Author: Neil Schoenherr

Sawyer Want to take your children somewhere fun and educational this summer but money is tight? No problem, says a children’s play expert at Washington University in St. Louis. Your answer might even be as close as your own backyard. Video available.

A 47-million-year-old primate fossil, a purported “missing link” between primates and humans, was unveiled this week in New York. The fossil, formally called Darwinius masillae but nicknamed Ida, could, due to it being an essentially whole skeleton, shed light on the construction of the primate family tree, says an expert on primate evolution at Washington University in St. Louis.

The 17th annual W Club Golf Scramble will take place June 15 at the Meadowbrook Country Club in Ballwin, Mo.

Dennis E. Hallahan, M.D., has been chosen to head the Department of Radiation Oncology at the School of Medicine. Hallahan Hallahan will be named the first Elizabeth H. and James S. McDonnell III Distinguished Professor in Medicine and will serve on the senior leadership committee of the Siteman Cancer Center. The appointment was announced by […]

Photo by David KilperMaster’s and doctoral students get the honor of “hooding” each other after the conferral of their degrees. The colors of the hoods represent the schools from which the graduates earned degrees.

Photo by Robert BostonAaron Hamvas, M.D. (right), the James P. Keating, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, discusses the levels of care provided in the NICU to a group of neonatologists from China and to Heather Haeberle (third from left), nurse manager of the NICU.

Photo by Joe AngelesThere will be lots of grins to go around on Commencement, either before, during or after ceremonies. There also will be plenty of places in which to take that perfect photo, from the steps of Brookings Hall to inside the Quad to many beautiful points in and around the Danforth Campus.

David A. Ross, president of the senior class, hopes to help students focus on just how far they’ve come when he delivers the student speech at the 148th Commencement in Brookings Quadrangle.

The decision for implementing the Violent Weather Plan for Commencement ceremonies will be made by 7 a.m. Friday, May 15.

More than a dozen distinguished individuals will speak at Commencement-related events for graduates and their friends and families.