Author: Neil Schoenherr

Photo by David KilperDespite the un-winter-like temperatures in early December, Mudd Field turned into a winter playground Dec. 1. Students skated on a temporary “ice” surface, a 30-by-40-foot plastic sheet designed to accommodate real skates.

This is the last issue of the Record simultaneously published in print and electronic versions. The Record will go entirely digital in January 2010 to improve timely communication to the University community and to reduce printing and distribution costs.

A storybook women’s soccer season ended with a 1-0 loss to top-ranked Messiah College in the NCAA Division III championship game Dec. 5. The Bears ran into a juggernaut in Messiah College. The Falcons, who were making their sixth straight trip to the Final Four, outshot WUSTL 16-6 and had a 2-0 advantage in corner […]

Photo by Kevin LowderLong lines snaked through the Mallinckrodt Center Dec. 7 as hundreds of students took advantage of free H1N1 flu shots.

An international group of anthropologists offers a new theory about the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States and the impact it had. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study, co-authored by Gayle Fritz, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, and colleagues, suggests that maize was passed from group to group of Southwestern hunter-gatherers. These people took advantage of improved moisture conditions by integrating a storable and potentially high-yielding crop into their broad-spectrum subsistence strategy.

Up to $32,000 is available to WUSTL students for the development and implementation of innovative community projects during the summer in the form of social change grants through the Community Service Office. A new gift from Procter & Gamble will provide an additional $10,000 in funding this year. Students may submit proposals for multiple grants […]

Photo by Robert BostonAn official from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security spoke about the H1N1 flu pandemic at the School of Medicine.

Washington University will provide free 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccinations for Danforth Campus students ages 18-24 years from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, in the Gargoyle, located in the lower level of the Mallinckrodt Student Center.

The Bear Necessities store, located in the new Umrath House on the South 40, will hold its annual holiday sale Dec. 8 and 9.

The School of Law recently became the first top law school to allow students to earn both a juris doctorate and a master of laws in taxation in six semesters without any summer coursework. By not requiring a summer component, students interested in this joint degree program can continue to take advantage of summer employment […]