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Construction Update is published periodically and provides information about the progress of major building and renovation projects. Information is provided to the Record by Facilities Management. Harry and Susan Seigle Hall The stone masonry on the south face of the building is seven-eighths complete. The stone masonry has begun on the northern half of the […]

Photo by Whitney CurtisChancellor Mark S. Wrighton speaks with Nasri Saleh (center) and Chip Houser (left) at the University’s Nov. 29 “Report to the Neighbors” meeting at Whitaker Hall.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new rule called the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard. The rule impacts all institutions that store or use chemicals, including universities. The regulation requires all facilities to immediately inventory specific “Chemicals of Interest” that could attract terrorists. The DHS has given a very short time period in […]

Should weather conditions create potentially hazardous travel conditions, Washington University will evaluate the situation and take into consideration the safety of the University’s faculty, staff and students as well as the services that must be provided despite the inclement weather.

The University has raised $571,064 in its United Way of Greater St. Louis campaign, surpassing its stated goal of $555,000.

Calling it “one of the great traditions of Washington University,” Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced during a news conference Nov. 19 that the University will host the 2008 vice presidential debate, scheduled for 8 p.m. Oct. 2.

The No. 6 women’s basketball team completed a 3-0 week that was highlighted by head coach Nancy Fahey picking up the 500th win of her career Nov. 24. Fahey’s historic victory came in the Bears’ 78-75 double overtime win against Kenyon College on the first day of the Seventh Annual McWilliams Classic, held in the […]

Herman T. Blumenthal, Ph.D., M.D., research professor of gerontology in psychology in Arts & Sciences, died Nov. 5. He was 94.

The WUSTL volleyball team defeated the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 3-2, to win the NCAA Div. III Championship in Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 17. The title is the team’s NCAA-best ninth and its first since the 2003 season.