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Four WUSTL faculty members were recognized for their accomplishments during the Faculty Achievement Awards ceremony Dec. 7 in Simon Hall. (From left) David M. Holtzman, MD, and Randall J. Bateman, MD, received the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. James V. Wertsch, PhD, and Richard H. Gelberman, MD, received the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award and the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award, respectively.

In remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr., the Society of Black Students for Social Welfare and the Office of Student Affairs at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis will host their annual Financial Freedom Seminar on Saturday, Jan. 18. “Your Money, Your Future,” takes place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in Brown Hall, Room 100. It is free and open to the public.

The planned free vehicle inspections scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, have been canceled due to the weather. Washington University Police Department and Parking Services, in partnership with Hartmann’s Towing, had planned to offer an inspection service for WUSTL students, faculty and staff from noon-2:30 p.m. Dec. 7 in Millbrook Garage.  But travelers instead can schedule a free vehicle check at Hartmann’s.

In the unlikely event that WUSTL alters the normal work and/or class schedule, an announcement will be posted on the university’s home page, and a number of media outlets also will air an announcement.

University College — the professional and continuing education division in Arts & Sciences — is hosting Preview Night for the spring 2014 semester at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall, on the Danforth Campus. Doors open at 6 p.m.; a light dinner will be served.

Bear Necessities, the nonprofit gift store operated by the Women’s Society of Washington University, will hold its annual holiday sale Dec. 10 and 11.

​The annual Washington University Campus Store Faculty and Staff Appreciation Event will be from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the store in Mallinckrodt Center.

Washington University in St. Louis has been recognized as one of the top institutions in the nation for producing Fulbright students for 2013-14. Twelve Fulbright grants were awarded to current or recent WUSTL students for this academic year to fund various international educational exchange endeavors.

Just days after the opening of online health-insurance exchanges required by the Affordable Care Act, the principal architect of the Massachusetts health-care system and chief adviser to President Barack Obama’s plan spoke at Washington University. Jonathan Gruber, PhD, a foremost authority on the federal Affordable Care Act, explained how the federal law works and how it will […]

The curve of an S, the point of an A, the slope of an F. Because Ben Kiel cares what words mean, he has devoted his life to how letters look. He is a typeface designer. “To do this job, you need a trained eye and a lot of patience,” Kiel says. “It also helps […]