Newsroom Stories

The Danforth Campus parking lot on the south side of the Power Plant will be closed daily from 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Oct. 4-18 for roof and air conditioning replacement at the Power Plant.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Infertility Wednesday, November 14 7 – 8:30 p.m. Eric P. Newman Education Center, Seminar Room B 320 South Euclid Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110 Infertility is an issue facing many people who dream of becoming parents. Join us for this free lecture featuring reproductive endocrinologists from the Washington University Infertility and […]

Because of the Big Read Festival in Clayton, the #1 WUSTL Gold westbound bus, operated by Metro, will be temporarily rerouted. The change only pertains to the westbound bus route and will be in effect Oct. 5-6.

Although the causes of Alzheimer’s disease are not completely understood, amyloid-beta (A-beta) is widely considered a likely culprit — the “sticky” protein clumps into plaques thought to harm brain cells. But now researchers at the School of Medicine have uncovered evidence strengthening the case for another potential cause of Alzheimer’s. The finding also represents the first time scientists have found a connection between early- and late-onset Alzheimer’s.

Acclaimed dancer Alberto del Saz, artistic director of the Murray Louis and Nikolais Dance Company as well as co-director of The Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance, will teach an open master class in modern dance technique at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio. Del Saz will spend a week on campus to set choreography for “Tensile Involvement,” a signature work by the innovative multimedia choreographer Alwin Nikolais (1910-1993).

• Various lane closures are scheduled between Bellevue Avenue and Kingshighway Boulevard through Oct. 6. • Clayton Avenue will be closed between 5 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Oct. 8.

The St. Louis Chapter of the American Jewish Congress and the School of Law are co-sponsoring the 27th annual Constitutional Conference titled “In a Nation of Immigrants, Immigration Impasse: What Now?” from 2:30 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 7 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

Margo Schlanger, J.D., professor of law, has been named the new reporter for the American Bar Association’s effort to rewrite and update its standards relating to the legal treatment of prisoners.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton hosted a luncheon Sept. 25 to celebrate the contribution of 72 recent retirees to the University. “Today, people at Washington University are benefiting from your hard work,” Wrighton told the retirees. “On behalf of everyone at Washington University, you have my thanks and appreciation for all that you’ve done to make this the great place that it is; a great place for a wonderful education, a great place to work and, in many respects, a place that brings benefits well beyond St. Louis.”

It’s been almost 100 years since Oxford University Press published the collected works of Edmund Spenser. A Washington University English professor and a team of Arts & Sciences undergraduate and graduate students are involved in a major project to publish a new edition for Oxford University Press — which will be complemented by an even more substantial digital archive.