Newsroom Stories

As part of her visit to Washington University to attend the opening of her play, Metamorphoses, playwright Mary Zimmerman will give an Assembly Series talk on “Bodies I Have in Mind: Adapting Ancient Texts for the Stage,” at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 21, in Graham Chapel.

The spring Health Happening health and wellness fair at the School of Medicine attracted students and employees for screenings and information.

Robert Salisbury, PhD, professor emeritus of political science in Arts & Sciences and an expert on how lobbyists and interest groups work inside the Beltway, died April 9, 2010. He was 79.

Sports updates for the week of April 12, 2010.

Thanks in part to an ambitious and enthusiastic group of Washington University School of Medicine’s employees, the school is a “greener” place than it was one year ago.

Olin Business school doctoral student Michael McLaughlin in one of 10 students from across the United States to receive a 2010 Doctoral Fellowship in Accounting presented by the Deloitte Foundation. His personal story is inspiring.

John Stern, PhD, a pioneering psychophysiologist who conducted research at Washington University for nearly 60 years, died April 3, 2010 in St. Louis. He was 85.

German conceptual artist Tobias Rehberger is known for creating a wide range of playful-yet-pointed objects and installations that explore the boundaries between public and private, function and aesthetics, original and reproduction. At 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 26, Rehberger will discuss his work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ Public Lecture Series. The free talk is cosponsored by the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. 

Susan Wightman (right) receives a wrapped silver platter from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton April 7 in recognition of her 25 years of service to Washington University. The 2010 25th Anniversary Reception, held at Harbison House, honored Wightman and 92 other faculty and staff members for their quarter-century of dedication to Washington University.

Girls and young women who drink alcohol increase their risk of benign (noncancerous) breast disease, says a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University. Benign breast disease increases the risk for developing breast cancer.