Newsroom Stories

As part of Washington University’s initiative to enhance campus sustainability, Resource Management has partnered with WUSTL’s office products contractor, Corporate Express, to encourage the University’s use of “green,” environmentally friendly products. WUSTL has asked Corporate Express to automatically substitute the equivalent green, environmentally friendly item when certain items, such as paper, are requisitioned or ordered. […]

Washington University’s Eliot Trio will perform a pair of piano trios by Edouard Lalo and Franz Schubert at April 10 in the 560 Music Center’s E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall. Dedicated to performing masterworks of the piano trio literature, the group consists of Seth Carlin, professor of music and director of the piano program in the Department of Music; violinist David Halen, concertmaster for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; and cellist Bjorn Ranheim, also with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Photo by David KilperEngineering students (from left) Alisa Ma, Eriane (E.J.) Adams, Sherrie Fowler (standing), Josh Kuperman and team captain Jonathan Bingham work on the model they built in the WUSTL earthquake engineering lab prior to competing at a seismic design competition in New Orleans.

The following incidents were reported to University Police April 2-8. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. April 4 12:12 p.m. — A cell […]

The Freshman Reading Program steering committee has announced that the Class of 2012 will be reading and studying “Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change” by Elizabeth Kolbert. Over the summer, incoming freshmen will receive copies of the book along with a reader’s guide and are expected to have completed the book […]

An international group of researchers, led by Fiona Marshall, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey domestication, suggesting the process of domestication may have been slower and less linear than previously thought.

At recent Board of Trustees meetings, faculty members were promoted with tenure, appointed with tenure or granted tenure effective July 1, 2008.

The School of Medicine has received a five-year, $3.9 million grant to lead research to improve outcomes for children undergoing lung transplants.

Photo by Robert BostonGraduating medical students learn where they will do their residencies at Match Day March 20 in Moore Auditorium.

The Code of Conduct governs “members of the University community”: employees, volunteers and those who do business with the University. It states the ethical and legal standards that guide their decisions and actions as community members. The Code of Conduct is revised from time to time. An updated version of the code is always available […]