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Photo by Tim ParkerMedical and occupational therapy students held a “senior prom” April 12 to facilitate social interactions between the school and the older adult community.

By adding a simple step to an operative procedure, heart surgeons found a significant improvement in the outcome for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.

Michael Spivey has been named the new assistant dean for career services, strategy, and marketing at the School of Law, announced Kent D. Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor.

The Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences will mark two milestones May 1-2: its 35th anniversary and graduating its 1,000th student.

Photo by Jerry Naunheim, Jr.Evan Krauss, first-year student at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, talks to U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., and Henry Givens Jr., Ph.D., president of Harris-Stowe State University, during the Dream Keepers’ Fair April 19.

School of Medicine research could lead to the prevention up to one-fifth of birth defects in humans caused by genetic mutations.

Daniel M. Bornstein, Ph.D., a leading historian of religion, was installed as the first Stella Koetter Darrow Professor in Catholic Studies March 18 in Holmes Lounge.

School of Medicine scientists have used a drug to prevent the brain abnormalities that lead to seizures in mice with an inherited form of epilepsy.

Last week’s 5.2 magnitude earthquake in Southern Illinois and its continuing minor aftershocks have had a rattling effect on students, faculty and staff and were yet another reminder of the importance of emergency preparedness and communication.

To celebrate nearly 100 years of existence and a new era in social work education, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis is publishing What We Believe: A History of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work: 1909- 2007. Read more for a list of interesting facts about the school.