Elbow grease
Photo by Mary Butkus175 law students participated in a variety of service projects at seven sites throughout St. Louis Aug. 19.
Wristband helps prevent wrong-site surgery
About 4,000 wrong-site surgeries take place in the United States each year — that’s about one in 17,000 surgeries.
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Jobs for new college grads on the rise
Career Center Director Mark W. Smith says students now will probably have a much easier time finding a job.
Just Find it! Libraries unveil online search tool
Users can search up to 10 of the libraries’ databases at once, more easily accessing information quickly from a variety of sources.
Economist Ping Wang to hold Seigle Family Professorship
He comes to Washington University from Vanderbilt University to chair the Department of Economics in Arts & Sciences.
Focused on the family
Walking into Mark W. Eggert’s office, it’s immediately apparent what’s important to him. Pictures of his wife and four children adorn his desk… his walls… his bookcases. Sculptures clearly crafted by talented young hands add a bit of color to the room at the end of the hall in the East Building at the School […]
Back to school
More than 100 elementary- and middle-school teachers have been working this summer with Washington University.
Sports
Soccer team ranked preseason No. 11 The women’s soccer team is ranked No. 11 in the NSCAA/adidas Division III Preseason top 25 Poll, as announced by the NSCAA. The Bears finished 2004 with a program-best 17-3-1 record and advanced to the NCAA Sectional Finals for the third time in school history. WUSTL also won a […]
Process enables powerful immune attack cells
Commonly refer to them as natural killer cells, they rapidly attack invaders and are continually generated in the bone marrow.
Future STARS: High-school students conduct research
Photo by Robert BostonM.D.-Ph.D. student Danielle Scheidenhelm works with STARS program participant Diane Ma.54 high-schoolers participated in the program, which pairs students and teachers with research mentors from area universities.
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