Siteman extends cancer care to St. Charles
World-class cancer care will come to the campus of Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital this fall with the advent of a $7 million center.
Olin’s Zenger installed as Frick professor
A gift of $1.2 million was augmented with $300,000 from the University’s Sesquicentennial Endowed Professorship Challenge.
Commitment to equal employment reaffirmed
In this memo to the Washington University community, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton reaffirms the University’s commitment to equal opportunity and cultural diversity. Equal Employment Opportunity Washington University is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. It is our policy to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job […]
Richard A. Gephardt Institute for Public Service established
Named for the veteran Missouri congressman, encouraging people to become involved in public service is its goal; Jim Davis will serve as director.
Devoted to diabetes
Photo by Robert BostonEmil Unanue helps unveil a portrait of Charles Kilo and thanks him for his years of support of the Department of Pathology.
Schaal elected first woman VP of National Academy of Sciences
File PhotoBarbara Schaal will serve a four-year term as vice president of the highly prestigious group beginning July 1.She is “a premier scientist, and it is rewarding to the scientific community that she has been elected to such an important leadership role,” Chancellor Wrighton says.
Kemper Art Museum to present one-act musical She’s Hideous
Written and composed by alum Eric Dienstfrey, the special, one-night-only performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18.
Higginbotham to deliver Fulbright lecture
He’ll speak Feb. 23 in Graham Chapel for the Assembly Series; he’s the Dowd Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina.
Obesity-diabetes link shows promise for therapy
Scientists genetically altered production of a factor found in skeletal muscle and produced mice that can’t get fat but develop signs of diabetes.
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Composer, conductor, trombonist: Allen to present recital Feb. 25
Benjamin Allen, a music major in Arts & Sciences, will present a senior honors recital on at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at Grace United Methodist Church. The concert, which is free and open to the public, reflects three distinct areas that Allen has pursued at Washington University: composition, conducting and trombone.
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