Diversity and Inclusion Grants available
The Coordinating Council for Diversity Initiatives is accepting grant applications for initiatives that improve the campus environment for women and members of underrepresented minority groups who are on faculty or staff at WUSTL.
Margaret Bush Wilson, WUSTL trustee emerita, civil rights attorney, 90
Margaret Bush Wilson, WUSTL trustee emerita, prominent civil rights attorney in the 1960s and the first woman of color to chair the board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, after a short illness. She was 90.
Kouvelis named head of executive education at Olin
Mahendra Gupta, Ph.D., dean and the Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management at Olin Business School, has named Panos Kouvelis, Ph.D., the Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management, to the newly created position of senior associate dean and director of executive programs at Olin. The new position is […]
Curiosity is his compass
Photo by Robert BostonElliot Elson’s lab is a center of collaboration and invention.
Volleyball ranked No. 5 by AVCA
The volleyball team will begin its season ranked No. 5 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) top 25 poll. Head coach Rich Luenemann led WUSTL to a 32-7 overall record last year, winning the University Athletic Association (UAA) championship and advancing to the NCAA Division III regional finals. The Bears count three returning starters […]
Fall 2009 Assembly Series begins with a comic touch by alum Ramis
The fall 2009 Assembly Series will start off on a light note with comedic filmmaker and Washington University alumnus Harold Ramis. The series continues through mid-November covering topics on entrepreneurship, equal rights, human rights, government and the environment.
Itch-specific neurons identified in mice
Itch and pain signals are transmitted along different pathways in the spinal cord, School of Medicine researchers have found.
Low-dose estrogen shown safe and effective for metastatic breast cancer
When estrogen-lowering drugs no longer control metastatic breast cancer, the opposite strategy might work.
Moley named James Crane Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Kelle H. Moley, M.D., has been named the first James P. Crane Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Another pro team looks to WUSTL physicians
Washington University Orthopedics provided medical care for the Saint Louis Athletica women’s professional soccer team.
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