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The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will be joined by Marissa Shields, winner of the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences’ annual Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition, for a performance at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, in the University’s Graham Chapel.

The Women’s Society of Washington University received a major boost for its scholarship fund with a $100,000 gift from the Danforth Foundation, in honor of Elizabeth (Ibby) Danforth. The scholarship provides full tuition for transfer students from the St. Louis community college system.

He apparently suffering a heart attack while walking his dogs near his home in Ladue, Mo.; he was 67.

He was Al Gore’s counsel during the 2000 election litigation & special counsel for the Department of Justice in the Microsoft antitrust lawsuit.

Photo by Kevin LowderThe Office of Student Health Services’ “De-Stress Fest” helped students relax; massages, a resource fair and a yoga class were included.

The event in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge will showcase research performed by students across several academic disciplines.

She joined WUSTL this fall from the University of Pittsburgh, where she had served as chair of the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures.

Mark A. Franklin, Ph.D., Jeremy D. Buhler, Ph.D., Patrick Crowley, Ph.D., Roger D. Chamberlain, Ph.D., John J. Lehman, M.D., and more…

No. 3 Emory stuns volleyball team The top-ranked volleyball team took second place at the UAA Championship Nov. 4-5 in Waltham, Mass. The Bears, who won their first 33 matches of the season (the third-longest winning streak in program history), dropped their first match of the season in the championship match vs. No. 3 Emory […]

Photo by Kevin LowderMore than 500 students participated in the 12-hour Dance Marathon Nov. 5, helping to raise more than $58,000 for charity.