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Salvatore P. Sutera, Ph.D., senior professor of biomedical engineering, was watching a local newscast that featured astronauts greeting the media with their customary grins and salutes when he recognized a former WUSTL student: U.S. Air Force Major and NASA astronaut Robert Behnken, Ph.D.

Michael Avidan, M.D.; William Clutter, M.D.; and Stanley Misler, M.D., Ph.D., received the 2007 Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Awards in Medical Student Education.

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 19-25. 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. March 21 8:47 a.m. — Investigation began […]

Go to BearSports The men’s swimming and diving team finished in 13th place in the overall standings at the 2008 NCAA Division III men’s swimming and diving championships on the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, March 22. The squad placed in the top 20 at the NCAA championships for the sixth straight year […]

Poet Mary Jo Bang, professor of English and director of The Writing Program, both in Arts & Sciences, has won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry. Bang was recognized for “Elegy,” a book of 64 poems that chronicles the year following the death of her son.

School of Medicine researchers have found that a device to ensure that surgery patients have no memories of their operations may not prevent anesthesia awareness.

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 4-18. 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. March 6 4:06 p.m. — A student […]

The third African Film Festival will be held March 27-30. The series consists of four feature films and four short films from eight different African nations, touching on themes of love, gender, family and the effects of globalization. It also will include a new youth program March 26-27.

A team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and Harvard University has found that women who walk for at least two hours a week are less likely to get colon cancer than those who don’t exercise regularly. The new finding builds on earlier evidence suggesting that physical activity decreases the risk of colon cancer in women.

Ancient donkey skeletons at Abydos, Egypt.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.