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Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton leads the procession into Convocation Aug. 26 in the Athletic Complex. Convocation marks the annual WUSTL welcome to all new students and their families and is the only time the Class of 2014 will be together as a group until its Commencement. Following Convocation, all in attendance were invited to join the chancellor’s procession to Brookings Quadrangle for entertainment and Ted Drewes frozen custard.

Times of IndiaStarvation and sleep-deprivation may keep brain sharp 9/1/2010Stay hungry and sleep-deprived to stay sharp – that seems to be the idea, at least as far as fruit flies are concerned. New research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that, in fruit flies, being hungry may provide a way to stay awake without […]

US News & World Report Beyond college immunizations: How students can avoid getting sick8/30/2010Any college student knows close contact isn’t really optional. When you’re sleeping inches away from a roommate (or two or three), and sharing restrooms, showers, desks, and dining space—and sometimes even swapping spit—germs are bound to spread. Indeed, bugs like upper-respiratory infections, […]

MSN Health & Fitness Concussion rates soar among younger kids 08/30/2010 High school-age athletes are more likely than younger kids to have sports-related concussions, but the rate of such injuries in both groups is on the rise, a new U.S. study suggests. Awareness of concussions is increasing, according to Dr. Mark Halstead, who co-wrote the […]

Washington University campuses became tobacco-free this past July, which means smoking and tobacco use now is prohibited on all university-owned and -managed properties. The university will continue to work with community members to support tobacco-cessation efforts.

FOR DECADES, neuroscientists were like mental drill sergeants, always directing volunteers to do some-thing: read this word, listen for that sound, add these numbers, tap your finger, and so forth. As volunteers worked, scanners tracked changes in their brain’s blood flow and oxygen use, which increase when neurons in a brain region become more active. […]

Of note Thomas Bernatowicz, PhD, professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $1,125,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled “The Formation and Evolution of Carbonaceous Stardust.” … Tatiana Efimova, PhD, research assistant professor of medicine (dermatology), has received a five-year, $1,577,000 million grant from the National […]

LiveScience.com Cavemen accused of wiping out cave bears 08/27/2010 Giant cave bears thought to have once dined on each other might have been driven to extinction by the advance of humanity, scientists now suggest. Starting about 50,000 years ago, cave bears and other carnivores started receiving serious competition for these caves from cavemen. “As humans […]

When he returned from Vietnam and service at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., Louis “Pepper” Dehner, MD, set out to make himself into a pediatric surgical pathologist.

With the opening of the new dining facility at Washington University in St. Louis Aug. 26, students can feast on food from around the globe, grown in the Midwest. The state-of-the-art facility offers a plethora of food options to the increasingly diverse university community.