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Photo by Mary ButkusMalik Ahmed and his wife DeBorah Ahmed were presented with the annual Rosa L. Parks Award for Meritorious Service to the Community during the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 21 in Graham Chapel.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected Washington University as one of 12 colleges and universities to participate in a nationwide genomics course that will involve first-year college students in genomics research with phages (bacterial viruses).

The University’s Office of Community and Governmental Relations and the Gephardt Institute for Public Service have worked with the St. Louis County Election Board to establish a new polling place on the Danforth Campus in time for the Feb. 5 presidential primary.

Marco Colonna, M.D., Eliot Fried, Ph.D., Tao Ju, Ph.D., and more…

As the November 2008 presidential and congressional elections loom, the annual MLA Saturday Seminar series, sponsored by the Master of Liberal Arts program and University College, will fittingly focus on elections and politics. “The topic is obvious in this year,” said Robert E. Wiltenburg, Ph.D., dean of University College, “but we thought that people would […]

Photo by Tim ParkerSamuel L. Stanley Jr., vice chancellor for research, targets infectious disease, helps faculty meet research goals.

The Missouri Life Sciences Research Board has given the University’s International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) nearly $3 million for biofuels research.

The genetics of aging and the effects of calorie restriction on aging and longevity will be studied at the School of Medicine with funding from the Longer Life Foundation.

Black Anthology, a student-run performance art show that celebrates black culture, will present “Syncopated: Can You Keep the Beat?” at 7 p.m. Feb. 1-2 in Edison Theatre. The event opens Black History Month. Black Anthology’s mission is to give students a unique voice to address pressing issues that are at once both realistic and hopeful. […]

Photo by Mary ButkusRichard J. Goldstone (left), former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and former justice of the South African Constitutional Court, receives the Harris Institute’s 2008 World Peace Through Law Award from Whitney R. Harris Jan. 24 at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis.