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Photo by Kevin LowderInternational students sample offerings from a buffet line during the Chancellor’s Reception for New International Students and Parents in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall, Aug. 23.

Photo by Mary ButkusBruce Lindsey, dean of the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, was formally installed by Chancellor Mark Wrighton as the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Aug. 25.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has appointed two new curators to its staff.

Junior quarterback Buck Smith completed 27-of-40 passes for a career-high 276 yards and two touchdowns, leading the football team to a 41-28 victory over Lake Forest College in the season opener Sept. 1 at Francis Field.

Photo by Mary ButkusFreshman architecture major Mike Pope paints a jungle gym at Barbara C. Jordan Elementary School in University City during the annual Service First.

Seventy-two academically talented high school juniors and seniors participated in the 2007 Pfizer-Solutia Partnership of Universities’ Students and Teachers as Research Scientists (STARS) program for gifted high-school students. WUSTL faculty were among the more than 50 professor-mentors.

For the first time, researchers have discovered a gene that underlies scoliosis, which affects about 3 percent of all children.

In the never-ending quest to make sure cars are not spewing large quantities of pollution into the air, states are implementing new and easier ways to ensure automobiles are both safe and environmentally friendly.

Ray E. Clouse M.D., professor of medicine and of psychiatry, died at his home on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007, of complications from lung cancer. He was 56.

“With African-Americans and other minority groups having both problem and pathological gambling rates that are two to three times higher than Caucasian gamblers, accurate diagnosis is essential to treat gambling addiction,”