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The parking lot located just east of the Social Sciences & Law building construction site on the Danforth Campus will close permanently March 5.

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Photo by Mary ButkusLarry J. Shapiro, M.D. (left), executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, dedicates the Christopher Wells Hobler Laboratory for ALS Research in the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders Feb. 18.

Photo by Robert BostonMario Castro combats lung disorders in the lab and around the world

The Missouri Senate approved a bill Feb. 26 that would make it easier for people to switch jobs to become teachers. But if enacted, would the bill increase teacher quality in the state? Probably not, says an expert in science and mathematics education at Washington University in St. Louis.

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences has announced its Spring 2009 Faculty Fellows. The three recipients are: Guinn Batten, Ph.D., associate professor of English; Andrea Friedman, Ph.D., associate professor of history and Women & Gender Studies; and Jennifer Kapczynski, Ph.D., assistant professor of German, all in Arts & Sciences.

When constructing the 9,000-square-foot Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology’s Center for Clinical Imaging Research inside of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, crews had to lift a massive piece of imaging equipment up to the 10th floor from the outside using a crane.

Washington University earned an “A” in a recent Reader’s Digest report about the safety of college campuses in the United States. The University was ranked eighth out of 135 institutions surveyed.

A team of scientists led by Washington University has begun to unlock the genetic secrets of corn, a crop vital to U.S. agriculture.

Photo by Robert BostonState legislators get a tour of the Center for Clinical Imaging Research at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.