Freshman class settles into campus life

The Class of 2011 traveled across town and across oceans to attend Washington University. Approximately 1,340 first-year students from all over the world — 20 countries, 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico — joined the campus community in August.

New professorship in biology

Photo by Mary ButkusHimadri B. Pakrasi, Ph.D., receives a medal from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton signifying his appointment as the George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences Oct. 2 in a ceremony at Holmes Lounge.

Resolution of the Board of Trustees Washington University

WHEREAS, J. Stephen Fossett has served Washington University as a valuable and insightful three-term member of its Board of Trustees from his election on May 5, 1995, until his disappearance in September 2007 at the age of 63 in a plane lost in the Nevada desert; WHEREAS, Steve has given intelligent and wise counsel to […]

I-64/US40 construction update

• Various lane closures are scheduled between Bellevue Avenue and Kingshighway Boulevard through Oct. 12. • Hawthorne Place at Highland Terrace closed due to excavation work, beginning 9 a.m. Oct. 11. • Tamm Avenue bridge is scheduled to open Oct. 20.
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