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Washington University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Saint Louis University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis will partner to host the Midwest Regional Outreach, Science and Scholarship Summit: Leadership in Interdisciplinarity, Networking and Collaboration Feb. 2-4.

Prominent criminal defense attorney and civil rights advocate Michael Pinard, J.D., will address the pressing problem of prisoner reentry in America to kick off the spring lineup of Washington University School of Law’s 11th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series on Jan. 22.

WUSTL’s No. 21 national ranking in last year’s RecycleMania competition was impressive, but the Office of Sustainability is challenging the campus to finish even higher in the 2009 RecycleMania contest, which begins Sunday, Jan. 18.

Now there is an easy and secure way to determine your risk for a variety of major diseases with just a few clicks of a mouse.

“Shattering Ceilings: Celebrating Success in Pursuit of ‘The Dream'” is the theme of Washington University’s 22nd annual celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr. at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 19 in Graham Chapel.

Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr.Students and staff members gather in Umrath Hall Nov. 15 to wrap hundreds of gifts received during Washington University’s annual Give Thanks Give Back campaign. WUSTL “adopted” 106 families in 2008.

Up to $22,000 is now available to WUSTL students for development and implementation of innovative community projects during the summer in the form of social change grants through the Community Service Office.

Photo by David KilperNew sirens have been installed on the Danforth Campus as yet another component of WUSTL’s Emergency Notification System.

Matthew Ellis, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, has demonstrated that a surprising therapy can help control metastatic breast cancer.

Edith L. Wolff, a longtime donor to the School of Medicine, died Dec. 26, 2008, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital after a brief illness. She was 93. Wolff and her late husband, Alan A. Wolff, directed funds to multiple areas of medical research at the School of Medicine for more than 30 years. Most recently, Edith Wolff […]