Newsroom Stories

WUSTL’s No. 21 national ranking in last year’s RecycleMania competition was impressive, but the Office of Sustainability is challenging the campus to finish even higher in the 2009 RecycleMania contest, which begins Sunday, Jan. 18.

Now there is an easy and secure way to determine your risk for a variety of major diseases with just a few clicks of a mouse.

“Shattering Ceilings: Celebrating Success in Pursuit of ‘The Dream'” is the theme of Washington University’s 22nd annual celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr. at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 19 in Graham Chapel.

Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr.Students and staff members gather in Umrath Hall Nov. 15 to wrap hundreds of gifts received during Washington University’s annual Give Thanks Give Back campaign. WUSTL “adopted” 106 families in 2008.

Up to $22,000 is now available to WUSTL students for development and implementation of innovative community projects during the summer in the form of social change grants through the Community Service Office.

Photo by David KilperNew sirens have been installed on the Danforth Campus as yet another component of WUSTL’s Emergency Notification System.

Matthew Ellis, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, has demonstrated that a surprising therapy can help control metastatic breast cancer.

Six Washington University faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Courtesy PhotoThe BJC Institute of Health at Washington University is on schedule to open in December 2009.

Douglas L. Mann, M.D., has been named the Tobias and Hortense Lewin Professor and director of the Cardiovascular Division in the Department of Medicine.