Milestone achievement
Courtesy PhotoFaculty from the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences gathered at Whittemore House April 30 to celebrate the 90th birthday of Annelise Mertz, professor emerita in dance.
School records fall at meet at SIUE
A pair of women’s track and field records were broken at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Twilight Meet in Edwardsville, Ill., April 26. Senior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman won the pole vault at the 20-team meet, clearing an NCAA provisional and school-record breaking height of 3.75 meters. She broke her own school record of 3.72 meters, set […]
Man of heart
Photo by Tim ParkerKovács uses nature’s language, math, to solve the body’s mysteries
Got milk?
Photo by Joe AngelesTony Knowlton, mechanic in Facilities Yellow Zone, and his daughter, Sarah, 11, test breakfast cereal in Busch Hall during the “Soggy Cereal and the Scientific Method” session at Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work day celebration April 24.
Outstanding students honored with award, scholarships by Women’s Society
The Women’s Society of Washington University honored the legacy of two of the University’s most revered women — Elizabeth Gray Danforth and Harriet K. Switzer — at its annual meeting April 16. The society presented the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award and two Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarships to three exemplary college students at the Formal Lounge of the Ann Whitney Olin Women’s Building.
Heart disease in kidney patients can be prevented
School of Medicine researchers have found drugs to help protect chronic kidney disease patients from cardiovascular disease.
Outstanding mentors
Photo by Whitney CurtisOutstanding Faculty Mentor Award winners gather outside the Women’s Building at the April 23 awards ceremony.
Alzheimer’s research collaboration formed by WUSTL, AstraZeneca
The School of Medicine and AstraZeneca have formed a research collaboration to develop new ways to diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s disease.
Creating future geneticists
Photo by Tim ParkerFaculty and staff from the Genome Sequencing Center went to an area middle school April 24 to talk to students about National DNA Day.
A students best friend
Photo by David KilperDe-Stress Fest ’08, held April 16 in Bowles Plaza on the Danforth Campus, proved to be a popular diversion from the rigorous demands of the academic year’s final weeks.
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