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Homecoming queen Bettey Jo Bussman (right) and her court in 1965. Homecoming is always a ritual at colleges, and Washington University is no different. Here, Homecoming isn’t just a day, it’s an entire week. This year, Parents Weekend is just a part of the Homecoming festivities. On Oct. 18, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will talk […]

Professor Stamos Metzidakis and wife Sarah are the fifth family to live in the South 40; “It’s been a wonderful experience so far,” Stamos says.

Terry Teachout, author of The New York Times Notable Book The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken, will read for the 2003-04 Center for the Humanities’ Writers Series Oct. 13-14. Teachout will host two events while at the University. He will read from his work at 8 p.m. Oct. 13 in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 204. […]

Photo by David KilperMilorad P. Dudukovic, associate director of the new multi-institutional center, works with graduate students at the Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory.The National Science Foundation has announced that the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis has been selected to receive $17 million.

The football team held off a late fourth-quarter rally and defeated Rhodes College, 28-21, Oct. 4 at Francis Field. The Bears had a 21-10 lead heading into the fourth quarter before Rhodes began the comeback. Midway through the fourth quarter, Rhodes tied the game at 21. But after the tying field goal, Bears senior Blake […]

The National Conference on Graduate Student Leadership will bring to campus 42 graduate student delegates from 14 universities.

Democratic Rep. Melvin Price (seated), who served Illinois from 1945-1988, visits the University’s computer center in November 1958. Some of the equipment in the center had been used to track orbits of the Russian Sputnik satellites. With Price are (from left) Edwin Roth, cartographer and astronomer; Robert Carty, technical supervisor; and Harvey Cohn, director of […]

Photo by Bob BostonAward-winners Lee Epstein and Eugene M. Johnson Jr. greet each other at the recent Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony.

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

The following incidents were reported to University Police Oct. 1-7. 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. Oct. 3 4:54 p.m. — A student […]