lexington, Virginia • December 8, 2008 -- Odell S. McGuire, a professor emeritus of geology who taught for 32 years at W&L, died today, Dec. 8, 2008, at Heritage Hall Health and Rehab Center, in Lexington. He was 81.
• Making Sense of Holiday Scents
  Lexington, Virginia • December 9, 2008 -- What would the holidays be without those familiar scents — the fresh spruce tree, peppermint candy canes, mulled cider? The absence of those particular odors in the context of the holidays would create a puzzle for the senses, says Washington and Lee neuroscientist Tyler Lorig, who specializes in the study of the olfactory system.
• Justice Donald W. Lemons Receives International Honor
  Lexington, Virginia • December 5, 2008 -- This fall, Donald W. Lemons, Virginia Supreme Court Justice and Distinguished Professor of Judicial Studies at Washington and Lee University School of Law, was named an Honorary Master of the Bench by the Middle Temple Inn of Court in London, England. This rare honor for an American jurist is normally reserved for Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
• How to Cope with Exam Week
  Lexington, Virginia • December 5, 2008 -- As college students enter the period of final examinations, their stress level is bound to increase. But there are some common sense ways to limit the stress and avoid the problems it can cause, according to Jane Horton, director of student health and counseling at Washington and Lee University.
• Washington and Lee Receives $17 Million for Faculty Support
  Lexington, Virginia • December 5, 2008 -- Washington and Lee University has received $17 million from Gerry Lenfest, an alumnus and Philadelphia philanthropist, to establish two endowments in support of faculty sabbaticals and summer research.
• Emeritus Professor Teaches Philosophy to Tibetan Monks
  Lexington, Virginia • December 3, 2008 -- The year before Harrison Pemberton was due to retire after teaching philosophy at Washington and Lee University for 42 years, a casual remark changed everything.
• W&L Politics Professor Examines Supreme Court on WVTF's Evening Edition
  Lexington, Virginia • December 3, 2008 -- Mark Rush, the Robert G. Brown Professor of Politics and Law and head of the department of politics at Washington and Lee, was a guest on Evening Edition, a public affairs program of WVTF public radio in Roanoke on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

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