Newsroom Stories

Photo by Joe AngelesGeorge Washington, portrayed by sophomore Nate Maslak, poses with students on campus Feb. 16. The carriage rides were part of a weeklong celebration, sponsored by sophomore honorary Lock & Chain, that celebrated the University’s namesake.

105 years after a historic meeting in St. Louis, a distinguished group of international law experts from around the world will gather at the School of Law from April 12-15 to begin work on a Specialized Convention on Crimes Against Humanity as part of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute’s Crimes Against Humanity Initiative.

Photo by Jock FistikWUSTL students debate the financial implications of Croatia’s and Turkey’s application to join the European Union and further enlargement of EU membership in a mock parliament exercise in Brussels, Belgium Jan. 30. Three dozen BSBA students interviewed government officials and experts in 18 European cities to prepare for the exercise.

Global warming and environmental sustainability are concerns that fit neatly within the precepts of religious naturalism, according to Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences.

Photo by David KilperAt 4 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 25, in the Danforth University Center, several WUSTL students and faculty will gather for a frank, open conversation about race and identity.

Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, delivered “A Comparative Overview of Primate Social Organization” during the 2009 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Feb. 15 in Chicago.

A set of 50 genes can be used to reliably identify the four known types of breast cancer, according to research conducted at the School of Medicine.

WUSTL will host a national meeting March 4-6 on behalf of the National Institutes of Health on research priorities in women’s health.

Patrick Geraghty, M.D., went to Germany in Janury to lend his expertise as a vascular surgeon working on soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Children’s Discovery Institute has awarded 15 new research grants totaling $4 million toward finding cures and treatments for devastating childhood diseases.