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As the Oct. 8 presidential debate approaches, many in the University community are getting involved, including the student body . The trio of graphic design students in the School of Art, who graduated in May, — Jessica Sonkin (from Washington Township, N.J.), Victoria Caldwell (Paducah, Ky.) and Ilana Breziner (San Diego) — designed the two logos below for the debate. Seniors Nyla Batts and Meredith Nadler, also in the School of Art, designed commemorative items — posters, lapel pins, buttons, tote bags, and T-shirts — while working as graphic design interns for the University’s Publications Department.

Researchers found that introduced populations of a lizard in five different countries can be traced back to the Sunshine State.

Site of First World Olympics in Western Hemisphere and the First Three-Candidate Presidential Debate In 1904, Washington University in St. Louis hosted the Third World Olympiad — the first Olympics ever held in the Western Hemisphere. On Oct. 11, 1992, the much-expanded Athletic Complex hosted another first—the first nationally televised three-candidate presidential debate among Arkansas […]

Founded: Feb. 22, 1853 Chancellor: Mark S. Wrighton, Ph.D. Reputation (U.S. News & World Report) No. 11 in undergraduate programs No. 12 best value No. 2 School of Medicine and School of Social Work No. 11 John M. Olin School of Business No. 4 in financial resources No. 6 in faculty resources No. 8 in […]

“Now, each candidate can expect to have the support of about 50 percent of the audience, making the debate hall a friendlier place for both sides.”

“This is a person who is driven by his heart, but that will get you into in situations where, if your head doesn’t take over, you’re in trouble.”

More than 670 students and 106 faculty and staff members have volunteered to help with the Oct. 8 debate.

For nearly three years, the Olin School of Business has been seeking newly minted veterans to fill choice seats in its M.B.A. classes.

In test runs, students reported that online was quicker and easier, and they felt more comfortable filling out the forms away from the classroom.

During his pediatric emergency medicine fellowship, David M. Jaffe was struck by a news story that would forever impact his career. One summer afternoon in 1976, 26 kids riding a school bus were hijacked at gunpoint on a rural road in Chowchilla, Calif. They were taken to a quarry and entombed in a sweltering moving […]