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Photo by Robert BostonOccupational therapy students teach older adults to use computers.

The following incidents were reported to University Police April 5-11. 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. Crime alert University Police issued the following […]

A celebrated lawyer, author, educator, activist and reformer, Edelman has devoted her life to improving the lives of poor, neglected and marginalized children.

Photo by Mary ButkusA portrait of Guido Weiss, Ph.D., the Elinor Anheuser Professor of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, was unveiled at a ceremony in Cupples II Hall.

King is known as a superb and profoundly original craftsman who creates dances with a global attitude and honed-steel kinetic edge.

Ironically, diabetes researchers are hoping to promote the capability of mTOR that oncologists want to shut down: its ability to cause cells to reproduce by dividing into copies of themselves.

Her research and teaching interests include postwar and contemporary German literature, Jewish Studies, narrative theory and autobiography.

Unraveling the mysteries of the human brain, and the mind it gives rise to, is within the reach of modern science, suggests a forthcoming issue of the journal Neuroscience. The special issue explores how sophisticated working memory processes — from the firing of a single neuron to the activation of multiple brain regions — help shape our understanding of the world, says issue co-editor Grega Repovs, a visiting post-doctoral fellow at Washington University in St. Louis.

Jeff FasanoImani WindsSt. Louis native Josephine Baker was one of the most acclaimed, controversial and ultimately beloved African-American performers of the 20th century. Her sensual allure and sharp comic timing caused a sensation in Paris during the 1920s, at a time when U.S. popular culture remained largely segregated. On Friday, April 28, the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series at Washington University will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Baker’s birth with a special, one-night-only performance of The Josephine Baker Project: A Life of Le Jazz Hot.

Mary Butkus/WUSTL Photo ServicesBallgown by Rachel LwinThe Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will present The 77th Annual Fashion Design Show at Saint Louis Galleria Sunday, May 7. The fully choreographed, Paris-style extravaganza will feature more than 50 professional and volunteer models wearing close to 130 outfits created by six seniors and 19 juniors from the school’s fashion design program.