Washington University Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct governs “members of the University community”: employees, volunteers and those who do business with the University. It states the ethical and legal standards that guide their decisions and actions as community members. The Code of Conduct is revised from time to time. An updated version of the code is available online […]
Framing the issue
Photo by Lois IngramWilliam Julius Wilson, Ph.D. (second from right), director of the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program at Harvard University’s Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, talks with (from left) Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton; Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine; and Will Ross, M.D., associate dean for diversity, director of the Office of Diversity Programs and associate professor of medicine, after Wilson gave the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration lecture Jan. 19 in the Eric P. Newman Education Center.
Three coaches honored by Baseball Writers
Men’s basketball coach Mark Edwards, men’s tennis coach Roger Follmer and volleyball coach Rich Luenemann were honored at the 51st Annual Baseball Writers’ Association of America Dinner Jan. 19 in downtown St. Louis. The winter event annually honors the St. Louis Cardinals and other accomplished major league players but also gives an award for achievement […]
First McDonnell Center poster session
Photo by David KilperBarbara Shrauner, Ph.D., senior professor of electrical and systems engineering, and Mark G. Alford, Ph.D., associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, review an exhibit from the first McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences Poster Session under way in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Building.
MLA seminars examine societal role of universities
Getting the campus and surrounding community to reflect on the University’s role in society is the goal of the Master of Liberal Arts program’s “Democracy and the University” seminar series, which will be held at 11 a.m. each Saturday in February in McDonnell Hall.
A collective outburst of joy
Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr.WUSTL students Jasmine Taylor, Erin Moss, Jeff Nelson and Bianca Jackson cheer at the Danforth University Center after President Barack Obama’s inauguration speech Jan. 20.
A good measure
Photo by Kevin LowderArchitecture graduate students work on a shelter on the Ruth Park Golf Course in University City, a class project in a fall graduate design/build studio led by Carl Safe, professor of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
Obituary: Arthur M. Lucas, former clinical studies adviser, 61
Arthur M. Lucas, clinical studies adviser at the School of Medicine from 1996-1998, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009.
Researchers receive $11 million to study diabetic heart disease
School of Medicine researchers have received a five-year, $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study heart failure in diabetic patients.
Anxious older adults may benefit from antidepressants
A team of psychiatric researchers found an antidepressant drug improved anxiety symptoms and quality of life in older adults with anxiety disorder.
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