Newsroom Stories

Siteman Cancer Center recently launched a user-friendly Web tool that offers information about risk factors and prevention strategies for five prominent diseases.

It’s no laughing matter that older adults have a tougher time understanding basic jokes than do younger adults. It’s partially due to a cognitive decline associated with age, according to Washington University in St. Louis researchers Wingyun Mak, a graduate student in psychology in Arts & Sciences, and Brian Carpenter, Ph.D., Washington University associate professor of psychology.

The Parking and Transportation Office has announced two separate parking lot closures on the Danforth Campus for the upcoming week.

Whether she’s trying to shed light on the music of the Middle Ages or come to grips with the life and work of a more recent composer such as Franz Liszt, musicologist Dolores Pesce is motivated by a single desire — to understand and communicate as accurately as possible what was in the mind of […]

The John M. Olin School of Business has received a major gift from the Bauer Foundation to establish the George and Carol Bauer Professorship in Organizational Ethics and Governance.

Photo by David Kilper(From left) Seventh-grader Sebastian Cooper of Jury Elementary School, eighth-grader David Wallas of Pattonville Heights Middle School, Bernard Harris, M.D., NASA astronaut, and seventh-grader David Tate of Fairview Elementary School build a raft using just two squares of aluminum foil and four drinking straws. Forty-eight middle-school students from various area schools were chosen to attend a two-week residential ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp, held on campus June 16-27.

Matthew Malten’s appointment marks the first time that Washington University has given a person the responsibility for campus sustainability.

Patricia Olynyk has been named director of the Graduate School of Art, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Olynyk is an internationally known artist whose prints and installations frequently employ microscopy and biomedical imaging technologies to explore the intersections between art and the life sciences.

From 8-10 p.m. July 12, saxophonist Willie Akins and the Miles Vandiver Quartet will launch Jazz at Holmes Summer Nights, a five-week series of free jazz concerts on Thursdays.

The following incidents were reported to University Police June 14-July 11. 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. June 28 8:36 a.m. — The director of custodial services reported an unknown person(s) accessed a locked closet in Urbauer Hall, Room 209, and emptied a container of 341 sealant and refilled the container with water. This occurred sometime between 6 a.m.-10 p.m. June 26. There were no signs of forced entry. The container of sealant was valued at $100. 10:18 p.m. — A person reported his bike was stolen from the Monsanto Archway bike rack. The bicycle had been secured with a cable lock that was also missing. The incident occurred between 8:15 a.m.-8:30 p.m. today. July 6 2:37 p.m. — A graduate student reported the theft of a silver Canon digital video camera. The theft occurred sometime between noon July 2 and 9 a.m. July 6. The camera was kept inside a canvas bag in an unlocked cabinet in Whitaker Hall, Rom 350. The camera is valued at around $390. July 7 1:22 p.m. — Between 4:30 p.m. July 6 and 6 a.m. July 7, an unknown person(s) broke into the trailers owned by Aschinger Electric Co. and Bell Electrical Contractors at the University Center construction site. Initial inventory shows that copper and wiring was taken. University Police also responded to nine larcenies, four auto accidents, two parking violations, two chemical spills and one report each of suspicious person, burglary, institutional vandalism, assault, property damage, judicial violation, drug offense and disturbance.