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Photo by Bill StoverMore than 30 seniors were honored April 26 for their involvement and contribution to the Academic Mentoring Program.

The prize was first awarded in 1974 to recognize academic excellence and outstanding undergraduate achievement in research.

The following incidents were reported to University Police April 20-26. 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. April 22 8:53 a.m. — A student […]

The program will highlight two recently acquired instruments — a harp and grand piano — as well as Graham Chapel’s newly restored organ.

A professor and president of the school’s alumni association, he was honored as a distinguished alumnus in 1989.

The Vanderbilt Law School dean will take over at WUSTL effective Jan. 1; he’ll also become the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor.

“George took enormous and justifiable pride in his depth of knowledge and expertise in mycology,” colleague Russell Little Jr. said.

Steven S. Smith, Ph.D., one of the nation’s premier congressional scholars, got his foot in the door of the U.S. Senate by holding it open — literally. Smith, the Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences in Arts & Sciences, got his first taste of the Senate in the early 1970s while working as a […]

Photo by Robert BostonFaculty, staff and students enjoy the “Managing Knowledge in the Digital Domain” symposium sponsored by the Bernard Becker Medical Library.

He taught philosophy in Arts & Sciences at WUSTL from 1947-1958; he is perhaps best-known for the book The World’s Religions.