Emergency notification system to be tested Oct. 21
Washington University will test its emergency notification system, WUSTLAlerts, at approximately 12:50 p.m. Oct. 21. The test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time.
Carlson heads new hospitalist medicine division in pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics has created a Division of Hospitalist Medicine, naming Douglas Carlson, M.D., as its director. Although hospitalist medicine has been a section of the pediatrics department for more than 15 years, the division was formally created in September. Carlson Carlson, professor of pediatrics, will oversee 37 faculty in the division, said Alan […]
Washington University Libraries adds Frank Marshall Davis Collection
Washington University Libraries’ Film & Media Archive has partnered with the University of Hawaii-West Oahu to preserve and digitize an interview with African-American poet and journalist Frank Marshall Davis. Also preserved were photographs, news clippings and poetry readings by Davis, which along with the interview make up the Frank Marshall Davis Collection, a new addition to the holdings of the Film & Media Archive.
Students gain real-world business experience through StEP program
Historically, the number of new, entrepreneurial ventures rises during periods of recession. If jobs aren’t available in the traditional market, the argument goes, why not start your own company? Thanks to a program on campus, WUSTL students are doing just that, creating, purchasing and selling on-campus businesses as undergraduate students. It’s called the Student Entrepreneurial Program (StEP) and it helps uniquely position students to get hands-on experience as entrepreneurs while they still are in school. (Video available)
Law school’s empirical research center receives grant to help update Supreme Court Database
Researchers at the School of Law’s Center for Empirical Research in the Law (CERL) will receive $191,000 to update the Supreme Court Database as part of a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The database, originally created by Harold Spaeth, J.D., professor of political science at Michigan State University, contains information about all Supreme […]
Give Thanks Give Back: nine years of helping the needy
Now in its ninth year, Washington University’s Give Thanks Give Back campaign again will help make the holiday season brighter for needy St. Louis-area families.
Of note
Elizabeth Brunt, M.D.,
Francesc Ferrer, Ph.D.,
Sophia E. Hayes and more…
Retirees honored by WUSTL
Twenty-six staff members retired from WUSTL this past year, and each received a commendation from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and a walnut plaque featuring the University seal and the number of years of his or her service.
Law school’s empirical research center receives grant to help update Supreme Court Database
Researchers at the School of Law’s Center for Empirical Research in the Law (CERL) will receive $191,000 to update the Supreme Court Database as part of a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Trustees hear reports on admissions, construction, financial issues and new scholarship initiative
The fall meeting of the Board of Trustees Oct. 2 featured reports on the status and progress of the University, including a report from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton regarding admissions, construction, financial issues, appointments and a new scholarship initiative.
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