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Peter H. Raven, Ph.D., the George Engelmann Professor of Botany in Arts & Sciences and director and president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, will present a talk on “A Sustainable World: What It Means to Us” at 2 p.m. Friday, April 18, in Whitaker Hall.

Despite a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease years ago, Wilfried Ute regularly dances the Argentine tango with his wife Adelt. Dancing has always been an integral part of their lives, and the couple jumped at the chance to participate in a Washington University study evaluating the therapeutic benefits of the tango for Parkinson’s patients.

The Silvio Conte Center for Neuroscience Research has a new director. Deanna M. Barch, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, of psychiatry and of radiology, takes over leadership of the center from John G. Csernansky, M.D., the former Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry, who has become the chairman of psychiatry at […]

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Bunge’s strong relationship with the Olin Business School was cemented on March 13 with a ceremony dedicating the new Bunge Classroom in the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center. The partnership began several years ago, when Olin created customized leadership programs for Bunge executives. The programs have been successful for Bunge, and to show its support for the school’s innovative curriculum, it recently provided Olin with a gift of $300,000 for the Knight Center and to establish an endowed scholarship fund.

The Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work hosted the 18th annual Pow Wow on April 5 at the Washington University Athletic Center.

New York architect Nikole Renee Bouchard has won Washington University’s 2008 Steedman Fellowship in Architecture International Design Competition. The biennial competition, sponsored by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, is open to young architects from around the world and carries a $30,000 first place award to support study and research abroad — the largest such award in the United States.

Photo by David KilperAs a scholar of Italian literature, culture and women’s issues, Rebecca Messbarger never expected her research would involve the dissection of human cadavers at the School of Medicine.

Ramki Kalyanaraman, Ph.D., Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., Michael Brent, Ph.D., Lynette Cegelski, Ph.D., Eric Duncavage, M.D., and more…

The 2008 NCAA Division III National Champion basketball team will be recognized at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, at the Field House. Festivities will include unveiling the championship banner, a presentation of the championship trophy and comments from the team. Free pizza, championship posters and 2008 NCAA Championship T-shirts will be available while supplies last.