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A symposium to honor the career of Eugene M. Johnson Jr., Ph.D., will be held Feb. 29 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center,

Jarvis A. Thurston, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English and former chair of Washington University’s Department of English in Arts & Sciences, died Monday, Feb. 4, of heart disease at his home in University City. He was 93.

Charles A. Lebens died Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 72.

A group of residents and attending physicians have released a new Washington Manual designed for health-care providers who care for critically ill patients.

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will host a lecture by Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Civic Ventures and author of the groundbreaking book “Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life” at 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, in Brown Hall Lounge. The lecture, titled “Realizing the Experience Dividend […]

Students, faculty and staff throughout the United States are helping make their universities and colleges a little more “green” by instituting academic and campus programs to promote sustainability. While these efforts, ranging from the use of hybrid cars and renewable energy to the reduction of solid waste and greenhouse gas emissions, are impressive, their diversity […]

Jane Loevinger Weissman, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology and one of the first in her field to study daily challenges faced by mothers and other women, died Friday (Jan. 4, 2007) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She was 89 and a St. Louis resident.

Patients with Parkinson’s disease who took part in regular tango dance classes at the School of Medicine showed significant improvements in balance and mobility.

Shirley K. Baker, Sandor J. Kovacs, Ph.D., M.D., Andrew Rouner and Cassandra Stokes

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a special session from 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the School of Law’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The public is invited to hear three appeals cases related to three topics: misconduct during the discovery process, wrongful death and First Amendment retaliation. The […]