Author: Neil Schoenherr

Students, faculty and staff living or working in the South 40, the Village, Simon Hall, the Danforth University Center or the Knight Center might have noticed their cell phone signals are much stronger this fall than when spring semester ended last May. This summer, WUSTL’s Information Services and Technology (IS&T) and Facilities continued to worked […]

Wireless network users can now use one set of personal credentials to securely access the Internet from any Washington University wireless hotspot. Medical Campus wireless users can connect to the Medical School’s secure wireless Internet while on the Danforth Campus, North Campus or West Campus. The WUSTL secure wireless network also is accessible while on […]

Photo by Mary ButkusJacqueline Ong (left) and McDonnell International Scholars Academy member Juanyi Yu listen as Scott McIntosh, events specialist in the Career Center, explains the nuances of dining etiquette during a luncheon for the scholars Sept. 1 in Whittemore House.

The men’s soccer team posted a pair of ties and a win during the first week of the 2009 season. In the season opener against Illinois Wesleyan University Sept. 1, senior goalkeeper John Smelcer tied his career high of 10 saves in a 0-0 tie. The Bears then hit the road, traveling to Granville, Ohio, […]

The first of four University-wide blood drives this academic year will be held Tuesday, Sept. 15, at nine locations throughout the University.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 1-8. 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. Sept. 6 3:02 p.m. — A student […]

Juvenile male chimpanzee in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo. Chimpanzees in the Congo have developed specialized “tool kits” to forage for army ants, reveals new research published Sept. 3 in the American Journal of Primatology. This not only provides the first direct evidence of multiple tool use in this context, but suggests that chimpanzees have developed a sustainable way of harvesting food. A team from the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project, led by Crickette Sanz, Ph.D., assistant professor of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences, studied several communities of chimpanzee throughout the Nouabalé-Ndoki national park in the Republic of Congo.

The 11th annual Service First will be held Saturday, Sept. 5, at 12 St. Louis area schools. Approximately 90 students will head to each school, helping paint indoor and outdoor murals and activities and maps on the playground and creating bulletin boards and preparing classrooms.

Photo by Mary ButkusJudge David Coar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois addresses students after the School of Law’s annual Matriculation Ceremony last month in the Crowder Courtyard of Anheuser-Busch Hall.

Photo by Joe AngelesChancellor Mark S. Wrighton visits in his office Aug. 21 with Yoshio “Matt” Matsumoto (second from left), Yoshio’s son Joseph and his grandson, Andrew, a current freshman. Yoshio was sponsored by the University to leave a Japanese internment camp in the 1940s to attend classes here and had not been back to St. Louis since earning his degree in 1944.