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(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.

The University is planning a Genome Sciences and Human Genetics Program, a Center for Biological Imaging and a Division of Clinical Sciences.

Elliot F. Gerson, American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust, announced the names of the thirty-two American men and women chosen as Rhodes Scholars. They will enter the University of Oxford in England next October, almost exactly one hundred years after the first class of American Rhodes Scholars did in 1904. The Scholars were chosen today from 963 applicants—who were endorsed by 366 colleges and universities. The WUSTL recipients for 2004 are Allison Gilmore and Bethany Ehlmann.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Nov. 12-18. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Nov. 17 2:09 a.m. — An African-American […]

In 1946, this Busch Hall chemistry lab featured tables that had been installed at the turn of the century. Several upgrades and expansions later, the Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences now occupies five buildings totaling 242,000 square feet. The newest addition to the chemistry department is the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Science Building, […]

Deanna M. Barch, Ph.D., doesn’t want much — she just aims to discover the cause of schizophrenia and develop a way to prevent it. Barch, associate professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences and assistant professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine, devotes much of her research to studying schizophrenia in order to better […]

According to Charity Navigator, Washington University leads the list of consistently excellent charitable-giving colleges and universities in terms of financial efficiency. In its most recent annual rankings, Washington University received an overall rating of 69.58 out of a possible 70 points in Charity Navigator’s financial evaluation, putting it in the top spot among the 50 four-star rated academic institutions.

Led by captain Tom Hanks (no, not that one!), the University’s Quiz Bowl team ponders a question in the 1961 finals of the game show. WUSTL lost in the finals to Pomona College. Team members were (from left) Marcella Milcic, Hanks, Valerie Rudolph and Holden Baker. The GE College Quiz Bowl was popular in the […]

A bequest from the estate of Isidore and Edith Silver will establish the Isidore and Edith Silver Washington University Fellowship Fund, it was announced by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The Silvers bequeathed more than $1 million in support of fellowships for doctoral students of French Renaissance in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences, the department where Silver taught from 1957 until his retirement in 1975.

Everett Mendelsohn, one of America’s foremost historians of science, will deliver the Thomas Hall Lecture titled “Dolly and the Historians: Science, Politics and Ethics of Cloning” as part of the Washington University Assembly Series at 4 p.m., Thursday, November 13. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be held in Rebstock Hall, Room 215, located just east of Mallinckrodt Center (6445 Forsyth Blvd) on the Washington University campus.