Newsroom Stories

Shirley K. Baker, vice chancellor for scholarly resources and dean of University Libraries, presented the 2009 Dean’s Medal to James E. Schiele, a member of the libraries’ National Council and WUSTL alumnus, March 10 at a ceremony in Holmes Lounge. In 2006, Schiele and his wife, Joan, donated the James E. and Joan Singer Schiele […]

Senior Divya Srinath, the 2008-09 WUSTL Interfaith Youth Core Fellow, will lead a group of WUSTL students and students from Saint Louis University and Maryville University in a national day of interfaith youth service March 29. Nationally, this event is planned and run by hundreds of local student leaders, college chaplains, congregational youth leaders and […]

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 18-24. 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. March 19 8:47 a.m. — A staff […]

Funding from the Missouri Life Sciences Research Fund, part of the 1998 state tobacco settlement, will establish the St. Louis Institute of Nanomedicine Working Group, a collaborative regional effort to apply advances in nanotechnology to the treatment of human diseases.

The Pow Wow draws crowds from all over the Midwest to experience American Indian dancing, singing, drumming, arts, crafts and food. This event is free.

Check with your office manager to see if at the end of the day you can shut your computer down and turn off the power strip.

Photo by David KilperMary Jo Bang worked as an anti-Vietnam War organizer, a physician assistant and as a commercial photographer, but what she really wanted to do was to be a writer. Today she is a critically acclaimed poet and well-respected professor of English.

Photo by Joe AngelesJunior Dione Drew of Houston (right) begins a tour of the Danforth Campus for prospective students and their families in front of Brookings Hall. Tours will be a common sight on campus throughout April as WUSTL hosts April Welcome for prospective students from the Class of 2013.

To celebrate the dedication of the William H. and Elizabeth Gray Danforth University Center April 17, events have been planned most days in April leading up to the event to generate student, staff and faculty interest.

Henry L. “Roddy” Roediger III, Ph.D., the pre-eminent psychologist and expert on human memory, will give a talk for the Assembly Series’ Phi Beta Kappa Lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, March 30, in Graham Chapel.