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Irish Times (UK) Biblio detective work restores Jefferson legacy 02/27/2011 Thomas Jefferson is acknowledged to have been the US’s most bibliophile president. Washington University in St. Louis has just discovered it owns 74 volumes that belonged to Jefferson, many of them with his notations. So his retirement library has been virtually reconstructed, 182 years after […]

WUSTL has been named a Tree Campus USA for 2010 by the Arbor Day Foundation. WUSTL is among the first schools in Missouri to receive the honor. Tree Campus USA is a distinction given by the Arbor Day Foundation to recognize schools across the United States for their dedication to healthy campus forestry management and engaging the community in environmental stewardship.

Freshmen Marissa Cantu and Kelly Gorrell laugh as Dan Nainan, “the biracial standup comedian,” entertains the audience Feb. 18 during the Great Loving Day Banquet in College Hall in the South 40. The Loving Day Banquet is a rememberance of the court case Loving v. Virginia, which legalized interracial marriage in 1967.

Associated Press
 Census: St. Louis population down 8 percent
 02/25/2011 St. Louis is losing residents, according to U.S. Census figures released Thursday, and the population decline goes deeper than being another blow to the proud city’s image. Steven S. Smith, a public policy professor at Washington University in St. Louis, agrees that something needs to […]

Mental health professional participate in a panel discussion, “When Love Hurts,” Feb. 16 at Seigle Hall on the Danforth Campus. The panel discussed dating violence and what can be done to confront it in a healthy manner. The event was sponsored by the WUSTL Pre-Law Society, Men Organized for Rape Education and Committee Organized for Rape Education.

Ramesh K. Agarwal, PhD, the William Palm Professor of Engineering, has received a one-year, $86,000 subaward from Missouri University of Science & Technology for a project titled “NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium.” … Ray Barber, project manager in Facilities Planning and Management, received the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers’ Diversity Champions Award at an […]

CNBC
 MetLife Foundation announces major awards to scientists for research in Alzheimer’s disease
 02/24/2011 The MetLife Foundation is honoring two noted researchers for their work in brain imaging. Randy L. Buckner, PhD, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Harvard University, and Marcus E. Raichle, MD, professor of radiology and neurology at Washington University School of […]

Lock & Chain member Chris Wilburn, a sophomore dressed as George Washington, takes a ride around the Danforth Campus in a horse-drawn buggy Feb 21 as part of the annual George Washington Week activities.

Members of the Center Aisle Caucus, U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.), U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) and U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) will discuss “A Vision for Civility” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in the main dining room of the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center at Washington University in St. Louis.

Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina) Missing Thomas Jefferson books found 2/22/2011 Seventy-four books that belonged to former US president Thomas Jefferson were found at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri. Link to Article See also Los Angeles Times, MSN India, Taiwan News, CBS News, Forbes MarketPlace | American Public Radio Apple shareholders curious about succession plan […]