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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 […]

India West Five Indian-origin students named Rhodes Scholars 12/02/2010 Five promising young Americans of Indian descent have been selected for the highly competitive Rhodes Scholarships, it was announced Nov. 20. A total of 32 American college students have been chosen this year. Renugan Raidoo of the University of Iowa, Aakash K. Shah of Harvard Medical […]

Washington University has been named as one of the top producers of Fulbright Scholarships in the nation. Thirteen WUSTL students and eight faculty members were selected as Fulbright grantees for the 2010-2011 academic year. WUSTL was one of only 11 institutions ranked by the Chronicle of Higher Education as a top producer of both Fulbright students and Fulbright faculty.

Inc. How to run a brainstorming session 11/30/2010 Keith Sawyer, a professor of psychology and education at Washington University in St. Louis, calls it “group genius,” or the idea that innovation requires cross-pollination from seemingly unrelated fields. In his book, he stresses that people in the group must have enough in common to share the […]

The Washington University Club program offered New York alumni and friends the opportunity to learn from WUSTL’s leading ancient Egyptian scholar, Professor Sarantis Symeonoglou.

Reuters.com Shoulder surgery can curtail an NFL career 11/30/2010A problem shoulder might shorten the career of college athletes who are talented enough to get drafted by a professional football team, according to a new study. The study focused on college players drafted into National Football League (NFL) teams. By the time they were drafted, all […]

Should weather conditions create potentially hazardous travel conditions, Washington University will evaluate the situation and take into consideration the safety of the faculty, staff and students as well as the services that must be provided despite the inclement weather.

Students enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with friends Nov. 25 in College Hall in the new South 40 House on the Danforth Campus. From 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thanksgiving day, WUSTL Dining Services offered a meal featuring turkey, stuffing, cornbread, sweet potatoes, green beans, pumpkin pie and more.