Author: Neil Schoenherr

Two WUSTL doctoral students have received Fulbright-Hays grants to conduct research abroad in the 2009-2010 academic year.

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.

File PhotoThe University’s role in Apollo 11 is getting recognition this month in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the moon landing July 20, 1969. In this photo taken in 1969, the late Robert M. Walker, Ph.D. (seated, second from left), first director of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, displays photos and lunar samples collected on the mission.

With simple changes, School of Medicine employees can help save more than $1.5 million in energy costs this year.

The following incidents were reported to University Police June 10-July 14. 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. June 12 10:45 a.m. — Three […]

The Department of Education in Arts & Sciences has announced creation of the Center for the Study of Regional Competitiveness in Science and Technology, located in Seigle Hall.

Washington University finished fourth in the 2008-09 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Division III standings, as announced by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. The Directors’ Cup competition has been in place for Division III schools since 1995 and awards points based on the order of finish in NCAA-sponsored championships. The fourth-place finish is […]

Freshwater fish are an important part of the diet of many peoples around the world, but it has been unclear when fish became an essential part of the year-round diet for early humans. A new study by an international team of researchers, including Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences, shows it may have happened in China as far back as 40,000 years ago.

President Barack Obama met this week with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitri Medvedev. While the two sides did not see eye-to-eye on all topics, they did mutually agree to dispose of 34 tons each of weapons-grade plutonium, an initiative started in the 1990s and never completed. It’s a step in the right direction, says an expert on Russian identity at Washington University in St. Louis.

While the St. Louis Cardinals decide whether to re-sign baseball’s best hitter, Albert Pujols, following the 2010 season, they might want to consider a new study by a business professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Mike Lewis, assistant professor of marketing at the Olin Business School, claims that small market teams can get as many as four times more incremental wins by signing a high-level pitcher over an all-star hitter.