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Ebony G. Patterson is a mixed-media artist who frequently investigates issues of culture, identity, gender, and the female body in her work. She also is an assistant professor of painting and drawing at the University of Kentucky. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Patterson earned an Honors Diploma in Painting from Edna Manley College of the Visual […]

Raymond Nadaskay, a practicing architect for the past 44 years, is co-founder and principal emeritus of NK Architects. The firm is a leader in educational and health-care projects with an emphasis on sustainable design. His longstanding contributions to Washington University include his commitment to developing scholarships for architecture students and his support of capital improvements […]

Cynthia Weese was a founding partner of Weese Langley Weese, a distinguished Chicago architecture firm, and taught widely before becoming dean of the School of Architecture in 1993. Since stepping down as dean in 2005, she has continued her practice. Weese earned a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Sciences in 1962 and a Bachelor of […]

Can getting from a class at the west end of campus immediately to a class at the east end leave you huffing and puffing? Starting in fall 2012, classes on the Danforth Campus will begin 10 minutes after their published start time, announced Provost Edward S. Macias, PhD. The only exception will be School of Law classes. This change extends the time between classes from seven minutes to 10 minutes. 

John A. Cooper, MD, PhD, professor of cell biology and physiology, has received a four-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for research titled “Actin and Microtubule-Based Mechanisms for Functions of NK Lymphoid Cells.” … Regina F. Frey, PhD, director of The Teaching Center and professor of the practice in chemistry in […]

Senior Renee Kramer has been awarded this year’s Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman Prize. The Isserman prize recognizes a WUSTL student who has made a significant contribution in leadership and service to ecumenical or interfaith activities, both on campus and in the wider community.

WUSTL recycled 556,623 pounds of waste this spring to rank in the top 5 percent nationally — No. 15 out of 363 schools — in the annual RecycleMania contest’s Gorilla category. WUSTL also increased its diversion rate — or percentage of total waste recycled or reused — by nearly 10 percent and reduced the total waste produced by 4.5 pounds per person during the competition.

Washington University in St. Louis will award five honorary degrees during the university’s 150th Commencement May 20. During the ceremony, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel will deliver the Commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. The other honorary degree recipients are John H. Biggs, PhD; Shirley Ann Jackson, PhD; Griffin P. Rodgers, MD; and George W. von Mallinckrodt.

To help ensure the university community is prepared in the event of an earthquake, a voluntary earthquake drill will be held for all WUSTL faculty, staff and students at 10:15 a.m. Thursday, April 28. The drill is a part of the 2011 Great Central U.S. ShakeOut, organized by the Central United States Earthquake Consortium.

The Women’s Society honored the legacy of two of the university’s most revered women — Harriet K. Switzer and the late Elizabeth Gray Danforth — at its annual meeting April 13. The society presented the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award and the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship to three exemplary college students at the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.