Author: Neil Schoenherr

Photo by Kevin LowderThe Graduate Student Research Symposium, held April 5 in the Lab Sciences Building, enabled students to polish their communication skills in presenting their research to members of the WUSTL community.

Three doctoral students — Keona Ervin from the Department of History in Arts & Sciences, Henrika McCoy from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and Tracy Nicholson from the Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis program in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences — were inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at the annual Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education March 29 at Yale University.

The Community Service Office of the Gephardt Institute for Public Service has announced five winners of three Social Change Grants, awarded annually to students pursuing innovative ideas that serve the common good in the spirit of social entrepreneurship. The three grants have a total value of $18,000.

The WUSTL flag is at half-staff in honor of Eric Van Cleve, a member of this year’s graduating MFA class, who died in his sleep on Thursday night at his parents’ home in Dublin, Ohio.

Photo by Robert BostonMaplewood-Richmond Heights Elementary School fourth-grader Zackery Kottkamp’s posture and flexibility is monitored by physical therapy students under the supervision of Suzanne Cornbleet (center).

Peter H. Raven, Ph.D., the George Engelmann Professor of Botany in Arts & Sciences and director and president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, will present a talk on “A Sustainable World: What It Means to Us” at 2 p.m. Friday, April 18, in Whitaker Hall.

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The Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work hosted the 18th annual Pow Wow on April 5 at the Washington University Athletic Center.

WUSTL’s Office of Human Resources cordially invites faculty and staff to Financial Education Seminars conducted by TIAA-CREF and Vanguard consultants. The seminars will last about 90 minutes and will feature a discussion of basic investment choices and a review of some simple strategies and concepts to make sound investment decisions. Topics will include: • assessing […]

Photo by Robert BostonKelly Mushill, a second-year doctoral student in the Program in Physical Therapy; Suzanne Cornbleet, DPT, assistant professor of physical therapy and of orthopaedic surgery; and Marie Harper, a second-year doctoral student in the Program in Physical Therapy, evaluate Maplewood-Richmond Heights Elementary School fourth-grader Zackery Kottkamp’s posture and flexibility.