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An on-line tutoring service and a device designed to make custom-fit earphones are the winners of the 2008 Olin Cup competition for entrepreneurs presented by the Olin Business School and Skandalaris Center at Washington University in St. Louis. The two winning companies, Virtual Nerd and Verto, emerged from an original field of 38 entrants to earn a $70,000 investment award and a $5000 cash prize respectively.

Surgeons at the Washington University Eye Center are among the first to use a new surgical device to treat glaucoma. Surgery with the device, called a Trabectome, is an outpatient procedure that takes less time to perform and offers a shorter recovery than traditional glaucoma surgery.

The 2009 spring concert series presented by the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences continues with an array of events that will entertain, inspire and inform music-loving audiences in the St Louis and surrounding areas.

Photo by Lance Omar ThurmanMargaret Bush Wilson, prominent civil rights attorney in the 1960s and emerita trustee, receives a certificate from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton during her 90th birthday celebration Jan. 30 at the Scott Joplin House in St. Louis.

Photo by David KilperTamara King, director of judicial programs, doles out discipline while ushering growth.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a special session at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the School of Law’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The public is invited to hear three appeals cases related to death penalty staffing and protocols; an insurance company’s liability in a child abuse case; […]

Photo by David KilperBeginning Friday, Feb. 13, the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will put a new twist on the production of “Hamlet.”

The William H. and Elizabeth Gray Danforth University Center at Washington University in St. Louis has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. The Danforth University Center is the first LEED Gold and second LEED-certified building on the university’s Danforth Campus. Among the Danforth University Center’s many green features is a 50,000-gallon water tank underneath the building that collects excess rainwater and groundwater to be used in irrigating the building’s landscaping.

Seed money for a start-up company totaling $70,000 will be awarded tonight when the winner of the annual Olin Cup investment prize is announced at 6 p.m. in Graham Chapel on the Washington University campus.

The annual Youth Day will be held during the men’s and women’s home basketball games Feb. 8 at the Athletic Complex. The event will feature the WUSTL bear, WUSTL cheerleaders, autographs from team members, photos, face painting and JJ Jumper, the NCAA mascot.