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Ping Wang’s love of the humanities is the driving force behind his research. Wang, PhD, the Seigle Family Professor in Arts & Sciences, explores social, political and cultural considerations that influence who wins and who loses in the global economic arena.

Of note Lesley Addison, Bill Janes and Janelle Sullivan, third-year doctoral students in the Program in Occupational Therapy, were selected to participate in the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Leaders Development Program, a new initiative to identify leaders who are about to start or have just started their careers and provide them with a yearlong mentored […]

No room for a futon, boxes of macaroni or stacks of nearly new T-shirts in the backseat of the car during move-out? Don’t throw them away — share extra items instead by donating to “Share Our Stuff.” Drop-offs are located on and off campus this spring and summer.

When many people think of St. Louis, the Gateway Arch, Cardinals baseball or Anheuser-Busch beer comes to mind. With the help of her book, Meet Me: Writers in St. Louis, Catherine Rankovic is looking to add another feature to that list: literary hub. 

Freshman students enjoy pizza and Ted Drewes frozen custard in Bowles Plaza following the Freshman Finale ceremony April 21. Sponsored by the Freshman Class Council and the First Year Center, the event, which is the first to gather freshmen from all schools together at the end of the year, included an awards ceremony, a raffle, a slideshow of memories from the year and several speakers.

Freshmen David Sufranski (left) and Hal Lewis pause to admire a camel in a petting zoo set up on the lawn near the Women’s Building April 27. Sponsored by the Campus Programming Council, the “Epic Animal Extravaganza,” as it was formally titled, was meant to provide some fun and relaxation for the student body as final exams approach.

Gary J. Miller, PhD, who conducts experimental research on the politics of organizations, including decision-making in bureaucracies, committees and small groups, and John C. Morris, MD, an internationally renowned researcher of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders associated with aging, will receive Washington University’s 2010 faculty achievement awards in December, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced.

Zhou-Feng Chen, PhD As native St. Louisan and baseball philosopher Yogi Berra once said: “You can observe a lot just by watching.” Although he never heard Berra’s famous “Yogi-isms” while growing up in China, Zhou-Feng Chen, PhD, has followed the former catcher’s sage advice anyway. Chen decided that if he wanted to learn whether an […]

Each One Teach One, the university’s signature tutoring initiative that connects WUSTL tutors with area elementary and high school students, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month.

The Women’s Society of Washington University presented the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award and Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarships to three exemplary college students at the Formal Lounge of the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building April 21.