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James Lennox, PhD, a prominent scholar of the history and philosophy of biology, will deliver the annual John and Penelope Biggs Lecture in the Classics for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, in Simon Hall’s May Auditorium. This event, which is free and open to the public, originally was scheduled for April 8.

Of note Erika C. Crouch, MD, PhD, professor of pathology and immunology, has received a two-year, $706,337 subaward from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “Collectins and Innate Defense Against Inhaled Pathogens.” This subaward is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. … Debra Pulley, MD, associate professor of […]

School of Medicine students will perform “Once Upon a Mattress” April 15-17 at the Whelpley Auditorium at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.

The final campus-wide blood drive of the academic year will be held at eight locations throughout the university Wednesday, March 31.

Students and staff members are passing out information and buttons to raise awareness about Proposition A, a one-half cent sales tax increase to support the operation and expansion of the Metro public transit system. The group will be out on campus next week campaigning until the election on Tuesday, April 6.

Molly Tovar, EdD, former director of leadership for the Bill & Melinda Gates Millennium Scholars Program, has been appointed director of the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the Brown School.

Participants in the annual Relay For Life, held March 20 and 21 in the Athletic Complex, pause to observe luminaria, each bearing the name of a person who has battled cancer. More than 1,500 people took part in the 12-hour event that raised more than $182,000 for the American Cancer Society to fund cancer research, advocacy, patient services and education.

The 2010 Census is almost here, and Census Bureau officials hope to get an accurate count of everyone living in the United States on April 1, 2010. Here’s everything students attending Washington University need to know.

A new chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the national collegiate Hispanic honor society and largest foreign-language honor society in the world, opened on campus with an induction ceremony March 22 in the Danforth University Center.

The popular singer/songwriter Matisyahu (right), whose hip-hop/reggae musical style often is characterized as reflective and inspirational, performed with alumnus and friend Adam Weinberg on March 18 in Graham Chapel as part of the Assembly Series.