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In addition to her unique double major, she won a volleyball national championship in her junior year and captained the team her senior season.

Richard A. Gephardt, who served as both majority and minority leader for Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, will deliver Washington University’s 144th Commencement address. The university will bestow degrees on some 2,500 undergraduate, graduate and professional students during the ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 20, in Brookings Quadrangle.

“He often takes the unpopular view and stance, but he never backs down,” friend and classmate Whitney McGuire says.

“This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity,” says WUSTL’s Himadri B. Pakrasi, professor of biology in Arts & Sciences and leader the project.

GephardtRichard A. Gephardt, former U.S. House minority leader, will give the 2005 Commencement address to some 2,500 graduating students at Washington University in St. Louis. The university’s 144th Commencement will begin at 8:30 a.m. May 20 in Brookings Quadrangle. During the ceremony, Gephardt will also receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.

Adolescence can be a trying time for the whole family.Adolescence is characterized by dramatic physical changes as young people grow from childhood to physical maturity. During adolescence, we gain 50 percent of our adult weight and 20 percent of adult height while going through puberty and developing the ability to reproduce. With so many physical and emotional changes occurring at the same time, Washington University adolescent medicine researchers at St. Louis Children’s Hospital say it’s important for parents to be prepared for change. They also must be ready to listen to their children at any time, day or night, and do as much as possible to stay involved in their lives.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will hold its commencement address at 3 p.m. May 20 at the America’s Center. Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., chancellor emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine, is the keynote speaker. DeBakey, a Louisiana native, is internationally recognized as a medical innovator and inventor. He is a respected surgeon, […]

GephardtRichard A. Gephardt, former U.S. House minority leader, will give the 2005 Commencement address to some 2,500 graduating students at Washington University in St. Louis. The university’s 144th Commencement will begin at 8:30 a.m. May 20 in Brookings Quadrangle. During the ceremony, Gephardt will also receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.

Drawing by an autistic childA research team at the School of Medicine has identified regions of DNA that may be related to risk for autism. The researchers are learning how autism is inherited, and to identify genetic factors, they’re studying families and looking for traits that normally aren’t considered autistic but have connections to autism risk. Several studies have demonstrated that autism has a strong genetic component.

Among the criteria for selection are outstanding achievement in research and scholarship & recognized prominence within the community of scholars.