Newsroom Stories

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton addressed more than 14,000 people gathered in the Brookings Quadrangle for Washington University’s 147th commencement on Friday, May 16. In his remarks, he congratulated the 2,655 new graduates on their many accomplishments, reaffirmed the University’s commitment to diversity and inclusiveness, described some of the University’s aspirations for the future, and closed with a quotation from Albert Einstein: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”

Be a person of your times but also of your country, said Chris Matthews to the Class of 2008 during Washington University’s 147th Commencement ceremony. The journalist, political commentator and host of MSNBC’s “Hardball” wove in a message of self-creation and optimism for America, telling the audience of more than 14,500 that the future of this country lies sketched out in the minds and hearts of the 2,655 graduates sitting before him. A slideshow of Commencement images is included.

A design proposal by 10 architecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts has won the 2008 JP Morgan Chase Community Development Competition. The first-place award of $25,000 will provide seed money for renovation of the Franz Building in New Orleans, which is scheduled to begin later this year.

A memorial service for Carlton Cuyler Hunt, M.D., who headed the Department of Physiology at the School of Medicine from 1967-1983, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 31 in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center.

Since 1973, the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series has presented both new works and innovative interpretations of classical material by nationally and internationally renowned artists. The 2008-09 season, the Edison’s 36th, will feature more than a dozen dance, music and theatrical events — including several St. Louis and world premieres — designed to challenge, educate and […]

Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology are asking an old question in a new population: Can giving extra oxygen to a patient undergoing a Caesarean section (C-section) decrease the risk of serious postoperative infection? In past studies, colorectal surgery patients given supplemental oxygen had fewer infections after surgery, supporting the theory that increasing […]

The men’s tennis team captured its first NCAA Division III National Championship — the third for WUSTL in the 2007-08 school year.

Ian Weaver, a graduating master of fine arts candidate in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has won a $15,000 MFA Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation in New York. Weaver was one of 15 students nationwide to receive the award, and the first ever from Washington University. Though primarily a painter […]

Changing the sugars attached to a hormone produced in the pituitary gland increased fertility levels in mice nearly 50 percent, a research group at the School of Medicine has found. The change appears to alter a reproductive “thermostat,” unveiling part of an intricate regulatory system that may one day be used to enhance human fertility.

The WUSTL Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) is asking for campus-wide help and donations for victims of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan Province May 12 and left more than 20,000 people dead and tens of thousands more injured or missing.