Author: Jessica Daues

Alison Albee, Ph.D., Steve Davidson, Ph.D., Sarah Van Vickle-Chavez, Ph.D., Gary Port, Ph.D., and more…

Washington University’s newly renovated Corner Building on Skinker and Delmar boulevards opened Aug. 14. The building is located on the eastern side of the Loop area in the City of St. Louis and contains apartments and spaces for retail shops.

Bicycles are the transportation of choice on campus for many WUSTL students, faculty and staff. But keeping those bikes secure on and off campus will help ensure a bike doesn’t fall into the wrong hands, said WUSTL Police Sergeant Mark Glenn.

Photo by Mary ButkusWashington University Women’s Society volunteer Elaine Burkhardt (left) talks with Roberta and Bill Schnoor of Brookline, Mass., at the grand opening of the new Bear Necessities store Aug. 20 in Umrath Hall in the South 40. The Schnoors’ son Will is a member of the Class of 2013.

After several months seeking student and staff input, Washington University selected Microsoft Live@EDU to provide e-mail, calendar and Web space to a pilot group of students during the fall 2009 semester.

The Coordinating Council for Diversity Initiatives is accepting grant applications for initiatives that improve the campus environment for women and members of underrepresented minority groups who are on faculty or staff at WUSTL.

Margaret Bush Wilson, WUSTL trustee emerita, prominent civil rights attorney in the 1960s and the first woman of color to chair the board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, after a short illness. She was 90.

Photo by Robert BostonElliot Elson’s lab is a center of collaboration and invention.

The volleyball team will begin its season ranked No. 5 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) top 25 poll. Head coach Rich Luenemann led WUSTL to a 32-7 overall record last year, winning the University Athletic Association (UAA) championship and advancing to the NCAA Division III regional finals. The Bears count three returning starters […]

Marilyn M. Kirk, Ph.D., research associate in biology in Arts & Sciences from 1971-1995 and lecturer in biology in 1972 and ’74, died Aug. 4, 2009, in St. Louis. Kirk, the wife of David Kirk, Ph.D., professor of biology, was 82.