Free vehicle inspections offered Dec. 7
The Washington University Police Department and Parking Services, in partnership with Hartmann's Towing, will offer a free vehicle inspection service for WUSTL students, faculty and staff from...
View ArticleWashington University acquires Walt Reed Illustration Archive
Jessie Gillespie, illustration for Life magazine, ca. 1912.Eight women converge on a sales counter, hunting for bargains. Above them a placard reads “Today only – 49 cents.” Their costumes and...
View ArticleApply now for Bear Cub grants
Washington University in St. Louis is known for its innovation-rich environment, but moving research from the laboratory to the marketplace can be challenging, even for the most accomplished...
View ArticleBecker memorial set for Nov. 22
BeckerFriends and family of Bernard Becker, MD, will gather for a memorial Friday, Nov. 22. Becker, professor emeritus of ophthalmology and visual sciences, died at his home Aug. 28, 2013, at the age...
View Article'Nick Week' kicks off with a Nick Offerman-inspired trivia night
Photo courtesy of Brian Benton Students Julia Millot, a senior in Olin Business School, and Asher Trangle, a junior in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis parlayed their...
View ArticleMcKelvey encourages students to pursue goals, learn from failures
Sid Hastings/wustl photos Jim McKelvey, School of Engineering & Applied Science alumnus and co-founder of Square, spoke with MBA students in Simon Hall Nov. 1 as part of the Entrepreneurship...
View ArticleEffects of segregation negatively impact health
St. Louis remains one of the most segregated cities in the United States, as recently discussed in a BBC documentary highlighting the “Delmar Divide” as an example. It is an issue of pressing concern...
View ArticleNIH support fosters diversity among PhD trainees
Gaia Remerowski(From left) James Allen, Wendell Jones, Jabari Elliott and Jaime Vaquer-Alicea III are scholars in a program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that promotes diversity in the...
View ArticleSchool of Medicine students to host conference focused on public health Nov....
Allison BraunSecond-year medical students Lawrence Benjamin and Lauren Martin, the School of Medicine's SNMA co-presidents, take a break from conference planning on the Washington University Medical...
View ArticleWUSTL recognized for its leadership in the Sustainable Land Lab
Whitney Curtis/WUSTL PhotosWashington University in St. Louis was recognized last week for its leadership in the Sustainable Land Lab, a partnership with the city of St. Louis, and for furthering...
View ArticleFeder named managing director of private markets at Washington University in...
Feder Daniel E. Feder, JD, has been named managing director of private markets at Washington University Investment Management Co. (WUIMC) — the investment office for the endowment at Washington...
View ArticleCSD survey shows effectiveness of veterans and community service
Courtesy photoThe Center for Social Development at the Brown School surveyed veterans who took part in projects like this one, sponsored by The Mission Continues. A new academic survey conducted by...
View ArticleScientists identify clue to regrowing nerve cells
Yongcheol Cho, PhDTo study how nerve cells respond to injuries in their branches, Washington University researcher Valeria Cavalli grows them in "spots" like the one shown above. Cavalli recently...
View ArticleRatner named Wolff Professor of Oncology
Mark BeavenLee Ratner, MD, PhD (right), shakes hands with Dean Larry J. Shapiro, MD, after being named the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Oncology.Lee Ratner, MD, PhD, has been named the Alan...
View ArticleEight tons of support and counting:
Sid Hastings/WUSTL PhotosEvery package shipped to troops overseas by the Washington University Military Care Package group includes the postcard pictured above. More than 10 boxes, weighing over 100...
View ArticleStudent veterans continue to serve their country by helping their community
Courtesy PhotosVeteran Ian Smith works with horses in the Pathfinders Initiative, a program developed by best friend and fellow Washington University student Mike Pereira. Like many returning veterans,...
View ArticleTrustees grant faculty promotions, tenure
At the Oct. 4 Board of Trustees meeting, the following faculty members were appointed with tenure, promoted with tenure or granted tenure, effective Oct. 4 unless otherwise noted. Appointment with...
View ArticleExamining the 21st-century city
James Byard/WUSTL PhotoSWUSTL faculty members (from left) Vetta Sanders Thompson, Carol Camp Yeakey and Anjanette Wells crossed disciplines and schools to collaborate on a book that examines the...
View Article‘Privacy and Surveillance’ roundtable discussion to address history, meaning...
When former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden exposed classified information about widespread government surveillance programs, he launched a public debate about privacy in the digital...
View ArticleRecycle holiday lights at WUSTL
This holiday season, the Washington University in St. Louis community can bring burned-out or unwanted light strings to campus to be recycled.WUSTL’s Office of Sustainability and the Sustainability...
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