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(Republished with permission from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This article originally ran in the Business section on Sunday, July 22, 2001)

BollingerPresident of Columbia University and a law professor, Lee C. Bollinger focuses primarily on free speech and First Amendment issues. He will deliver the inaugural Assembly Series lecture at Washington University. with a talk entitled “The Foundations of the Principles of Academic Freedom,”

In his self-portrait, young Vladimir “Wolf” Walter uses crayons to draw himself tall and strong, taking up the entire page as he towers over four pet cats. The boy in the picture has no hump on his back, no slouching lean of someone with severe scoliosis.

Bob BostonThe School of Medicine throws a party for a group of cerebral palsy patients from around the world, at the medical school for extended treatment and care.

Thousands are expected to visit the campuses for the all-day celebration, but volunteers are needed to help welcome the guests.

This feature will run in each 2003-04 issue of the Record as part of the observance of Washington University’s 150th anniversary.

The University’s football season has yet to officially begin but the accolades have already started to pile in, as sophomore wide receiver Brad Duesing and junior defensive back John Woock were named to the Division III Pre-Season All-America team as chosen by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette. Woock was named to the second-team after picking up […]

Researchers’ findings offer an explanation for recurrent urinary tract infections and why the body’s defenses or antibiotic treatments often don’t cure them.

The Class of 2007 has barely set foot on campus, and these students already have homework. Fortunately, it’s more stimulating than it is stressful. A new initiative for New Student Orientation 2003, which runs through Aug. 26, is a program called “Faculty Perspectives,” which gives freshmen the opportunity to engage in a lively discussion with […]

Professor and Chief of Surgery Fred T. Murphy performs the first operation, an appendectomy, at Barnes Hospital on Dec. 14, 1915. Five years earlier, the School of Medicine, which was established in 1891, had entered into an agreement with Barnes Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital that allowed the medical school to conduct clinical research […]