Remembering Steve Fossett

A memorial service for adventurer Steve Fossett, a member of the University’s Board of Trustees and a 1968 MBA graduate of the Olin Business School, will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in Graham Chapel.

Social work to present 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding school service during its annual Alumni Awards Dinner Wednesday, April 30, at the Coronado Ballroom. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards; one faculty member will receive the Distinguished Faculty Award; and one member of the community will receive the […]

DBBS to mark 35th anniversary, 1,000th graduate

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding school service during its annual Alumni Awards Dinner Wednesday, April 30, at the Coronado Ballroom. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards; one faculty member will receive the Distinguished Faculty Award; and one member of the community will receive the […]

Deadly genetic disease stopped before zebrafish birth

By injecting a customized “genetic patch” into early stage fish embryos, researchers at the School of Medicine were able to correct a genetic mutation so the embryos developed normally. The research could lead to the prevention of up to one-fifth of birth defects in humans caused by genetic mutations, according to the authors. Madsen Erik […]

Jazz workshop for K-12 teachers funded by NEH

Gerald Early, Ph.D., the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in the Department of English and director of the Center for the Humanities, both in Arts & Sciences, has received a $73,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) Division of Education Programs. The grant will fund “The Impact of Jazz on American […]

Naming contest opens for new dining venues

The Office of Student Activities is sponsoring a naming contest for the five dining venues to be located on the main level of the Danforth University Center, scheduled to open for the fall 2008 semester. Both undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents of current students and friends of the University are eligible to […]

Bornstein named Stella Koetter Darrow Professor in Catholic Studies

A leading historian of religion was installed as the first Stella Koetter Darrow Professor in Catholic Studies in Arts & Sciences March 18 in Holmes Lounge. Daniel M. Bornstein, Ph.D., joined Washington University last fall with a joint appointment in religious studies and history, both in Arts & Sciences. He is a scholar whose broad […]
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