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MaciasExecutive Vice Chancellor Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., dean of Arts & Sciences and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, has been named provost, effective Jan. 1, 2009, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced.

Photo by Robert BostonGraduating medical students learn where they will do their residencies at Match Day March 20 in Moore Auditorium.

The Pow Wow draws crowds from all over the Midwest to experience American Indian dancing, singing, drumming, arts, crafts and food.

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Photo by Whitney CurtisNearly 100 scholars from 70 institutions in Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and across the United States gathered March 14 – 15 at the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center for the annual meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes.

An international group of researchers, led by Fiona Marshall, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey domestication, suggesting the process of domestication may have been slower and less linear than previously thought.

The following incidents were reported to University Police April 2-8. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. April 4 12:12 p.m. — A cell […]

At recent Board of Trustees meetings, faculty members were promoted with tenure, appointed with tenure or granted tenure effective July 1, 2008.

The court ballet “La Naissance de la Paix” (“The Birth of Peace”) has been translated to English for the first time in a book by Richard A. Watson, Ph.D., professor emeritus of philosophy in Arts & Sciences. Along with providing the translation, the book, “Descartes’s Ballet: His Doctrine of the Will and His Political Philosophy,” demonstrates that the ballet, commissioned by Queen Christina of Sweden in 1650 and long attributed to French philosopher Rene Descartes, was almost certainly not written by him.

As part of Washington University’s initiative to enhance campus sustainability, Resource Management has partnered with WUSTL’s office products contractor, Corporate Express, to encourage the University’s use of “green,” environmentally friendly products. WUSTL has asked Corporate Express to automatically substitute the equivalent green, environmentally friendly item when certain items, such as paper, are requisitioned or ordered. […]