The age of science
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.
School of Medicine to lead pediatric lung transplant research
The School of Medicine has received a five-year, $3.9 million grant to lead research to improve outcomes for children undergoing lung transplants.
Meet your match
Photo by Robert BostonGraduating medical students learn where they will do their residencies at Match Day March 20 in Moore Auditorium.
Of note
Katherine M. Grillo,
Kenneth Harrington,
Samuel L. Stanley Jr.,
Samuel A. Wickline, M.D.,
William A. Peck, M.D.,
and more …
Clinical depression raises risk of death for heart attack patients
School of Medicine researchers found that depressed heart attack patients have a higher risk for sudden death for years following a heart attack.
Washington University Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct governs “members of the University community”: employees, volunteers and those who do business with the University. It states the ethical and legal standards that guide their decisions and actions as community members. The Code of Conduct is revised from time to time. An updated version of the code is always available […]
Mellon Foundation to help endow interdisciplinary fellowships
Washington University has received a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to endow the “Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry” postdoctoral program in Arts & Sciences, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The $1 million matching grant was awarded shortly after the University fulfilled its own $2 million commitment to endow the program this fall, more than one year ahead of schedule.
International Festival opens April 10
From traditional foods to informative presentations and lively entertainment, students in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work — home to a diverse student body with international students from more than 30 countries — will offer a taste of their homelands during the 14th annual International Festival April 10 and 13. The theme of […]
Volunteers sought for Oct. 2 vice presidential debate
WUSTL community members wishing to volunteer to help support the vice presidential debate at the University Oct. 2 can apply beginning April 14.
Glen Bowersock to give Biggs Lecture April 10
Glen Bowersock, D.Phil., an internationally respected historian on Greek, Roman and Near Eastern history and culture, will give the Biggs Lecture in the Classics for the Assembly Series. The talk, “Globalization in Late Antiquity,” is scheduled for 4 p.m. April 10 in Steinberg Hall Auditorium. Bowersock is professor emeritus of ancient history at the Institute […]
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