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Clara Asnes (12 years); Barbara Beck (13 years); Saul Becker (21 years); Nancy Belt (10 years); Michael Biondo (20 years); Elizabeth Bloomfield (26 years); Judith Bodnar (41 years); Jennifer Bollinger (17 years); Linda Butler (30 years); Sherry Cannon (21 years); Jean Chou (23 years); Jane D’Amico (18 years); Patricia Davis (25 years); Pearline Degenhardt (16 […]

Office for Technology Management co-directors Michael Marrah and Bradley CastanhoBreaking down the barriers describes the efforts of the Office of Technology Management (OTM), the group dedicated to realizing the commercial potential of research. OTM evaluates discoveries, then licenses and patents technology developed by Washington University faculty. Michael T. Marrah, JD, and Bradley J. Castanho, PhD, were appointed co-directors of the office in January 2007, after serving as interim directors for nearly a year.

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum Tribute Exhibition will be on the Danforth Campus Nov. 3-4 on the parking lot at Skinker Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway. Opening ceremonies, which will include remarks by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and police and fire representatives, will take place at 10 a.m. Nov. 3 on the lot.

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Up to $100,000 could be available for WUSTL students for internships and innovative projects this summer in the form of social change grants through the Community Service Office; stipends for internships through the Career Center; and the Gephardt Institute for Public Service summer service stipend program. A meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Nov. […]

Andrey Shaw, M.D., the Emil R. Unanue Professor of Immunobiology in the Department of Pathology and Immunology, has been named an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Shaw was one of 15 researchers selected nationwide. More than 200 physician-scientists applied for this year’s competition, which was focused on researchers who probe basic biomedical […]

In its first performance in St. Louis, the American Indian Repertory Theatre (AIRT) will present “Weaving the Rain,” an award-winning play by Dianne Yeahquo Reyner. The play is being hosted by Washington University’s Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies. “We have wanted to host a native theater presentation for over a decade because […]

Photo by Robert BostonErika Crouch’s enthusiasm about education keeps her students excited to learn

The University marked the acquisition of its “One Hundred Years of Little Black Sambo” collection with a reception Oct. 12 at Olin Library. Most of the collection’s 234 items — which include books, puzzles, dishes, games and figurines — were created between 1899 and 1999.

Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 astronaut and moonwalker, will discuss “A Journey to the Moon!” on Nov. 1 in Brookings Hall, Room 300, at Washington University. His talk, which is free and open to the public, will immediately follow a public ceremony at 2:30 p.m. in which he will present WUSTL Arts & Sciences senior Lonia Friedlander with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.