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The WUSTL Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) is asking for campus-wide help and donations for victims of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan Province May 12 and left more than 20,000 people dead and tens of thousands more injured or missing.

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Washington University’s 147th Commencement will be held at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 16, in Brookings Quadrangle. The university will bestow degrees on 2,655 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The university also will bestow honorary degrees on six individuals during the ceremony, which is a little over two hours long.

Photo by Ray MarklinU.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay visits the School of Medicine’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center May 5.

Photo by David KilperSpontaneous bursts of joy and emotion can occur at any time during a WUSTL Commencement ceremony, where long hours spent in lectures, libraries and the lab finally will pay off for the Class of 2008.

Photo by Ray MarklinJohn Morris, M.D., the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology and director of the School of Medicine’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), gives U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay an overview of the research and activities at the ADRC May 5.

Troy Paredes, J.D., professor of law, was nominated by President George W. Bush May 6 to serve as one of five commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Paredes will take the seat being vacated by Paul Atkins. Paredes’ term will begin June 6, pending confirmation by the Senate, and will end June 5, […]

A memorial service for Merle Kling, Ph.D., former provost, executive vice chancellor, dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, will be held at 3 p.m. June 1 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium.

More than a dozen distinguished individuals will speak at Commencement-related events for graduates and their friends and families. Chris Matthews, host of “Hardball with Chris Matthews” on MSNBC and of “The Chris Matthews Show,” a syndicated weekly news program produced by NBC News, and regular commentator on NBC’s “Today” show, will deliver the address at […]

Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton e-mailed the following message today to university faculty, staff and students about the controversy surrounding the decision to award Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree at Commencement this Friday, May 16.