Author: Jessica Daues

Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotoInexperience and time give recent college graduates an advantage in solving the problems of inequity in education in the United States, said Wendy Kopp to the Class of 2009 during the 148th Commencement ceremony. A slideshow of Commencement images is included.

Use mass transit or car pool, bike or walk to get to the office.

Photo by David KilperChancellor Mark S. Wrighton will confer degrees at the 148th Commencement ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 15, in Brookings Quadrangle.

Photo by David KilperThough Kathy Steiner-Lang doesn’t travel much, she gets to experience many of the world’s cultures on a daily basis. Steiner-Lang directs the Office for International Students and Scholars, whose mission is to provide social, cultural and academic support; English-language instruction; and information on governmental regulations to all international members of the WUSTL community.

Laura Crane never wants her life to become routine. And that’s why Crane, who graduates May 15 from the School of Law, decided to leave her career in advertising to attend WUSTL. Crane, a native of Rochester, N.Y., spent three years before law school working with smart, creative people at a New York City advertising […]

Daniela Lehmann had entered the wrong profession. Lehmann, who describes herself as fascinated by human relationships, earned a degree in mechatronics engineering in her native country of Germany. After being hired as a systems engineer at Siemens, an international electronics and engineering company, she found herself designing and perfecting the detailed workings of automated processes […]

Simone York, head reserve division and library assistant from 1952-1974, died April 6, 2009, in Chaumont, France, after a brief illness. She was 91.

Photo by Robert BostonThe love Katie Plax, M.D., has for medicine and advocacy combined when she became medical director of the SPOT (Supporting Positive Opportunities for and with Teens).

If you need to buy office supplies, purchase recycled-content paper, pens and other necessities. This helps create a market for the things we recycle.

The Washington University Police Department and Parking and Transportation Services are partnering to increase awareness on campus about the importance of eliminating vehicle idling on the Danforth Campus.