Newsroom Stories

Family members and close friends are more sensitive to early signs of Alzheimer’s dementia than traditional screening tests, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

A 10-year study on Child Development Accounts (CDAs) has confirmed their viability as a tool for long-term asset building. Beginning as early as birth, CDAs are investment accounts that allow parents and children to accumulate savings for post-secondary education, homeownership or business initiatives. 

Many new capabilities have been added to the Human Resources Management System (HRMS) Employee Self Service, allowing WUSTL employees to more easily and quickly manage their benefits and human resources records. The changes also promote sustainability by reducing the amount of paperwork required.

The New York Times Ditch your laptop, dump your boyfriend 09/26/2010 Willie X. Lin, student in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis, offers tips for college students. “Chances are, if you are taking the time to read this advice, you already have the quality necessary to undertake the intellectual […]

Three aspiring playwrights will present staged readings of their works Oct. 1 and 2 as part of the 2010 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival, sponsored by the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences. Named in honor of alumnus A.E. Hotchner, the festival consists of an intensive two-week workshop that culminates in the staged readings. This year’s workshop is led by dramaturg Allison Horsley, assistant professor of dramatic literature at the University of Denver

Women in science and medicine were the focus of the Spotlight on Women in Medicine and Science (SWIMS) symposium Sept. 22 at the School of Medicine.

Dear Mr. President: With your economic team in transition, Murray Weidenbaum thought you could use some advice. Weidenbaum is an economist who has wrestled with federal budgets for six decades during a long career in public service and as an advisor to two presidents. Weidenbaum has prepared a list of budget cuts that calls for a new approach to fiscal restraint.

A multidisciplinary team led by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh has won an international competition to reshape the area surrounding Eero Saarinen’s iconic Gateway Arch. Also on the team is artist Ann Hamilton, who is serving this fall as the inaugural Arthur L. and Sheila Prensky Visiting Artist in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.  

Business News from The Birmingham News Birmingham Blueprint group culled the best from other communities (with poll) 09/24/2010 A Birmingham, Alabama, civic group has included the St. Louis’ CORTEX business incubator district on a short list of civic initiatives nationwide that routinely draw inquiries and are widely viewed as success stories. The nonprofit CORTEX partnership, […]

The less celebrated roles of dissertation advisers, such as teaching you to drive stick and to rope cattle. How I learned to drive stick. First near-death experience. I encounter killer bees while walking transects in Belize. Why I now work exclusively in arid environments. What happens if you leave the lights on when you park […]