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Patrick Geraghty, M.D., went to Germany in Janury to lend his expertise as a vascular surgeon working on soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

To commemorate the 277th anniversary of George Washington’s birth, Washington University in St. Louis scholars will examine the legend versus the real man, and consider whether the philosophical and moral ambiguities he wrestled with during his lifetime have modern connotations.

The School of Engineering & Applied Science will host a week of special events beginning Monday, Feb. 16, to inspire current and future engineers at WUSTL. On-campus events will include several student outreach projects and the presentation of the Alumni Achievement Awards. The National Engineers Week Foundation — a formal coalition of more than 100 […]

The Bear Necessities store in Wohl Student Center on the South 40 will be holding a week-long Washington Week sale, starting Feb. 16.

The annual George Washington Week, beginning today, will feature horse and buggy rides, birthday cake, appearances by a George Washington look-alike, cherry pie and tricorn hats. It is sponsored by the sophomore honorary Lock & Chain.

A new Weight Watchers at Work program is beginning March 2 on the Danforth Campus. Payment of $156 is due Feb. 23. The program will run for 12 weeks, through May 25.

The Office of Human Resources announces the January winners of the Your Health Snapshot contest.

Best-selling suspense author Ridley Pearson will read the children’s book, “The Story of Ferdinand” at 4 p.m. Sept. 20 in the University’s Campus Store on the Danforth Campus as part of the national “Read for the Record” program.

If you see a distinguished-looking gentleman with a white wig and long topcoat riding a horse-drawn buggy around campus next week, don’t be alarmed. It’s just George Washington. The annual George Washington Week, Feb. 16-20, will feature horse and buggy rides, birthday cake, appearances by “George” himself, cherry pie and tricorn hats.

A mandible from a 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton found in China and being studied by Erik Trinkaus Ph.D., the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences.