Newsroom Stories

Photo by Kevin LowderThe South 40 was abuzz with activity last week as students began moving into residence halls. WUSTL organizations, such as University Police, were on hand to introduce themselves to the new campus residents. Campus police officers also were busy directing the heavy volume of traffic on the South 40. (Slideshow available)

A group of Jewish educators becomes spirited during a session of the annual Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) conference held on the Danforth Campus Aug. 2-9.

A software program developed by Washington University researchers is allowing viewers access to data and some early images from the most powerful spectral camera ever sent to Mars. The information is now available on NASA’s online planetary data archive.

Researchers have found what may be a useful biomarker for diagnosing cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes.

Thirteen WUSTL students have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships for the 2007-08 academic year. Nine are recently graduated seniors and four are current graduate students. They will spend a full academic year in a host country.

As a way to support interdisciplinary study, the deans of WUSTL’s seven schools have signed a new graduate/professional tuition allocation agreement that encourages graduate and professional students to take courses outside of their home schools.

Photo by David KilperJudy O’Leary, Administrative Assistant in the Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, sings karaoke with a resident of Mary Ryder Home at the Days of Caring event, a community service project for Washington University faculty and staff.

A protein that absorbs lipids in the upper part of the intestine may hold the key to a novel approach for obesity treatment.

Wayne M. Yokoyama, M.D., was named director of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) effective July 1.

Groundbreaking video artist Peter Campus will join curators Sabine Eckmann and Lutz Koepnick for a panel discussion relating to the exhibition Window | Interface at 6 p.m. Aug. 31. Co-curated by Eckmann and Koepnick and featuring works by Campus, the exhibition explores the ways in which electronic windows and interfaces — for example, video screens, computer monitors and cell phone displays — have come to structure the practice and experience of art today.