Obituary: York, 91
Simone York, head reserve division and library assistant from 1952-1974, died April 6, 2009, in Chaumont, France, after a brief illness. She was 91.
Of note
Alexandre Carter, M.D., Ph.D.,
Kelley Greenman, and
Joshua York
From the classroom to the community
Photo by Whitney CurtisVolunteers from the Sam Fox School and the City of Pagedale — with support from St. Louis nonprofit organization Beyond Housing — spent the day working with residents of the 6500 block of Whitney Avenue to add bushes, fruit trees, flowerbeds and other individualized landscaping.
Olin Business School honors distinguished alumni, faculty
A choreographer, bank president, investment banker and the president of the United States’ largest brewer were among the honorees at the Olin Business School’s 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards April 22 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Clayton. More than 500 alumni, faculty and friends attended the ceremony, where winners of the second annual Olin Award and Dean’s Medal were also named.
They’ve got the beat
Photo by Ray Marklin(From left) Shaun Yockelson, Natalie Villafranco, Brandon Holmes, Tim Laumann and Eric Kim, all first-year students in the School of Medicine, play at the end of the class show May 1 in Moore Auditorium.
MFA exhibition to feature work of 27 at Kemper
Courtesy PhotoThe Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will present its annual MFA Thesis Exhibition in the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum beginning Friday, May 8. The exhibition features thesis projects by 27 master of fine arts candidates in the Graduate School of Art.
Advocating for youth
Photo by Robert BostonThe love Katie Plax, M.D., has for medicine and advocacy combined when she became medical director of the SPOT (Supporting Positive Opportunities for and with Teens).
Law school center, clinic renamed
The School of Law’s Center for Research on Innovation & Entrepreneurship has been renamed the Center on Law, Innovation & Economic Growth.
Men’s tennis to host NCAA early rounds
The No. 1-ranked and defending national champion men’s tennis team will host the Central Regional of the 2009 NCAA Division III Championship Friday, May 8, through Sunday, May 10, at the Tao Tennis Center. The Bears received an opening-round bye and will face the winner of No. 4 seed Carthage College and No. 5 seed […]
WUSTL math team wins state meet
On April 16 and 17, two Washington University teams took part in the 14th annual Missouri Collegiate Mathematics Competition, sponsored by the Missouri Section of the Mathematical Association of America, at Truman State University. One team, seniors Alexander Cloninger, Jeremy Diepenbrock and Jonathan Swenson, took first place in a field of 30 teams from 15 […]
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