Newsroom Stories

At recent Board of Trustees meetings, the following faculty members were appointed with tenure, promoted with tenure or granted tenure effective July 1, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

The School of Law’s Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute has completed the first two phases of a two-year project to study the international law regarding crimes against humanity and to draft a multilateral treaty condemning and prohibiting such crimes. In conjunction with this project called the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, the institute has appointed […]

Photo by Robert BostonJeff M. Michalski, M.D., vice chair and director of clinical programs in the Department of Radiation Oncology, says conducting clinical trials to improve radiation therapy for cancer has been the defining aspect of his career.

Go by the 50 percent rule: Use one when you’d automatically use two of paper towels, squirts of cleaning product, etc.

Should weather conditions create potentially hazardous travel conditions, Washington University will evaluate the situation and take into consideration the safety of the University’s faculty, staff and students as well as the services that must be provided despite the inclement weather.

The following are among the new faculty members at the University. Others will be introduced periodically in this space.

Student veterans, faculty and staff from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, the School of Law and Olin Business School are working together to help less fortunate children through the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program.

Photo by Cheryl AdelsteinStudent volunteers rake leaves in the Ames Place neighborhood north of the Danforth Campus in University City Nov. 14 to raise money for Backstoppers, an organization that provides assistance to families of police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders killed while performing their duties.

Senior Chase Sackett, majoring in Classics and economics in Arts & Sciences, was named a finalist for a Marshall Scholarship. Though he was not awarded the scholarship, earning a finalist position is a great accomplishment. “This is a highly competitive and prestigious national scholarship,” said Joy Kiefer, Ph.D., assistant dean in the College of Arts […]

The Campus Store will give Washington University faculty and staff members an opportunity to do some early holiday shopping. The store will hold its 12th annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Event Dec. 2 and will offer a 30 percent discount to Washington University faculty and staff members from 3-8 p.m.