Newsroom Stories

Women’s hoops wins, moves to sectionals The third-ranked women’s basketball team (25-2, 13-1 University Athletic Association) secured a trip to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament with a pair of wins at the Field House, as WUSTL hosted regional contests March 3-4. The Bears defeated Manchester College, 70-54, in the first round March 3 […]

She’s executive director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the teaching of evolution in the public schools.

The series will consist of four feature films and four short films from seven different African nations; all screenings are free and begin at 7 p.m. in Brown Hall.

Photo by Tim ParkerMedical students and guests share a laugh with Larry Shapiro at the first of two Senior Dinners with the Dean at the Lindell Pavilion at Forest Park.

Photo by Kevin LowderRelay for Life included more than 1,700 participants who helped to raise a University-record of more than $252,000 for the American Cancer Society.

Jane Quinn will speak March 15 and the movie will be shown March 23; both events are in Brown Hall Lounge and are free and open to the public.

Phil KnottDoug Varone and DancersEight-time Bessie Award-winner Doug Varone is among the most acclaimed choreographers of his generation, known for creating works of extraordinary physical daring and vivid musicality. This spring, Varone will bring his celebrated company, Doug Varone and Dancers, to Washington University’s Edison Theatre for a trio of performance co-sponsored by Dance St. Louis.

Photo by David KilperFrank J. Stadermann displays the laboratory’s most recent acquisition for analysis — a cometary dust particle from that mission.The Laboratory for Space Sciences is among the first in the world to receive samples from a NASA mission — microscopic specks of cometary and interstellar dust.

“I suppose you could say I went into art history because it combined my passions for art and travel,” quips Elizabeth Childs, Ph.D., associate professor of art history & archaeology in Arts & Sciences. Indeed, travel does emerge as a kind of unifying theme in Childs’ life and work. Born into an academic family, she […]

PeipertJeffrey F. Peipert, M.D., has become vice chair of clinical research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine. The appointment was announced by George A. Macones, M.D., the Mitchell and Elaine Yanow Professor and head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.