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Barbara Ehrenreich spent two years ‘walking the poverty line’ and her best-selling book, ‘Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America tells how tough the poor really have it.

“Professor King is a consummate scholar, unprepossessing and humble, but always present to do his indispensable part,” Dean Stuart I. Greenbaum said.

The center’s mission is to support basic and translational research in critical areas of biodefense and emerging infectious diseases throughout the Midwest.

A cancer survivor, he is leading 26 riders on a weeklong Tour of Hope bike ride across America to tout research and the importance of clinical trials.

The fall speakers will address a broad spectrum of social issues, ranging from affirmative action to neighborhood capacity building.

Jay Turner, William Wallace, Alison Whelan and Peter Wiedenbeck will receive Distinguished Faculty Awards; Robert S. Brookings Awards will go to Sam Fox and Jack Taylor.

The director of the National Institute of Health National Human Genome Research Institute, he will talk on “Genomics, Medicine and Society.”

The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 10-17. 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. Sept. 12 1:29 p.m. — Two laptop […]

With two daughters in their 20s, Robert E. Wiltenburg is no stranger to planning birthday parties. But the most recent party he planned took a little more foresight. More than two years’ worth, to be exact. In 2001, Wiltenburg, Ph.D., dean of University College in Arts & Sciences, was tabbed to head the committee in […]

View more of the scenes from around the campuses during the 150th Birthday Party.