Uncategorized

Amar Cheema, Ph.D., Amanda Friedenberg, Ph.D., and Gautam Gowrisankaran, Ph.D.,

Project Aria is a University outreach program designed to allow K-12 students to participate in space-related projects.

They also elected Harry J. Seigle of Seigle’s Home and Building Centers as an Ethan A.H. Shepley trustee for a four-year term.

Considered one of the founders of modern psychiatric genetics, “Our institution and psychiatry in general are significantly diminished by his loss.”

The Environmental Initiative was launched to explore the role that research universities can play in addressing environmental issues.

Volleyball celebration set for Feb. 6 by Nick Povalitis The 2003 NCAA Division III national champion Washington University volleyball team will be recognized Feb. 6 at halftime of the men’s basketball game, which will start at 8 p.m. against Carnegie Mellon University. Festivities will include the unveiling of the championship banner, a presentation of the […]

Tax-paying, America-loving political satirist Kate Clinton offers savvy send-ups of American culture, fads and foibles, from Wal-Mart-ization and Disneyfication to Queer Eye, lesbian chic and presidential inaugurals. The self-described “oldest living, continuously performing lesbian author/humorist in North America” is wisecracking her way to Washington — Washington University, that is — for the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! […]

When asked what he enjoys about his job, Renal Division Director Marc R. Hammerman, M.D., doesn’t hesitate. “The opportunity to be creative in a scientific sense and in an administrative sense,” he says. “Absolutely, that’s it.” Lynn Wesselmann, administrative assistant for the Renal Division, has worked with Hammerman for nearly a quarter of a century, […]

The men’s basketball team had a huge weekend and are now right in the thick of the University Athletic Association race. On Feb. 8, the men defeated the University of Rochester, 69-64, at the Field House. The Yellowjackets came into the game ranked No. 1 in the country, but strong bench play helped the Bears […]

Four distinguished St. Louis composers, all affiliated with the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, will be honored with a concert of their works at 8 p.m. Feb. 29 in Edison Theatre. The Washington University Composers’ Chamber Music Concert will feature music of Harold Blumenfeld, John MacIvor Perkins and Robert Wykes — all professors […]