December ceremony
Gary C. Dollar, president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Greater St. Louis, delivers remarks at the December Degree Candidate Recognition Ceremony in Graham Chapel Dec. 5. Looking on is Grand Marshal Robert E. Wiltenburg, Ph.D. (center), dean of University College in Arts & Sciences, and Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, who gave the Chancellor’s Message to the degree candidates.
Chancellor promotes three to key academic offices
Three academic appointments have been announced by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.
Winter wonderland
Photo by David KilperDespite the un-winter-like temperatures in early December, Mudd Field turned into a winter playground Dec. 1. Students skated on a temporary “ice” surface, a 30-by-40-foot plastic sheet designed to accommodate real skates.
Grants available to support Brookings, WUSTL collaborations
The Brookings Institution and Washington University’s Academic Venture Capital Fund is seeking proposals from fellows, faculty, staff, centers, institutes and programs at both institutions.
WUSTL women printmakers exhibit at the School of Law
Photo by Mary ButkusEight women printmakers, all faculty or alumni from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, installed a series of artworks in the School of Law’s Anheuser-Busch Hall.
Of note
Nathan A. Baker, Ph.D.,
Michael R. Brent, Ph.D.,
Philip Burkhardt and Brendan Wittstruck,
Robert Criss, Ph.D., and more…
Record to go all-electronic
This is the last issue of the Record simultaneously published in print and electronic versions. The Record will go entirely digital in January 2010 to improve timely communication to the University community and to reduce printing and distribution costs.
Flu queue
Photo by Kevin LowderLong lines snaked through the Mallinckrodt Center Dec. 7 as hundreds of students took advantage of free H1N1 flu shots.
Second-place finish for women’s soccer
A storybook women’s soccer season ended with a 1-0 loss to top-ranked Messiah College in the NCAA Division III championship game Dec. 5. The Bears ran into a juggernaut in Messiah College. The Falcons, who were making their sixth straight trip to the Final Four, outshot WUSTL 16-6 and had a 2-0 advantage in corner […]
Surgery not linked to memory problems in older patients
New School of Medicine research did not find long-term cognitive declines attributable to surgery in a group of older patients.
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