Author: Jessica Daues

Members of the Washington University Effort for AIDS help assemble an 11,000-panel section of the Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, which was displayed in the Field House Oct. 14-16, 1994. The group teamed with the NAMES project and St. Louis Effort for AIDS to bring this portion of the then-27,000-panel quilt to St. Louis and reassemble […]

Francis Gymnasium has been home to athletic victories, guest lectures and presidential debates in the University’s illustrious past. In 1918, it even served as a barracks for Vocational Unit, Section B, as World War I drew to a close. Francis Gym, completed in 1903, was one of the buildings used in the third modern Olympic […]

In 1946, this Busch Hall chemistry lab featured tables that had been installed at the turn of the century. Several upgrades and expansions later, the Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences now occupies five buildings totaling 242,000 square feet. The newest addition to the chemistry department is the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Science Building, […]

The following incidents were reported to University Police Nov. 12-18. 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. Nov. 17 2:09 a.m. — An African-American […]

Led by captain Tom Hanks (no, not that one!), the University’s Quiz Bowl team ponders a question in the 1961 finals of the game show. WUSTL lost in the finals to Pomona College. Team members were (from left) Marcella Milcic, Hanks, Valerie Rudolph and Holden Baker. The GE College Quiz Bowl was popular in the […]

Washington University in St. Louis will host the presidential debate scheduled for 8 p.m. CST on Oct. 8, 2004, according to an announcement made today by Paul G. Kirk Jr. and Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr., co-chairmen of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). This is the fourth consecutive time the university has been selected by the CPD to host a debate. The university hosted the first presidential debate held prior to the 1992 election, was selected to host a presidential debate in 1996 that eventually was canceled, and hosted the third and last presidential debate of the 2000 campaign season. “It is an honor and a privilege to once again be chosen to host one of the presidential debates,” said Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. ”

Students in the School of Fine Arts work on their freehand drawing in March 1929, shortly after the school moved from what had been the British Pavilion in the 1904 World’s Fair to its current location in Bixby Hall. Less than a decade after the move, the school — under the leadership of Dean Kenneth […]

The football team won its 10th straight University Athletic Association opener with a 28-0 win against the University of Chicago Oct. 18 in front of 2,652 fans at Francis Field. The victory also means the Bears keep possession of the Founder’s Cup, which commemorates the first game played between the two schools. Defense was the […]

At the “Report to the Neighbors” forum Oct. 8 in Steinberg Hall, the majority of concerns that were raised centered on University construction.

Beginning a Great Work: Washington University in St. Louis, 1853-2003, will be available early next year, but you get a discount if you order one now.