Newsroom Stories

Volunteers are being sought to give blood during the University’s first campus-wide blood drive Sept. 11.

The University’s annual Relay For Life event, held March 3 at Bushyhead Track, has raised more than $311,000. The total was the second highest amount raised per capita nationwide among universities with enrollment of 10,000-15,999.

Photo by David KilperOver the last two-and-a-half weeks, 16 master’s candidates — seven from the Graduate School of Art and nine from the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design — have worked with museum staff to construct and install new sculptures, drawings and installations by Maya Lin.

The opportunity to work on a cutting-edge research project from day one with a faculty member from Engineering or Medicine is one of the School of Engineering’s exciting new initiatives for undergraduates. In fact, 17 members of the class of 2011 have received these awards. Inspired by the legacy of former Dean James M. McKelvey and now funded in part by a grant from the Clare Boothe Luce Foundation, these new undergraduate research awards give students the opportunity to find out what makes a research university special.

Presentations about Guantanamo and the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy are among the highlights of the School of Law’s 10th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series.

Faculty and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest in topics relating to labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are invited to take part in a series of Monday brown-bag luncheon seminars to be held biweekly through Dec. 3.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has appointed two new curators to its staff.

A new office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Student Involvement and Leadership, under the guidance of student affairs, was created this past spring to meet the needs of LGBT students and raise awareness of the issue at the University.

Photo by Kevin LowderInternational students sample offerings from a buffet line during the Chancellor’s Reception for New International Students and Parents in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall, Aug. 23.

Photo by Mary ButkusBruce Lindsey, dean of the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, was formally installed by Chancellor Mark Wrighton as the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Aug. 25.