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“Cohen’s world is a world of ongoing catastrophe, in which natural and manmade disasters seem to radiate triumphant,” said guest curator Lutz Koepnick.

New evidence found by School of Medicine researchers marks significant progress in understanding a critical nervous system pathway.

Not long ago, Diana L. Gray, M.D., gently told a young teacher expecting her first child that without fetal interventive surgery, her unborn baby boy most likely would not survive. Gray was faced with the most difficult aspect of being an obstetrical geneticist. She had to explain that an expanding cyst was compressing the baby’s […]

The award recognizes Stahl’s outstanding efforts to promote the careers of women in science; he’s the first man to win the recognition.

Declan Kiberd, one of the world’s preeminent scholars of modern Irish literature, will launch the University’s fall Writing Program Reading Series in Arts & Sciences with a pair of talks. On Sept. 9, Declan will speak on “Ireland: A Case of Masked Modernity?” On Sept. 11, he will address “The City in Irish Writing.” Both […]

He will study a protein called nucleophosmin, which may have a role in promoting tumor growth.

The Bears football team is the top choice to repeat as University Athletic Association (UAA) champions. The team, looking to claim an unprecedented third straight outright conference title, garnered three first-place votes for a total of 15.5 points, narrowly edging Case Western Reserve University for the top spot. The Spartans earned 14 points, while Carnegie […]

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. […]