Author: Neil Schoenherr

Two corrections ran in The New York Times in association with the Dec. 22, 2003 article titled “Secret of one college’s success is aid for academic achievers”.

Washington University’s ascent from streetcar college to elite ranks of the nation’s finest research universities was the subject of a front page feature in the Dec. 22 issue of The New York Times. The article notes that WUSTL recently pierced the top 10 circle of U.S. News and World Report rankings, humbling several Ivy League institutions along the way. “Such an ascent is what almost every university strives for, but none have come close to matching Washington’s success,” states the New York Times.

Washington University in St. Louis is one of eight U.S. universities selected by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to share $25 million in grants through a program designed to make entrepreneurship education available across campus and transform the way entrepreneurship is viewed, taught and experienced. “Entrepreneurship is not a fad – it’s an enduring American phenomenon that’s as common as getting married or having a baby, said Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation.

(Republished with permission from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This article originally ran in the News section on Monday, November 24, 2003.) Ehlmann and Gilmore will enter England’s University of Oxford in October, 100 years after the first class of American Rhodes Scholars did in 1904. The scholars were selected from 963 applicants endorsed by 366 colleges and universities. The scholarships provide two or three years of study at Oxford.

Photo courtesy of Library of CongressRemembering Nov. 22, 1963.On Nov. 22, 2003, the nation will mark the 40th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. The 1963 event was so surprising and traumatic, that many people who were alive that day claim they can remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news. However, an expert in collective memory at Washington University in St. Louis claims those memories may not be as accurate as people think.

The photo galleries indexed below offer a selection of high-resolution stock images of campus scenes, including key buildings, architectural details and student life. Created by photographers in the Photo Services division of Public Affairs, these images are provided free to media representatives for purposes of news coverage. For detailed guidelines and restrictions on media usage, […]

Washington University faculty and staff make news around the world. Following is a representative sampling of media coverage from clippings and electronic sources received between July 1 and Sept. 30, 2003. A “jaw-some” discovery A research team co-directed by Erik Trinkaus, professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has dated a human jawbone from a […]

“University Events” lists a portion of the activities taking place at Washington University Oct. 17-30. Visit the Web for expanded calendars for the Hilltop Campus (http://calendar.wustl.edu) and the School of Medicine (http://medschool.wustl.edu/calendars.html). Exhibits History of Adult Education at Washington University, 1854-2004. Through May 31. January Hall, Rm. 20. 935-4806. [[EmbeddedImage_Old]] Influence 150: 150 Years of […]

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This feature will be included in each 2003-04 issue of the Record in observance of Washington University’s 150th anniversary.