Work-study seminars offered for employers
Each year, the Office of Student Financial Services holds a meeting for federal work-study employers, of which the University is one. The University receives money from the U.S. Department of Education to operate a work-study program on campus. The benefit to the University is the ability to use both departmental funds and government funds to […]
Turetzky wins biology’s Spector Award
The prize was first awarded in 1974 to recognize academic excellence and outstanding undergraduate achievement in research.
A political mind
Steven S. Smith, Ph.D., one of the nation’s premier congressional scholars, got his foot in the door of the U.S. Senate by holding it open — literally. Smith, the Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences in Arts & Sciences, got his first taste of the Senate in the early 1970s while working as a […]
Sports
Track & field teams are UAA champions The men’s and women’s track and field teams swept the UAA Outdoor Championships at Francis Field April 23-24. With the two league championships, the University broke the UAA record for most overall conference titles during a single athletic year with 11; WUSTL also held the old record, nine, […]
Women’s Society hands out annual awards
Shahrouz Yousefi received the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship; Laura Seger & Teresa Sullivan won leadership awards.
Student Worker Alliance sit-in comes to an end
After nearly three weeks of protesting, approximately 14 students called off their occupation of South Brookings Hall & Brookings Quadrangle.
Campus Watch
The following incidents were reported to University Police April 20-26. 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. April 22 8:53 a.m. — A student […]
Notables
Shirley K. Baker, Dean of University Libraries and Vice Chancellor for Information Technology, has been appointed for a three year term to the National Institutes of Health’s PubMed Central National Advisory Committee. She has also agreed to serve a two-year on the Advisory Board for the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, a collaborative program of Canadian […]
Obituary: Popkin, professor emeritus of philosophy
He was appointed as a visiting professor at the University in 1972 and became a regular member of the Department of Philosophy in 1973.
Students end hunger strike; sit-in continues
On April 16, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton met directly with four student representatives for the students conducting the sit-in.
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