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Lee C. Bollinger, president and professor of law at Columbia University, will deliver the inaugural fall Assembly Series lecture at 11 a.m. Sept. 10 in Graham Chapel. His talk, “The Foundations of the Principle of Academic Freedom,” also is the School of Law’s Sesquicentennial Lecture. Bollinger is a graduate of the University of Oregon and […]

They are part of a free, noncredit short course called “Remembering 1853: A Sesquicentennial Celebration of the Humanities.”

A Sept. 11, 2001, memorial gathering will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 in Graham Chapel. The gathering will be a brief coming-together of the campus community to reflect on the tragic events of two years ago and look forward to peace. James E. McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College […]

A “Licensed Suppliers” page has been added to the University’s Product Licensing Web site. The purpose of the site is to expand the services offered to the University community by the Office of Public Affairs’ product licensing office. Members of the University can access through this page a list of service-oriented suppliers of imprinted merchandise […]

The show features more than 50 works by 23 of China’s finest contemporary practitioners; it opens with a reception from 6-8 p.m. today.

Former president Jimmy Carter delivers an address as a guest of the School of Law in 1975 while he was still governor of Georgia. Carter returned to the University to speak as part of the Assembly Series on Feb. 28, 1991, when he gave an address in the Field House titled “Social Responsibility: Caring About […]

Photo by Mary Butkus / WUSTL PhotoStudy finds that the larger the bill, the smaller the tip percentage that food servers, hair stylists and cab drivers receive.Psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis say you may be cheaper than you think. They have shown that the larger the bill, the smaller the tip percentage that food servers, hair stylists and cab drivers receive. Compiling data from nearly 1,000 tips left in restaurants, hair salons and with cab drivers, the researchers found that the percent of the tip actually decreases with the amount of the bill across all three tipping situations. Their findings also indicate that with bills more than $100, the percent of the tip levels off — if the bill is $200, the server is likely to receive the same amount as if it were $100.

With five of six starters back from a team that is the reigning national runner-up, the University’s volleyball team was voted No. 1 in the 2003 American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 preseason poll. The Bears tallied 388 points in the poll, including eight first-place votes, putting them 19 points ahead of second-ranked Juniata College. […]

School of Medicine researchers have found that a chromosome defect often seen in human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can cause the same disease in mice when combined with a genetic defect in a molecule known as a tyrosine kinase receptor.

Washington University undergraduates help pull weeds at Hamilton Elementary School during the fourth annual Service First in 2002. As part of the St. Louis Public School’s “First Day, Every Day” initiative, more than 1,000 Washington University students will volunteer their time to landscape, paint, clean and renovate several schools to make the upcoming year more pleasant for teachers and students alike.