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

Photo by Ray MarklinTwenty students from local middle schools came to the School of Medicine Feb. 17 for a full scientific research immersion.

The Kingsbury Ensemble, one of the Midwest’s premier early music ensembles, will present a concert of Classical and early Romantic works for natural horn, soprano and fortepiano at 8 p.m. March 5 in the Ballroom Theater of the 560 Music Center. Harpsichordist Maryse Carlin, instructor in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, directs […]

As part of WUSTL’s commitment to promoting sustainability, the Record will offer weekly “Green Your Office” tips to promote efficiency and waste reduction at offices on campus.Send your own green office tips to wugreenoffice@gmail.com.

A memorial service for Neville Grant, M.D., professor of clinical medicine, for nearly 40 years, will be held Saturday, March 7 at 1 p.m. in Graham Chapel.

Franklin “Buzz” Spector, professor and former chair of the Department of Art at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., has been named dean of the College and Graduate School of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Spector also will hold the Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr. Professorship of Art.

Students who have a passion for collecting books can compete for prizes of $1,000 or $500 by entering the 23rd annual Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition.

An ambitious new study has added considerable weight to the claim that exercise can lower the risk for colon cancer.

Chuck Rickert, a student in the M.D./Ph.D. program, heard a radio show that inspired him to donate a kidney to a stranger.

Washington University in St. Louis will test its Emergency Notification System 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.