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Share Our Stuff, the drive to reduce waste and share with people in need goods typically thrown away during campus and off campus move-out, was an effective way for WUSTL students to help the St. Louis community while being environmentally conscious, said Matt Malten, assistant vice chancellor for sustainability.

Alison Albee, Ph.D., Steve Davidson, Ph.D., Sarah Van Vickle-Chavez, Ph.D., Gary Port, Ph.D., and more…

Washington University’s newly renovated Corner Building on Skinker and Delmar boulevards opened Aug. 14. The building is located on the eastern side of the Loop area in the City of St. Louis and contains apartments and spaces for retail shops.

Photo by Mary ButkusSenior Danny Gaynor, a political science major in Arts & Sciences, acknowledges the audience after delivering an inspirational and moving speech during Convocation Aug. 20 in the Athletic Complex.

Sarah Jane Forman, J.D., has been named the School of Law’s first Clinical Faculty Fellow.

Bicycles are the transportation of choice on campus for many WUSTL students, faculty and staff. But keeping those bikes secure on and off campus will help ensure a bike doesn’t fall into the wrong hands, said WUSTL Police Sergeant Mark Glenn.

Photo by Mary ButkusWashington University Women’s Society volunteer Elaine Burkhardt (left) talks with Roberta and Bill Schnoor of Brookline, Mass., at the grand opening of the new Bear Necessities store Aug. 20 in Umrath Hall in the South 40. The Schnoors’ son Will is a member of the Class of 2013.

After several months seeking student and staff input, Washington University selected Microsoft Live@EDU to provide e-mail, calendar and Web space to a pilot group of students during the fall 2009 semester.

The Coordinating Council for Diversity Initiatives is accepting grant applications for initiatives that improve the campus environment for women and members of underrepresented minority groups who are on faculty or staff at WUSTL.

Margaret Bush Wilson, WUSTL trustee emerita, prominent civil rights attorney in the 1960s and the first woman of color to chair the board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, after a short illness. She was 90.