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Author Adam Hochschild will address “The Holocaust in the Congo — Then and Today” for the annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture at 11 a.m. Nov. 5 in Graham Chapel for the Assembly Series. Hochschild’s talk will be based on his book King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998), which […]

He joined the University in 1969 as director of security and campus chief of police; he retired in 1993.

Researchers are looking for both healthy and hypertensive volunteers above age 21 as part of a four-year, $2.8 million grant.

More than $502,000 has been raised, topping the University’s most aggressive goal ever — $500,000 — and pledge cards continue to be submitted.

Photo by Mary ButkusAuthor David Cannadine delivered the annual T.S. Eliot Lecture in St. Louis Nov. 10 to an audience of nearly 300 in Simon Hall.

Thirty-eight dancers selected by audition will perform seven works by faculty and guest choreographers for Washington University Dance Theatre.

It allows University faculty, staff and students to read the full text of articles from more than 15,000 electronic journals in virtually all subject areas.

Photo by Kevin LowderVarious dinners were held at the University, including at the Olin School of Business, the School of Law and Lien House.

A University study “directly compares simple word reading across the age range from schoolchildren to adulthood,” said Bradley L. Schlaggar.

The Community Service Program within the Office of Student Activities is taking nominations for the University’s first Sesquicentennial Ethic of Service Award. The Sesquicentennial Ethic of Service Award will recognize a select group of University community members who exemplify a character of service and giving to the St. Louis region. This award serves as a […]