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Steven S. Smith, Ph.D., one of the nation’s premier congressional scholars, got his foot in the door of the U.S. Senate by holding it open — literally. Smith, the Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences in Arts & Sciences, got his first taste of the Senate in the early 1970s while working as a […]

Washington University professors John E. Heuser, Henry L. “Roddy” Roediger III and Norman J. Schofield have been elected as fellows in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences class of 2005. Heuser, MD., is a professor of Cell Biology and Physiology in the School of Medicine; Roediger, Ph.D., is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and Dean of Academic Planning in Arts & Sciences; and Schofield, Ph.D., is the William R. Taussig Professor of Political Economy in Arts & Sciences and director of the Center for Political Economy.

SyverudKent D. Syverud, dean of the Vanderbilt University Law School, has been named dean of the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, effective Jan. 1, 2006, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. He also will become the Ethan A. H. Shepley University Professor. Joel Seligman, who came to Washington University in 1999 to serve as law dean, will become president of the University of Rochester on July 1, 2005. Prior to Syverud’s arrival, Daniel L. Keating, associate dean for academic affairs and the Tyrrell Williams Professor of Law, will serve as dean until Dec. 31, 2005.

Letter from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton to SWA members continuing the dialogue and efforts to resolve the sit-in.

April 22 Chancellor Wrighton responds to the SWA students in a letter outlining all the steps the University is planning to take to address mutual concerns about lower-paid workers and what additional steps could be taken if they end the sit-in. He asks them to end the sit-in and take part in the implementation process. […]

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and members of the Student Worker Alliance will announce at a media briefing that Washington University and the Student Worker Alliance have reached an agreement and the students will end their occupation of Brookings Hall and the Quadrangle.

On April 4, 2005, a group of Washington University undergraduate students known as the Student Worker Alliance (SWA) occupied the admissions office in Brookings Hall in an effort to support a campaign for living wages. Following is a list of updates from the University. To read Chancellor’s letters to the Student Worker Alliance, please click […]

The concert will offer a rare opportunity to experience temple music and dance from one of the world’s most ancient sacred traditions.

The findings suggest a novel mechanism in which dietary fat can attach directly to proteins that regulate bioelectricity. More medical news

Photo by Mary ButkusClifford M. Will, Ph.D., was installed as the James S. McDonnell Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences April 14 in Holmes Lounge.