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ABC News / Health Elizabeth Edwards: Doctors say cancer progressed rapidly and decision to end treatment difficult 12/7/2010 Elizabeth Edwards’ breast cancer has spread to her liver, and has now reached the point where medical treatment can no longer do much for her. “The majority of breast cancer patients die from ER-positive cancer that’s become […]

Who: BattleBots (remotely controlled “armed” and armored machines built by engineering students at Washington University in St. Louis). What: The fall 2010 BattleBots Battle Royale, sponsored by the campus chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Two three-pound robots will try to pulverize one another in three-minute matches. The last robot still functioning […]

The Globe and Mail (Canada) Tests get high marks as a learning tool 12/04/2010 New research provides compelling scientific evidence of the value of testing as a learning tool. Henry Roediger and his colleagues at Washington University in St. Louis recently reported the results of a study with a Grade 8 science class. The students […]

Students enjoy a late-fall day in front of the award-winning South 40 House on the Danforth Campus. In November, the South 40 House, next-door neighbor Umrath House and contractor Clayco Inc. were recognized by the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis with the AGC’s Keystone Project of the Year Award.

The International Service-Learning Program in Chile is accepting applications for the 2011 session. This program, sponsored by the Gephardt Institute for Public Service and the Office of International and Area Studies, is an opportunity for undergraduates to learn about international social justice and participate in service abroad.  

Robyn Danielle Cooper, a candidate for a bachelor of arts degree in the College of Arts & Sciences, smiles as she receives a memento from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton at the December Degree Candidate Recognition Ceremony in Graham Chapel Dec. 4. Cooper was among 750 students who filed as December degree candidates.

Gerald L. Early, PhD (left), the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in Arts & Sciences, discusses the popularity of boxing at “The Future of Sports” panel discussion Nov. 29 in Graham Chapel, while fellow panelists, which included Bob Costas (right), primetime host of NBC’s coverage of the Olympic Games and NBC’s Football Night in America studio show, listen. More than 650 people attended the panel, which was hosted by University College in Arts & Sciences.

University College — the adult, evening and continuing education division in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis — will host a Preview Night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, in Holmes Lounge in Ridgley Hall. Preview Night features speakers who will discuss class and program offerings, admissions requirements and financial aid. Spring semester classes at University College start Jan. 18, 2011.

At the December meeting of the Washington University Board of Trustees Dec. 2-3, trustees discussed the university’s current and future international focus, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The board also elected a new Shepley Trustee and held a moment of silence and presented a memorial resolution for trustee Jai P. Nagarkatti, president and CEO of Sigma-Aldrich Corp., who died Nov. 13, 2010.

Paul M. Allen, PhD, the Robert L. Kroc Professor of Pathology and Immunology, has received a one-year, $380,000 bridge grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “T Cell Recognition of Allogeneic Peptide/MHC Ligands.” … Kenneth Chiou and Jessica Joganic, graduate students in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, each have […]