Newsroom Stories

The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 9-15. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Sept. 9 12:35 a.m. — An officer […]

Learn more about specific issues faced by women at Washington University, St. Louis and around the world at the “Meet the Leaders” panel discussion series, sponsored by the Woman’s Club of Washington University. The programs give the public an opportunity to meet and hear from community and University leaders and will feature short presentations by […]

Karen Margo has been promoted to executive director of development for the Olin Business School. Since joining the alumni and development staff 24 years ago, Margo has succeeded in tripling the annual fund and increasing the alumni annual fund nearly fivefold. Margo worked closely with Olin leadership and volunteers to lead the business school’s participation […]

The Gephardt Institute for Public Service is sponsoring a public service fair at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, in the Danforth University Center Commons.

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A new hire and two promotions have taken place in Campus Life. Mike Hayes has been hired as executive director of Campus Life and director of Greek Life. Leslie Heusted has been promoted to director of the Danforth University Center. Working closely with Hayes, Julia Macias Garcia has been promoted to assistant director of Campus Life and assistant dean in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Photo by Joe AngelesArts & Sciences graduate student Kelly Theim gets a seasonal flu shot from Stephanie Hultz at the Habif Health & Wellness Center last week. Seasonal flu shots are available now to students at the Habif Center; H1N1 shots also will be distributed to students when the vaccine becomes available.

Sue Wolverson, lecturer at University College from 1976-1982, part-time lecturer in engineering from 1982-1990, and part-time lecturer in the School of Technology and Information Management from 1986-1990, died Sept. 5, 2009, at her home in Webster Groves, Mo. She was 91.

“Retailing is the ultimate Darwinian business,” says Martin K. Sneider, adjunct professor of marketing at Olin Business School. Sneider is author of a new memoir recounting his career in retail. The self-published “Toast: How a Leading Retailer Went from Toast of the Town to Just Plain Toast,” chronicles the rise and fall of Edison Brothers Stores.

In honor of Constitution Day, the American Constitution Society (ACS) at the School of Law will present a panel discussion on upcoming high-profile Supreme Court cases at noon Thursday, Sept. 17, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The panel, moderated by Ronald Levin, J.D., the Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law, will feature […]