Newsroom Stories

Igor Efimov, Ph.D., was installed as the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science.

The Gateway Arch soars above St. Louis. Eero Saarinen’s awe-inspiring design is visually stunning, extraordinarily graceful and an architectural masterpiece, but it is also a mathematical marvel. Ever wondered about the shape of the Gateway Arch? Pre-eminent mathematician Robert Osserman, Ph.D., certainly has and will explain its mathematical mysteries in an Assembly Series lecture “How […]

Anthony Louis Olasov, 22, a senior electrical and computer engineering student, died March 10, 2009, when he accidentally drowned while on spring break in Costa Rica.

Phyllis C. Rogier, accounting/payroll clerk in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, of a heart attack at her home in St. Louis. She was 55.

For the second time in three years, Washington University is sending both its men’s and women’s basketball teams to the NCAA Division III Final Four.

The next University-wide blood drive will be held Wednesday, March 25, at various locations throughout the Danforth, Medical and West campuses.

An American Indian Pow Wow, a traditional food tasting and a panel discussion on the health of American Indians are among the highlights of American Indian Awareness Week March 23-28. All events are free and open to the public.

Photo by Robert BostonJohn Russell, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate education for the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences and professor of developmental biology, talks with Justin Perry, a student from Morehouse College, the nation’s largest liberal arts college for men.

Photo by Whitney CurtisCheryl Waites (left) and Rhonda Garver admire the paintings during the annual Washington University Nursery School gallery night fund-raiser March 7 at the Shearburn William Gallery in St. Louis. Each child created an original acrylic “masterpiece” on canvas for the event.

Photo by Robert BostonVirginia Buckles, Ph.D., executive director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, says WUSTL is “the most amazing place to do research.”