Author: Neil Schoenherr

The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences is organizing the 19th annual St. Louis Symposium on German Literature and Culture. “Consuming News: Newspapers and Print Culture in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800)” will be held April 3-5. “We are thrilled to, once again, organize the German department’s biennial International Symposium on German […]

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Photo by Mary ButkusFour facilities workers receive empty pill bottles — their “medication” — from volunteers during the University’s Strategic National Stockpile drill March 18.

Chris MatthewsChris Matthews — host of “Hardball with Chris Matthews” on MSNBC and of “The Chris Matthews Show,” a syndicated weekly news program produced by NBC News, and regular commentator on NBC’s “Today” show — has been selected to give the 2008 Commencement address, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

The German Department in Arts & Sciences is organizing the 19th annual St. Louis Symposium on German Literature and Culture. “Consuming News: Newspapers and Print Culture in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800)” will be held April 3-5.

WUSTL Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will be honored as the 2007 Citizen of the Year. Sponsored and administered by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the annual award honors outstanding individuals who have made lasting contributions to the greater St. Louis area.

Senior Troy Ruths scored 33 points to lead Washington University to its first NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball National Championship with a 90-68 victory over No. 2-ranked and defending national champion Amherst College on Saturday at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va.

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Student Health Services is making available an online Web-based resource, MentalHealthEdu, to help faculty and staff members recognize students who are in distress and determine the best ways to help them. “Students often reach out to faculty and staff with issues that are troubling them,” said Alan I. Glass, M.D., director of Student Health Services. […]

The third African Film Festival will be held March 27-30. The series consists of four feature films and four short films from eight different African nations, touching on themes of love, gender, family and the effects of globalization. It also will include a new youth program March 26-27.