Author: Jessica Daues

Objectives include addressing the rising costs of insurance, tuition assistance and retirement savings plans; and grandfathering all current benefits-eligible faculty and staff.

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 22-28. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. March 27 4 p.m. — A person […]

Jeffrey Nepple, Jeffery Matthews, Perry E. Bickel, M.D., and more…

For the first time, biological sciences at Washington University has cracked the top 10 of the U.S. News & World Report rankings of graduate and professional programs, to be released April 3. Biological sciences — which includes biology in Arts & Sciences, biomedical sciences in the School of Medicine, and biomedical engineering — jumped five places, from a tie for 14th to a 9th-place tie with Princeton University and the University of California-San Francisco.

It’s not likely many medical students can say they learned music appreciation in a neuropathology class — except for those in Arie Perry’s class. Perry, M.D., associate professor of pathology and immunology in the School of Medicine, takes songs such as “Give Me One Reason,” “Desperado” and “Danny’s Song” and adds new lyrics to explain […]

The contest is designed to encourage students to read for enjoyment and to develop personal libraries or book collections throughout their lives.

File PhotoWith April looming, hundreds of prospective students from the Class of 2010 will soon be at the University to participate in April Welcome.

Slavik, Triebe win first national swimming titles The men’s swimming and diving team placed a program-best sixth at the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis March 16-18. Senior Michael Slavik picked up the program’s (men or women) first NCAA individual national championship, winning the 50-yard freestyle March 16. Senior Eric Triebe, who finished second in the 50 […]

He first came to WUSTL as the Visiting Hurst Professor of Creative Writing in January 1984; he died March 13 after a lengthy illness.

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 8-21. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. March 8 9:21 a.m. — A person […]