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Go to BearSports The women’s track and field team earned a school-record third-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships in Ada, Ohio, March 14-15. The team was led by senior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman, who won the pole vault national championship with a WUSTL-record jump of 3.86 meters. Leonard-Fleckman is the third WUSTL […]

Welcome to the home of the Division III National Champions in Men’s Basketball and Women’s Volleyball! It is an honor to be recognized as the 2007 St. Louis Citizen of the Year-an honor that stems from my work and partnership with many at Washington University and many in our great community. I have been supported, […]

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.