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To recognize the creative contributions and exemplary performance of its staff, Arts & Sciences presented eight of its own with the Arts & Sciences 2007-08 Outstanding Staff Award during a recent ceremony and reception in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge. Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., presented the awards May 1 for the last time as dean […]

An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Karen L. Wooley, Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences, is a step closer to delivering cancer-killing drugs to pediatric brain tumors.

The following incidents were reported to University Police July 1-16. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. July 1 5:36 p.m. — A person […]

Jack Barrow, M.D., instructor, assistant and associate professor of clinical medicine at the School of Medicine from 1955-2002, died July 5, 2008. He was 84.

The newly released fourth edition of Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders presents a comprehensive overview of a full spectrum of lung diseases as well as information on how they are diagnosed and treated.

Carolyn Baum, Ph.D., Tammie L.S. Benzinger, M.D., Ph.D., J. Perren Cobb, M.D., and Kerri Morgan

Construction Update is published periodically and provides information about the progress of major building and renovation projects. Information is provided to the Record by facilities management.

School of Medicine researchers found that people on strict diet and exercise programs lose weight more slowly because they eat more on weekends.

Courtesy PhotoPhysicians from Japan came to observe the mini-nephrectomy procedure, a minimally invasive procedure to remove kidneys, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Ian Weaver, who earned a master of fine arts degree from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts in May, has won a $15,000 MFA Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation in New York. Weaver was one of 15 students nationwide to receive the award, and the first ever from Washington University.