Security measures added on campus
The University is taking steps to increase security on campus, including adding peepholes in residence hall doors.
Supplemental disability insurance enrollment begins
WUSTL provides one basic level and offers two supplemental levels of long-term disability benefits that are determined by employees’ base annual salary.
Dred Scott case revisited
To commemorate the sesquicentennial of the infamous 1857 Supreme Court decision, the University is hosting a national symposium on “The Dred Scott Case and Its Legacy: Race, Law and the Struggle for Equality” March 1-3.
Eberlein receives Sheen award for his contributions to medicine
Timothy J. Eberlein, M.D., received the 2006 Dr. Rodman L. Sheen and Thomas G. Sheen Award for his outstanding contributions to the medical profession.
Orchestra performs theatrical works
The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will present the free concert at 3 p.m. Feb. 25 in Graham Chapel.
Surgeons develop simpler way to cure atrial fibrillation
School of Medicine heart surgeons have developed and tested a device that radically shortens and simplifies a complex surgical procedure for persistent atrial fibrillation.
Children’s Discovery Institute awards first research grants
A total of $2 million in research grants to investigators on both the Danforth and Medical School campuses opens the door for science to begin at the Institute.
A cappella competition on campus
The regional is one of seven throughout the United States and western Europe.
Paul Donnelly named ACSA Distinguished Professor
Paul DonnellyPaul Donnelly, AIA, PE, the Rebecca and John Voyles Chair in Architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has received the Distinguished Professor Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Donnelly is one of only five professors nationally to receive the honor, which recognizes sustained creative achievement in architectural education.
Olaf Kuhlke to speak on German national identity in post-Wall Berlin March 8
Courtesy photoOlaf KuhlkeCultural geographer Olaf Kuhlke will speak on competing representations of nationhood in post-Wall Germany March 8 for the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. Kuhlke, assistant professor of geography at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, investigates the construction of nationalism and its expression in public spaces. His recent study Representing German Identity in the New Berlin Republic (2004) examines how various social and cultural movements have utilized the human body and metaphors of nature to represent German national identity.
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