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Photo by David StradelThe Olin Young Leaders Association (OYLA) held its inaugural event, “Managing the Changing Face of Business,” Feb. 20 at the Knight Center. The event featured a panel discussion with three distinguished St. Louis businesspeople, including Jim O’Donnell, MBA ’74, president of Bush O’Donnell, pictured here talking with (clockwise) Andy Nichols, MBA ’08 and OYLA executive board president; Leslie Onkenhout, MBA ’09 and OYLA executive board member; and Dorothy Kittner, director of corporate relations for Olin.

Kate Achtien, Maiko Kume, Rachel Lee, Christopher Stephenson, and more…

School of Medicine therapists and eating disorders specialists are joining investigators at a few sites around North America to evaluate anorexia nervosa treatments.

The global operations of multinational firms, including their impact on trade and labor issues, is the focus of a free Weidenbaum Center public forum featuring a presentation by global business expert Matthew J. Slaughter, Ph.D., at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom. Slaughter, associate dean and professor of international economics […]

School of Medicine scientists have linked a genetic mutation to an inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often called Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Every spring semester since 2003, the University community has focused on the three Rs — reduce, reuse and recycle — as participants in RecycleMania, an annual competition that pits WUSTL against colleges and universities throughout the United States to see which campus can prevent the most materials from landing in a landfill. The current semester is no exception. The 2008 RecycleMania competition began Jan. 27 and ends April 5.

Do the words we use to describe an object interact with and possibly shape our view of the world around us? That’s one of the questions explored in a special conference on the psychology and philosophy of human spatial cognition Saturday and Sunday, March 1-2. Free and open to the public, the “Perception, Language and […]

Subtle malformations in the brains of patients with schizophrenia also tend to occur in their healthy siblings, according to School of Medicine investigators.

It’s time to nominate School of Medicine staff for this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor awarded to a medical staff member.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is seeking staff volunteers to greet visiting high-school seniors at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport March 27 and April 10.