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The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present its third biennial “Young Choreographers Showcase“ March 28-30 in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio. The concert will feature more than a dozen dancers in seven original works — ranging from ballet to modern, solos to large group works — by student choreographers in the PAD’s Dance Program

Student Health Services is making available an online Web-based resource, MentalHealthEdu, to help faculty and staff members recognize students who are in distress and determine the best ways to help them.

Photo by Ray MarklinGraduate students cut a rug at the 12th annual Med Ball March 8 at the Millennium Hotel.

Photo by Robert BostonLinghui Zeng, M.D., Ph.D. (right), a postdoctoral research associate in neurology, shows mentor Michael Wong, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology, her winning poster.

Go to BearSports The women’s track and field team earned a school-record third-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships in Ada, Ohio, March 14-15. The team was led by senior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman, who won the pole vault national championship with a WUSTL-record jump of 3.86 meters. Leonard-Fleckman is the third WUSTL […]

Photo by Joe AngelesMark S. Wrighton (right), the 2007 Citizen of the Year, was feted by some 700 attendees at an award ceremony March 25 in Graham Chapel. Sponsored by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the annual award honors an individual who best exemplifies an inspirational level of citizenship, leadership in generating civic pride, and dedication to the growth and vitality of St. Louis. David Kemper, chairman, president and CEO of Commerce Bancshares, chair of WUSTL’s Board of Trustees and the 2006 award recipient, presented Wrighton with an engraved Steuben crystal bowl. View slideshow of award ceremony. View chancellor’s remarks.

Welcome to the home of the Division III National Champions in Men’s Basketball and Women’s Volleyball! It is an honor to be recognized as the 2007 St. Louis Citizen of the Year-an honor that stems from my work and partnership with many at Washington University and many in our great community. I have been supported, […]

Salvatore P. Sutera, Ph.D., senior professor of biomedical engineering, was watching a local newscast that featured astronauts greeting the media with their customary grins and salutes when he recognized a former WUSTL student: U.S. Air Force Major and NASA astronaut Robert Behnken, Ph.D.

Michael Avidan, M.D.; William Clutter, M.D.; and Stanley Misler, M.D., Ph.D., received the 2007 Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Awards in Medical Student Education.

The Olin Business School is introducing a sports management course that will feature an “all-star” line-up of guest lecturers. Through the speakers and class curriculum, students will get a novel perspective on how the sports economy works.