Newsroom Stories

On Friday, Sept. 22, students can get free tickets to see the 8 p.m. showing of Mahalia:The Gospel, a Black Repertory company performance at Edison Theatre. Beginning at 6 p.m., students with a WUSTL ID can pick up a free ticket at the Edison Theatre Box Office and discover why Mahalia Jackson was called the […]

An informational meeting will be held Sept. 20.

On Thursday, Sept. 21, WUSTL students will have the opportunity to attend the Saint Louis Symphony for free. Buses will depart from the Clock Tower promptly at 6:15 p.m. to transport students to Powell Symphony Hall. Free tickets are available with a WUSTL student ID at the Edison Box Office. Buses will bring students back […]

A trial at the School of Medicine focuses on a procedure called bronchial thermoplasty, which may hold promise for moderate and severe asthmatic patients.

A drug used to treat epilepsy has had positive effects on some adult patients with spinal muscular atrophy, School of Medicine researchers discovered.

Photo by Tim ParkerSeqwinya Stevens from Beaumont High School in St. Louis presents her research on the Jun B gene from hair cells in the chicken ear as part of the Young Scientist Program at the School of Medicine.

As the Danforth Campus dedication ceremony nears, longtime friends and colleagues share personal anecdotes about Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth and his late wife, Elizabeth (Ibby).

In Spring 1892, Robert S. Brookings, Edward Rowse, Henry W. Eliot and William Huse formed a committee to find a new site for the University. The following June, they located 103 acres just beyond the western limits of the city — which would cost $185,000.

Photo by David Kilper’Retired’ Chancellor Danforth continues to work for the community.

Statistics show that one in three people in the bi-state region is aided by a United Way-funded program at some point in his or her life.