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Undergraduates and student groups who have demonstrated outstanding leadership on campus and in the community were presented with Excellence in Leadership Awards by the Office of Student Affairs April 27 in Holmes Lounge.

Bob Hansman, associate professor of architecture and artist-in-residence in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ College of Architecture, and his son, Jovan, were honored at FOCUS St. Louis’ 11th annual “What’s Right With The Region!” awards ceremony May 7.

Two Washington University undergraduate students in Arts & Sciences have been named to USA TODAY’s annual all-USA College Academic teams.

The eighth annual Friedman Conference on Aging will cover transportation and driving issues in an aging society.

Rebecca J. DeRoo, Ph.D., assistant professor of art history & archaeology in Arts & Sciences, has won the 2008 Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies for her book “The Museum Establishment and Contemporary Art: The Politics of Artistic Display in France after 1968.”

Construction Update is published periodically and provides information about the progress of major building and renovation projects. Information is provided to the Record by facilities management.

Arts & Sciences will recognize the achievements of five alumni at 4 p.m. May 16 in the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Sciences Building. Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor, dean of Arts & Sciences and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, will also present the Dean’s Medal to Robert E. Thach, Ph.D., who is stepping down June 30 after 15 years as dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

The top-seeded tennis team advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2008 NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championship with a 6-0 victory over No. 2 seed DePauw University May 4 at the Tao Tennis Center. After a bye in the first round, WUSTL defeated Grinnell College, 5-1, May 3. This marks the fifth time in school […]

An international consortium of scientists, led by the School of Medicine, has decoded the genome of the platypus, showing its peculiar features in its DNA.

The realities of rural and international health care became clear to groups of first- and second-year School of Medicine students on their spring break trips this year. But instead of getting discouraged, these students found a possible career path and future opportunities. Seven first-year students traveled to a Navajo reservation in Arizona, and 13 second-year […]