Author: Neil Schoenherr

M. Kenton King, M.D., dean of the Washington University School of Medicine for nearly 25 years, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at his home in University City. He was 84.

Jeigh Singleton, associate professor of fashion in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, received the First Annual Saint Louis Fashion Week Plaza Frontenac Fashion Achievement Award Oct. 8 during a ceremony at Plaza Frontenac.

Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, will present “Religious Naturalism and Ecomorality” for the 2009-10 Witherspoon Memorial Lecture in Religion and Science at 4 p.m. Oct. 22 in Room 300 of the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Sciences Building. Goodenough is internationally known for her work in the field of cell biology. […]

Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, will present “Religious Naturalism and Ecomorality” for the 2009-2010 Witherspoon Memorial Lecture in Religion and Science at 4 p.m. Oct. 22 in Room 300 of the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Sciences Building.

Grace Chao, a freshman from Woodside, N.Y., majoring in biochemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received the Samuel P. Peabody Award for Community Activism from YouthAction NYC, a program of Citizen’s Committee for Children of New York. “Receiving the Peabody Award is a great honor,” Chao said. “However, this award is not only a recognition […]

The following incidents were reported to University Police Oct. 6-13. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Oct. 6 12:30 p.m. — A student […]

The National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) announced its seventh annual Collegiate Power Rankings, and WUSTL was ranked fifth overall on the list of top academic and athletic colleges and universities in the country. The University also finished first within the University Athletic Association and fourth in the Division III rankings. The fifth-place finish is the […]

Scholars from across the country and Canada will gather at Washington University in St. Louis Nov. 6 and 7 for the inaugural International Creole Corridor Symposium. The public is invited to attend the symposium, sponsored by the University and Les Amis (The Friends), the region’s Creole cultural heritage preservationist organization located in St. Louis.

The Department of Pediatrics has created a Division of Hospitalist Medicine, naming Douglas Carlson, M.D., as its director. Although hospitalist medicine has been a section of the pediatrics department for more than 15 years, the division was formally created in September. Carlson Carlson, professor of pediatrics, will oversee 37 faculty in the division, said Alan […]

Historically, the number of new, entrepreneurial ventures rises during periods of recession. If jobs aren’t available in the traditional market, the argument goes, why not start your own company? Thanks to a program on campus, WUSTL students are doing just that, creating, purchasing and selling on-campus businesses as undergraduate students. It’s called the Student Entrepreneurial Program (StEP) and it helps uniquely position students to get hands-on experience as entrepreneurs while they still are in school. (Video available)