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W&L Announces Final Johnson Opportunity Grant Recipients

Sarah Tschiggfrie — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:30:12 +0000

Washington and Lee University has selected 21 students to receive Johnson Opportunity Grants for 2012 summer research activities. This is in addition to the eight students announced earlier. The students will receive the grants for a wide variety of activities both in the United States and abroad. These include working with great white sharks in [...]

Washington and Lee Has Two Kemper Scholars

Jeff Hanna — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:10:30 +0000

Two Washington and Lee University first-year students — Bayan Misaghi, of Charleston, W.Va., and Daniel Raubolt, of Acworth, Ga. — have been selected for the incoming class of the prestigious Kemper Scholars Program.

Economist's Eye View of NFL Draft

Jeff Hanna — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:17:13 +0000

For Washington and Lee economics professor Tim Diette, the chance to go to New York last weekend and see the National Football League draft up close was both entertaining and instructive. Tim went at the invitation of his Lexington neighbor, Matthew Schucker, who won an all-expense-paid trip for four to the draft through a Facebook [...]

Williams Gallery Exhibit Features Photography of Dennis Brack

Jeff Hanna — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:29:56 +0000

“Recording History,” an exhibition of the photographs of veteran Washington photographer Dennis Brack, opens May 11 at Washington and Lee University, in the Williams Gallery of Huntley Hall on the W&L campus. A 1962 graduate of Washington and Lee, Brack has chronicled 10 presidential administrations as well as the major news stories of the last [...]

W&L's Hooks Discusses Economy in Christian Science Monitor

Jeff Hanna — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Linda Hooks, Washington and Lee's Cannan Professor of Economics, comments on the latest GDP figures and the potential impact on the presidential election.

The Auto Industry and the Economy

Jeff Hanna — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:12:57 +0000

W&L economics professor Michael Smitka writes about the auto industry and the economic recovery.

W&L Student Consulting Advises Valley Program for Aging Services

Sarah Tschiggfrie — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:47:31 +0000

Washington and Lee Student Consulting (WLSC), a student-managed organization created to provide pro bono consulting services to for-profit and not-for-profit business and community organizations, assisted a local agency that cares for elderly.

W&L's Smitka on Autos and Economic Recovery in Roanoke Times

Jeff Hanna — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Washington and Lee University economics professor Mike Smitka examines the role of the author industry in an economic recovery.

W&L's Afshad Irani Co-authors Research on CFO Compensation

Sarah Tschiggfrie — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:23:12 +0000

Washington and Lee accounting professor Afshad Irani is co-author of a study that investigates the compensation of chief financial officers.

W&L's Zarakol Wins International Fellowship from Council on Foreign Relations

Sarah Tschiggfrie — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:14:06 +0000

Ayşe Zarakol, assistant professor of politics at Washington and Lee University, has been awarded a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) International Affairs Fellowship for the 2012-2013 academic year.

David Shambaugh to Give Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture at W&L

Julie Cline — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:33:50 +0000

George Washington University professor David Shambaugh to give Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar lecture at W&L on March 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium of Leyburn Library.

W&L Junior Attends N.Y. State of State Address

Jeff Hanna — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:14:46 +0000

Tom Sanford, a Washington and Lee University junior from New York City, was a special guest at New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2012 State of the State address, in Albany, on Jan. 4, 2012. Sanford, a politics major, was the guest of Assemblyman Daniel P. Losquadro, a Republican from Long Island and the brother of [...]

Two W&L Professors Win State's Highest Teaching Honor

Jeff Hanna — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:05:03 +0000

Two Washington and Lee University faculty members — James R. Kahn, the John F. Hendon Professor of Economics, and Lesley M. Wheeler, the Henry S. Fox Jr. Professor of English — have won Outstanding Faculty Awards from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) for 2012. The award recognizes superior accomplishments in teaching, [...]

W&L Professor on Internet Piracy, Protest (Audio)

Jeff Hanna — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:27:11 +0000

The Internet is being disrupted today as several of the major websites, including Wikipedia and BoingBoing, have essentially gone on strike to protest anti-piracy legislation that Congress is considering. Other sites, like Google, are making their protest known by graphically blacking out the name. Washington and Lee University business administration professor David Touve, who created [...]

W&L Holds Second Annual Business Plan Competition

Sarah Tschiggfrie — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:11:23 +0000

Businesses targeting college students and young professionals figured prominently among the business plans presented at the fall semi-final round of Washington and Lee University's Business Plan Competition (BPC). Teams of W&L seniors presented their ideas to a panel of judges, mostly University alumni, with experience as entrepreneurs, in private equity or venture capital. The students’ [...]