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Washington University will bestow honorary degrees on five notable people during its 144th Commencement on May 20. The university will also bestow academic degrees on more than 2,300 students during the ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle. Richard A. Gephardt, former U.S. House minority and majority leader, will deliver the Commencement address.

Washington University’s Kingsbury Ensemble will conclude its 2004-05 season with works of Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) — today’s most popular composers of the Baroque era. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15, in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall. Tickets are $5 to $15.

IdeaBounce.com offers people from across the region a place to collaborate in the development of new ideas.

Photo by Claudia BurrisThe Lowry-Moore Society is one of three academic societies in the School of Medicine that promotes interaction between faculty and students.

Researchers may now be a step closer to understanding what causes cataracts and what may help prevent them.

The American Academy of Neurology has honored him with the Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases.

During last year’s Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure, the Siteman Cancer Center fielded the event’s third-largest team.

Applicants from the basic sciences, epidemiological and behavioral science departments are especially encouraged to apply.

Tennis teams head to NCAA tourney The men’s and women’s tennis teams are headed to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth-consecutive season, as announced by the NCAA Division III tennis committee. The No. 16 women’s team travels to Denison University for the Central Regional on May 7-8. WUSTL (9-8) takes on No. 6 DePauw University […]

When he was young, Bruce D. Lindsay, M.D., associate professor of medicine, liked to wrestle. Back then, his opponents were scrappy kids from Haddonfield, N. J., bent on proving their worth. Today, the stakes are higher for Lindsay, but the characteristics of a good wrestler — intelligence, action and especially perseverance — are clear in […]