Author: Jessica Daues

Twenty WUSTL schools, academic areas and departments at the graduate and professional levels currently hold top 10 rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of graduate and professional programs, which were released April 23.

To reduce waste and share goods typically thrown away during campus and off-campus move-out with people in need, Washington University in St. Louis campus groups are organizing “Share Our Stuff” drop-offs on and off campus this spring and summer to benefit Operation Food Search, the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Lydia’s House.

To reduce waste and share goods typically thrown away during campus and off-campus move-out with people in need, WUSTL campus groups are organizing “Share Our Stuff” drop-offs on and off campus this spring and summer to benefit Operation Food Search, the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Lydia’s House.

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Donating unused food is one way WUSTL tries to “reach out” to the St. Louis community, said Feed St. Louis president Karin Underwood, a sophomore biology major in Arts & Sciences.

Photo by Whitney CurtisLinda Pike, Ph.D. (right), associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, and her husband, J. Evan Sadler, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine, receive wrapped silver platters from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton in recognition for both professors’ 25 years of service to Washington University during a reception April 14 at Harbison House.

Martin Jacobs, Ph.D., acting director of the Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies Program in Arts & Sciences and associate professor of rabbinic studies, will present a lecture titled “Hebrew Belles Lettres and the Memory of Spain: Ibn Verga’s ‘Staff of Judah’ — An Early Printed Book from Washington University’s Shimeon Brisman Collection in Jewish […]

Photo by David KilperStudents and admissions staff members review informational packets to be distributed to visiting students during Washington University’s Multicultural Celebration Weekend, which begins Thursday, April 16.

Olin Library launched its Facebook page April 1, and now the WUSTL community can find scholarly resources, learn about upcoming library events and have their library questions answered by experts, all without leaving the Facebook Web site.

Photo by Robert BostonWhether she’s recruiting underrepresented students or organizing the Saturday Scholars public high-school outreach program, colleagues say Lisa Stevenson, director of the Office of Diversity Programs at the School of Medicine, is organized, has high standards and an attitude of “get it right the first time.”