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Myron S. Scholes, co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, will speak on “Financial Innovation in a Chaotic Environment” at 11:30 a.m. April 8 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Scholes, the Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance Emeritus at Stanford University, authored the “Black-Scholes Options Pricing Model,” which […]

As part of the recognition of the Sesquicentennial, a statue of the University’s namesake will be placed adjacent to Olin Library.

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

Photo by Kevin LowderUniversity students and administrators recently toured the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.

The women’s basketball team has proven to be one of the most dominant teams in any collegiate sport of the past 15 years. After defeating the University of Southern Maine in the 2000 national championship game, the Bears became the only Division III basketball team to win three straight national titles and just the second […]

The Washington University School of Medicine and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work are both ranked second in the nation, according to new graduate and professional rankings released April 2 by U.S. News & World Report magazine. The School of Medicine was tied for second in 2003 and has placed in the top 10 every year since the annual rankings began in 1987. It has ranked first in student selectivity — a measurement of student quality based on Medical College Admission Test scores, undergraduate grade-point average and the proportion of applicants selected — every year since 1998.

Mark Weinrich, formerly planned giving officer in Special Development Programs, has been promoted to director of planned giving. He succeeds Paul Schoon, who is retiring from that position after 18 years.

The late 1960s were a time of change and personal reflection. Neil H. White was a student at the State University of New York at Albany, pondering his own future and considering three professions: chemical engineer, ski bum or doctor. Although he was a chemistry and physics major, White also was president of the Ski […]

Photo by Bob BostonOn Match Day March 17, medical students across the United States learned which residency programs they will enter.

The findings, led by Philip E. Cryer and William J. Powers, were recently published in the online version of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. More medical articles