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For the first time in the United States, the presidents of 13 premier universities from Asia and the Middle East will gather at WUSTL May 4-7 to discuss ways their institutions are addressing global energy and environmental concerns.

Wired magazine cites WUSTL’s Science on Tap in the April issue. Established in fall 2005 and organized by Cynthia A. Wichelman, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine in medicine, Science on Tap lets community members gather in a pub setting to discover topics developed by Danforth campus scientists.

Photo by Mary ButkusJon Dumpys, vicar, and Brittany Kosloski, administrator, both with Lutheran Campus Ministry, look over the organization’s display at “Faces of Hope” April 5 in the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building Formal Lounge.

Researchers at WUSTL and in Beijing studying a 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton found in China have determined that the “out of Africa” dispersal of modern humans may not have been as simple as once thought.

The “New I-64” construction will come close to home as contractors prepare to pave temporary traffic lanes and install temporary signals on Kingshighway Boulevard.

The Washington University mathematics team competing in the 2006 William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition ranked ninth in the contest out of 402 teams participating.

A physical therapy doctoral student from New Orleans takes her classmates home for spring break to help the city rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.

After opening the week April 2 with a 10-9 loss against Edgewood College, the baseball team bounced back for a 5-0 win at Westminster College April 5, giving coach Ric Lessmann his 1,300th career win.

Photo by Kevin LowderIngyu Moon, first-year student at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, blasts through boards as part of a tae kwon do demonstration at the 13th annual International Festival March 31 in Room 300 of the Lab Sciences Building.

Hugh Foley, Ph.D., associate professor of communications and fine arts at Rogers State University, will present “Savage Country: American Indian Mascots in Sports,” from 2-4 p.m. on April 12. This lecture is part of American Indian Awareness Week at Washington University in St. Louis. Foley is available for interviews before the lecture.