Newsroom Stories

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.

Construction Update is published periodically and provides information about the progress of major building and renovation projects. Information is provided to the Record by facilities management.

College students looking to stay healthy during flu and exam season need to focus on three very important factors, said a nutritionist at Washington University.

Faculty and staff must register by Friday, Dec. 11, to win one of 20 season PassPorts to The Black Rep. A season PassPort contains five ticket vouchers, which are redeemable at any time during the 2010 season.

In a study published in the journal PLoS ONE, a team of researchers, including Herman Pontzer, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has found strong evidence that many dinosaur species likely were warm-blooded.

A gold nanocage devised in the laboratory of Younan Xia, Ph.D, the James M. McKelvey Professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, responds to light, opening to empty its contents and then resealing when the light is turned off. The discovery could make a big difference in treating diseases.