Campus
Undergrad b-school ranks in Business Week’s top 20
Business Week has ranked Washington University’s Olin Business School as the 15th best business school in the country in its annual rankings, raising Olin one spot from last year. The school’s Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program, however, slipped to 28th in the magazine’s biennial MBA rankings. As an explanation for the ranking, Business Week noted that students appreciate the small class size and faculty attention, but that career services need improvement. (Ben Sales)
Award-winning poet and WU alum Donald Finkel passes away
Donald Finkel, poet-in-residence emeritus of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at the Schuetz Manor in St. Louis County. He was 79. Finkel wrote 10 volumes of poetry, beginning with “The Clothings’ New Emperor” (1959). His more recent work includes “A Splintered Mirror: Chinese Poetry from the Democracy Movement” (1991). He began his work at the University in 1960. In commemoration of his passing, the University lowered its flags to half-staff on Thursday. (Eliza Adelson)
University moves to install turbines on off-campus property
In an effort to increase environmental efficiency, Washington University announced plans this week to install 14 spiral wind turbines, each about 8 feet high, on the roof of its newly purchased three-storey property at 6193 Delmar.
After laying out their intentions to build the turbines to the Skinker-DeBaliviere Historic District’s commercial development committee, University officials plan to present their plan to the city’s Preservation Board on Monday afternoon.
According to sources familiar with the plan, the turbines will produce about half the necessary energy for the first-floor retail area, as well as the two floors of high-end apartments the University plans to develop there. (Jeremy Rogoff)
Stereotypes YouTube video to make it big?
Washington University’s all-male a cappella group, the Stereotypes, recently recorded an all-voice version of Of Montreal’s “Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games” in a video on YouTube. Since its post, the video has been watched 2,000 times and viewed in countries as distant as Japan. Of Montreal’s record label, Polyvinyl Record Company, has also shown interest in the video, putting a link to the video on the band’s Web site. The Stereotypes plans on recording another tribute video in hopes of being featured on Ben Folds’s upcoming album, which will be composed entirely of collegiate a cappella renditions of his songs. There is no word yet on whether the Stereotypes will be featured on Katy Perry’s Web site after placing their rendition of her song. “I Kissed a Girl,” on YouTube. (Eliza Adelson)
Local
Drivers should expect continued delays during highway overhauls
With the $535 million project to rebuild I-64/Highway 40 from west of Spoede Road to east of Kingshighway Boulevard about halfway complete, University officials are preparing for increased inconvenience from construction.
The University is working with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to ensure that the reconstruction project has the smallest possible impact on faculty, staff, visitors and students.
The administration urges employees, students and visitors at all of the University’s campuses to plan alternate routes to campus or use other modes of transportation.
“The closing of the eastern part of Highway 40 will affect the commutes of many in the Washington University community,” said Nicholas L. Stoff, director of Parking and Transportation Services on the Danforth Campus. “Planning ahead and considering alternate routes as well as alternative means of getting to campus, such as MetroLink, MetroBus, car pooling, bicycling or walking, before the closing occurs will save faculty, staff and students many headaches and much frustration.”
The yearlong closure of the eastern half of the highway has brought a rebuilding of pavement, bridges and interchanges between Hanley Road and Kingshighway.
All lanes on I-64 and Interstate 170 are expected to open by December 31, 2009, and the final project is on track to be completed by July 31, 2010. (Jeremy Rogoff)
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