National champions – again!
The men’s tennis team captured its first NCAA Division III National Championship — the third for WUSTL in the 2007-08 school year.
Art graduate student Ian Weaver wins prestigious $15k prize
Ian Weaver, a graduating master of fine arts candidate in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, 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. Though primarily a painter […]
Chinese student group calls for earthquake aid
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 Commencement begins at 8:30 a.m. May 16 in Brookings Quadrangle
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.
Let’s talk
Photo by Ray MarklinU.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay visits the School of Medicine’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center May 5.
Let’s talk
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.
Scenes from a Commencement
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.
Paredes appointed to SEC
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, […]
Kling memorial service set for June 1
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.
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