Cultivating opportunities

When Leah Merrifield left St. Louis and her job advising undergraduate business students at the University, she really didn’t expect to be coming back — much less coming back to the same environment she left. But 10 years after accompanying her husband, who took the head basketball coaching job at Emory University, she found herself […]

Caring for the outcasts

For L. Lewis Wall, M.D., D.Phil., professor of obstetrics and gynecology, understanding the origin and nature of human beings is essential to placing his own life and work in a greater social context. As a boy, he dreamed of unearthing long-lost pharaohs in the land of Tutankhamun, and this love of discovery initially led him […]

Engineer designs system to put wastewater to work

Photo by David KilperLars Angenent (right) and graduate student Jason He work with a version of their microbial fuel cell that increases power output by a factor of 10.Eventually, the microbial fuel cell could generate enough power for 900 American single-family homes.

Sports

Director of Athletics John Schael recently unveiled a new symbol and design for all Bears athletics. This marks the third athletic symbol that has been created since WUSTL started using the Bears mascot in 1926.

Jonathan Turner awarded Cox professorship

Jonathan S. Turner, Ph.D., has been named the Barbara J. and Jerome R. Cox Jr. Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The professorship was established by Jerome Cox, Sc.D., and his wife, Barbara, to advance the relationship between theory and practice in the design of digital systems. Jerome Cox is a senior faculty member and a former chair in the same department.
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