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Paul Harvey, whose news reports and human interest stories captivated American listeners for decades, died Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital near his winter home in Arizona. He was 90. Harvey, and his wife, Lynne “Angel” Cooper Harvey, who died May 3, 2008, were long-time, generous supporters of Washington University.

Photo by Robert BostonLaura Jean Bierut, M.D., professor of psychiatry, helps untangle the contributions of specific genes and environmental influences on alcohol and nicotine dependence disorders.

Surgeons at the Washington University Eye Center and Barnes-Jewish Hospital are among the first to use a new surgical device to treat glaucoma.

Colin Gordon, Ph.D., professor of history at the University of Iowa, will speak on the “Transformation of Metropolitan St. Louis in the 20th Century,” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in Brown Hall Lounge. Gordon is the author of the 2008 book, “Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City.” Using both […]

The School of Engineering & Applied Science’s Sever Institute of Continuing Studies will offer a new master’s degree program in project management beginning this fall. The new degree will build on an existing certificate program that the school has offered since 2002 though the professional degree program and the Sever Institute. “Project management has become […]

Students who have a passion for collecting books can compete for prizes of $1,000 or $500 by entering the 22nd annual Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition. Sponsored by Washington University Libraries, the Neureuther competition offers prizes to four students who write short essays about their personal book collections. A first prize of $1,000 and […]

W.J.T. Mitchell, the Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of Art History and English at the University of Chicago, will speak on “The Future of the Image” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 2, as part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ spring lecture series. Co-sponsored by the Department of […]

WUSTL will test its Emergency Notification System (WUSTL-ENS) at noon Monday, March 2. The test will be held in conjunction with St. Louis County’s monthly siren test, which occurs at 11 a.m. on the first Monday of each month.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is seeking staff volunteers to greet visiting high-school seniors at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on March 26 and April 16.

Norman Lambert, a part-time faculty member from 1982-2003 who most recently was an adjunct professor in information management, died Feb. 8, 2009. He was 71.