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Do you have a colleague on staff that goes above and beyond to help students, faculty or fellow staff members? Help WUSTL recognize that employee’s efforts by nominating him or her for the Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award. Nominations are due Feb. 20.

Build-A-Bear Workshop founder and CEO, Maxine Clark, will respond to questions about entrepreneurship in today’s economy at the 5 p.m. Assembly Series talk on Thursday, February 5 in Graham Chapel. The event is co-sponsored by the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Olin School of Business, as well as several organizations outside the University. Following the discussion at 6:15 p.m., Clark and Ken Harrington, the center’s managing director, will present the Olin Cup and a cash prize to the winning student team.

Tuition and fees at U.S. medical schools have risen dramatically in the past 20 years, and students nationwide are going into deeper debt to become physicians. Dodson The School of Medicine is trying to reverse the trend and has taken a number of steps in recent years to reduce the debt of its students. “We […]

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Eminent economics professor Azariadis brings global views to WUSTL.

The 2008 Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Awards in Medical Student Education have been awarded to Leslie Kahl, M.D.; David Murray, M.D.; and Linda Pike, Ph.D. Kahl The annual awards, which recognize outstanding teaching and commitment to medical education, are among the highest honors that School of Medicine faculty can achieve. They were established in 2000 […]

Bill Malek, president of Gateway Capital Mortgage Corp., speaks about home ownership at a workshop, which was part of “Financial Freedom Seminar: Achieving Economic Independence Through Education” Jan. 17 in Brown Hall.

Gary S. Wihl, Ph.D., dean of Rice University’s School of Humanities and a highly respected scholar and academic leader, will become dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences on July 1, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. “Gary Wihl brings his many talents as both an accomplished scholar and an experienced administrator to Washington University at a very important time in our history,” Wrighton said.

Herbert F. Hitzeman Jr., senior vice chancellor emeritus and chief architect of the nation’s first campaign by a university to exceed $500 million, died Jan. 16, 2009. He was 81.

The men’s basketball team scored 12 unanswered points to start and never looked back en route to a 79-58 win over University Athletic Association (UAA) foe Emory University Jan. 18. It was a historic game for senior Sean Wallis, who finished the game with 11 points and eight assists, passing Matt Tabash for third place […]