Newsroom Stories

Led by senior lefthander Andy Shields, the baseball team went 4-0 last week. Shields climbed to third on the WUSTL career wins list with a 5-2 win against Maryville University.

Photo by David Kilper(From left) Engineering junior Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz; Michael A. Swartwout, Ph.D, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; alumnus Brian McDaniels (MSME ’06); and engineering junior Lane Haury prepare a demonstration of their nanosatellite duo March 23 in Cupples II Hall.

School of Medicine scientists have developed an apparatus designed to precisely target radiation therapy on a tumor that may move with breathing.

The Kemper Art Museum presents “A Festival of Contemporary German Film” April 11-15 at the Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd.

The Department of Athletics will host its 15th Annual W Club Golf Scramble June 11 at the Meadowbrook Country Club in Ballwin, Mo.

Acclaimed essayist and cultural critic Gerald L. Early, Ph.D., will give this year’s Phi Beta Kappa Lecture for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. April 10 in Graham Chapel.

Photo by Kevin Lowder(From left) Junior Genna Steinberg, freshman Jasmine Taylor and junior Jessica McLean, members of the WUStyle Step Team, perform at Jive-a-licious March 28 in Graham Chapel.

The event, presented by The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, focuses on various aspects of the publishing industry and includes talks and panel discussions with publishers, editors, authors and agents.

The John M. Olin School of Business recently hired Karen Branding, EMBA ’03, as associate dean and director of marketing and communications and Dorothy Kittner, MBA ’94, as director of corporate relations.

The School of Law is hosting the Philip D. Shelton Symposium titled “A Higher Sense of Purpose: Access to Higher Education and the Professions” from 1-4:30 p.m. April 12 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The symposium is the final event in the series “A Higher Sense of Purpose,” part of the Danforth Campus naming celebration.