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A brief historical primer on the Athletic Complex, venue for the 2008 vice presidential debate, site of the first World Olympics in Western Hemisphere and site of the first nationally televised three-candidate presidential debate.

Washington University Office of Public Affairs is pleased to provide broadcast quality video downloads for the news media. Vice Presidential Debate Video Downloads Browse the current selection of broadcast-quality video pertaining to the vice presidential debate on our download server. All videos are packaged in H.264 MPEG-4 format to provide the highest quality video at […]

WUSTL has hosted more debates than any other institution in history. View images and historical information from past debates.

WUSTL students are available to assist news media covering the debate. Request volunteers online before Sept. 2.

Please note: The rate card will not be available online after 10am on Tuesday, September 30. After that time, media can place orders onsite in the media filing center during the following dates and times: Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 1, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, October 2, 7:00 […]

ParkT.S. Park, the chief of pediatric neurosurgery at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Shi Hui Huang Professor of Neurological Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the H. Richard Winn, M.D., Prize, the highest honor of the Society of Neurological Surgeons. The international award recognizes a neurosurgeon for outstanding research in the neurosciences that impacts clinical practice.

Washington University in St. Louis will host the 2008 vice presidential debate, scheduled for 8 p.m. CDT on Oct. 2, 2008, according to an announcement made by Paul G. Kirk Jr. and Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr., co-chairmen of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). The debate will focus on both domestic and foreign policy and will be administered by a single moderator.

Information on debate-related experts, contacts and events on campus.

Welcome to Washington University in St. Louis, host of the 2008 vice presidential debate. The Office of Public Affairs is here to assist you as you cover the debate for your respective news organizations. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any assistance you might need during your stay here. This online Media Kit is […]

DeBaunMichael DeBaun has been named the Ferring Family Chair in Pediatric Cancer and Related Disorders at the School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. The endowed chair was established by John and Alison Ferring of St. Louis. DeBaun is professor of pediatrics, of biostatistics and of neurology at the School of Medicine and a pediatric hematologist/oncologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.