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The European Commission and U.S. Department of Education’s Atlantis Program has awarded the School of Law and its European partners a $1.1 million grant to support the Transnational Law Program.

Washington University launches its “Where to Go” campaign this fall to help the campus prepare for emergency situations. During the fall semester, members of the University’s Crisis Management Team will give presentations at student, staff and faculty meetings explaining where to go for information before, during and after an emergency.

Acclaimed architect Kathryn Dean, founding partner of Dean/Wolf Architects in New York City, has been appointed director of the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger, School of Medicine research found.

Photo by Mary ButkusChancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Tili Boon Cuillé, Ph.D., assistant professor of French in the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures in Arts & Sciences, lead the Convocation procession from the Athletic Complex toward the Danforth University Center following the ceremony.

Photo by Joe AngelesStudent associates and members of the student Move-in Crew were busy Aug. 21 helping new students and parents unpack their cars and move belongings into the South 40 residence halls during move-in day.

The Assembly Series announces its Fall 2008 schedule, filled with lecturers speaking on the central issues of the day: the environment, the economy and government ethics.

Henry L. “Roddy” Roediger III, Ph.D., an internationally recognized scholar of human memory, and Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D., a pioneer in efforts to understand how the immune system may be useful in battling cancer, will receive Washington University’s 2008 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced.

For any faculty or staff member who has considered becoming a member of Whittemore House, now is an excellent time to join. Whittemore House, a private club for faculty, staff and friends of the University since 1969, will suspend its $120 initiation fee for new members until July 2009.

The William H. and Elizabeth Gray Danforth University Center opened its doors to the Washington University community August 11. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of several donors, the new building will feature three premier spaces.