Author: Jessica Daues

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is seeking staff volunteers to greet visiting high-school seniors at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport March 27 and April 10.

Every spring semester since 2003, the University community has focused on the three Rs — reduce, reuse and recycle — as participants in RecycleMania, an annual competition that pits WUSTL against colleges and universities throughout the United States to see which campus can prevent the most materials from landing in a landfill. The current semester is no exception. The 2008 RecycleMania competition began Jan. 27 and ends April 5.

The Washington University Police Department and Parking Services, in partnership with Hartmann’s Towing, will sponsor a free vehicle inspection service to students, faculty and staff Saturday, March 1.

Washington University in St. Louis’ Department of Environmental Health & Safety is asking for WUSTL faculty, staff and student volunteers to participate in a Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) drill March 18. The purpose of the drill is to ensure that the St. Louis County Department of Health has the capability to get life-saving drugs to the Washington University population in a public health crisis.

The Department of Environmental Health & Safety is asking for faculty, staff and student volunteers to participate in a Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) drill March 18. The purpose of the drill is to ensure that the St. Louis County Department of Health has the capability to get life-saving drugs to the University population in a public health crisis.

Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Ph.D., D. Craig Allred, M.D., Todd Braver, Ph.D., and more …

Photo by David KilperLiz Peterson, associate director of The Teaching Center, is an integral member of the Classroom Monitoring Committee, a group that manages the nearly 100 University-pooled classrooms. Peterson helps design and renovate classrooms to accommodate technology such as projectors, SMART boards, computers and GIS software.

The Chinese government’s recent decision to scrap controversial plans for a huge dam at Tiger Leaping Gorge on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River represents a milestone for growing grassroots political movements in China, said Andrew C. Mertha, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, in his upcoming book on the politics behind China’s epic dam-building campaign.

Elizabeth Brunt, M.D., Dengfeng Cao, M.D., Ph.D., Nabeel R. Yaseen, M.D., Ph.D.

An unexpected finding led School of Medicine researchers to propose a new treatment approach for a rare, deadly neurodegenerative disorder.