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Washington University recently installed a system in several buildings on the Danforth Campus to enable cell phone providers to direct their signals into interior spaces. The underground garage at the Danforth University Center, the Knight Center and parts of Simon Hall will benefit from the initial installation of this system.

Photo by David KilperVisiting choreographer James Jordan, ballet master for the Kansas City Ballet, works with dance students in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio to set a piece for the upcoming Washington University Dance Theatre concert.

The profitability of corn ethanol processing, the costs and benefits of ethanol as a fuel source, the impact of the ethanol boom on rural America and the future of the biofuel industry will be among topics explored at a free public forum on the economics of ethanol to be held on campus from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 14.

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Photo by David KilperLarsen studies the many aspects of the human personality.

The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health Program is seeking applications from junior faculty with a medical degree, doctorate or M.D./Ph.D. who are pursuing a research career in areas relevant to women’s health. These include autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, depression, complications of pregnancy, diabetes and obesity, osteoporosis, infectious diseases and cancer. The program supports […]

School of Medicine scientists have assembled the most complete catalog to date of the genetic changes underlying the most common form of lung cancer.

F. Scott Kieff, J.D., professor of law, has been named a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. He joins an esteemed roster that includes Nobel Laureates such as Washington University’s Douglass C. North, Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts and Sciences. An expert on the interface among […]

Photo by Michael Worful(From left) Jessica Dasher and Denise Curl, who work with Kerri Morgan at the Enabling Mobility Center, congratulate Morgan on her performance at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing at a welcome home party for Morgan in the Program in Occupational Therapy lobby.

Photo by Joe AngelesCamilla and Stephen Brauer (from left) receive a special gift from Salvatore P. Sutera, Ph.D., dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton to commemorate the Oct. 29 groundbreaking of the Stephen F. and Camilla T. Brauer Hall.