Newsroom Stories

Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr.Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton samples water at a taste-testing event, part of the Congress of the South 40’s Eco-Olympics during Campus Sustainability Week Oct. 20-24. The taste test was held to demonstrate that there is little difference in bottled water vs. water from a tap.

Representatives from regional and national government and public policy agencies will be on campus for the third annual Government and Public Policy Career Day from noon-9 p.m. Nov. 13 at various locations around the Danforth Campus. The career day will offer a series of special events for undergraduate, graduate and professional students, ranging from a […]

A new “leave one, take one” book exchange program has been started in the visitor’s lounge of the Danforth University Center.

The Washington University-Fudan University Executive MBA program retained its distinction as one of the top 10 Executive MBA programs in the world, ranking eighth worldwide, and first in mainland China for the third year in a row, according to the 2008 rankings released late last month by the Financial Times.

School of Medicine scientists have assembled the most complete catalog to date of the genetic changes underlying the most common form of lung cancer.

Douglas A. Wiens, Ph.D., professor and chair of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, will head the seismology research team of an ambitious international effort to map and analyze an unknown part of Antarctica.

The Jazz at Holmes Series will present two internationally reknowned musicians, pianist Elisabeth Harnik and saxophonist David Liebman, in free concerts Nov. 6 and 13.

Keith Wailoo will talk about health care disparities in the Assembly Series lecture “How Cancer Crossed the Color Line: Race and Disease in America” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, in Rebstock Hall, Room 215.

The Missouri College Personnel Association recognized Tim Lempfert, associate director of residential life, and the University’s Community Engagement Model during the organization’s annual conference this fall.

Award-winning writer and critic Daniel Mendelsohn, Ph.D., will give this year’s annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, in Graham Chapel.