U-Pass program enhancements announced
Bus rides numbered close to 600,000 trips; MetroLink usage was nearly off the charts with more than 1.3 million trips taken.
Sports
Football Head coach Larry Kindbom returns 62 letter-winners and 14 starters from last year’s team, which won four of its last five games to post a 6-4 record. Go to BearSports Washington U., the eight-time University Athletic Association (UAA) champion, has posted 14 straight winning seasons dating back to 1993, the 17th longest streak in […]
Take me to the river
Photo by David KilperBill Rosser, a biology teacher from Fayetteville, Ark., and Barbara Schaal, Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences, gather aquatic invertebrates from a pond at Tyson Research Center during the ecology component of the inaugural Life Sciences for a Global Community summer institute, held at various parts of campus July 8-27.
Patient-friendly outpatient orthopedic center opens
Photo by Robert BostonWashington University Orthopedics and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Outpatient Orthopedic Center in Chesterfield opened the last week in July for its first surgery and patient visits.
Cancer research grant requests due Sept. 13
Junior faculty are invited to apply for Washington University Institutional Research Grant from the American Cancer Society.
Recycling program grows at the School of Medicine
The School of Medicine has kicked off a comprehensive recycling effort for “commingled” recyclables, including aluminum, tin, plastics, glass, steel and cardboard.
Blankenship named Markey professor
Robert E. Blankenship, Ph.D., professor of biology and chemistry in Arts & Sciences, was installed as the first Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor March 6 in Holmes Lounge.
Huestis named associate dean for technology
In his new role, Huestis will oversee the complex technological infrastructure used to manage the Libraries’ collections and services.
W. Donald Gay appointed to Hawes professorship
W. Donald Gay, D.D.S., who directs the maxillofacial prosthetics laboratory at the School of Medicine, was named the Christy J. and Richard S. Hawes III Professor.
Ethiopian medical students to benefit from used textbooks
Several student groups and administrators at the School of Medicine and residents at Barnes-Jewish Hospital collected nearly 500 medical textbooks to help their counterparts in Ethiopia.
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