Author: Neil Schoenherr

Junior Candace Girod, majoring in women, gender and sexuality studies in Arts & Sciences, has been selected as one of 50 United States students to the Oxfam America CHANGE Initiative. Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and injustice. Each year, Oxfam’s CHANGE Initiative brings together […]

Experienced runners set sights on nationals The men’s and women’s cross country teams each return a wealth of talent. The women return all five of their top runners from last year, and the men saw just one of its top performers graduate last spring. The women’s team finished second at last year’s University Athletic Association […]

Members of the Class of 2013 and new transfer and exchange students will soon be arriving on campus and will be welcomed with a variety of activities during New Student Orientation Aug. 20-25.

CoburnWhether your child is going away to college this fall across town or across the country, there are more ways to keep in touch than ever before. With today’s ubiquitous cell phones and access to Twitter, Facebook and texting, it may seem as though your child has never left the house. For students, there is the ever-present possibility of an available parent at the end of a cordless tether, which has the potential to hinder the letting go process, claims an expert on the college transition at Washington University in St. Louis.

Alan Glass, M.D., assistant vice chancellor and director of the Habif Health and Wellness Center, has been named president-elect of the American College Health Association (ACHA). The 3,000-member association is the principle leadership and advocacy organization for college health worldwide. Glass has been a member of the board of directors for six years and vice […]

Two doctoral students have received Fulbright-Hays grants to conduct research abroad in the 2009-2010 academic year. Megan Ference, doctoral student in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, will spend 12 months in Kenya studying “Mapping Mobile Identities in Metropolitan Nairobi.” Beverly Levine, doctoral student in history in Arts & Sciences, will spend nine months in Syria […]

One lane of eastbound I-64/40 will be closed between Lindbergh Boulevard and the Clayton Warson bridge from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. July 16 and 17.

The campus community is invited to learn more about WUSTL library resources, including the proxy service, which allows users to read journal articles at home, RSS alerts on research topics and self-service functions such as book renewal during a July 21 program at Olin Library.

Central Institute for the Deaf has limited openings for hearing children ages 3-5 in its all-day preschool. Hearing children will learn beside children who are deaf and hard of hearing.