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Early this year, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton appointed a Task Force on Contract Employees, chaired by Ann B. Prenatt, vice chancellor for human resources. The task force included students, faculty and other administrators. Its goal was to make recommendations regarding principles and guidelines for basic-services contracts and the procedures for implementing them. After a review […]

Hilltop Campus faculty members are being invited to a reception and tour of the South 40 residential area from 3-5 p.m. Oct. 14. The event will begin in Center Court in Wohl Student Center and continue with tours of a residential college, dining services and Cornerstone: The Center for Advanced Learning in Gregg House. “I […]

Raymond E. Arvidson discussed “Spirit and Opportunity: Mars Exploration Rover Mission” at the board’s Oct. 1 meeting.

Its largest event of its type ever hosted by the French section of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences.

Joe Angeles / WUSTL PhotoStudent Union President David Ader at Wednesday’s press conference.The Washington University Athletic Complex is continuing its transformation from sports venue to “town hall” for the second presidential debate on, Oct. 8. In the second of a series of media briefings, university administrators and students provided updates on debate preparations, security issues, student-organized events and efforts to mobilize young voters.

Below are links to image gallery pages that you may browse from the 2004 Presidential Debate at Washington University in St. Louis. Images are available for use by the media and many images may be downloaded in print resolution. Follow the “Image Use Policy” below. Flash Player 7 or higher is required to properly view […]

Please note: These student leader sources are from the 2004 presidential debate, and are not associated with the 2008 vice-presidential debate. Also: Student Leaders at the Debate Available for Interviews Also: Students with Tickets to the Debate Available for Interviews Also: International Students Available for Interviews Katherine Fleming Katherine Fleming is the legislative representative of […]

CiechanoverAaron Ciechanover, M.D., D.Sc., visiting professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine and Research Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, was selected Oct. 6 to receive the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The following students received high numbers (see the “#” column below) in a special presidential debate admission lottery. They will probably attend the event — though we cannot be sure until the very last moment. Admission to the presidential debate is controlled by the Presidential Debate Commission. These students are available for media interviews. Please […]

When bright light shines in the eye, the pupil constricts. In dim light, it dilates. Now investigators at the School of Medicine have demonstrated in chickens that a protein called cryptochrome plays a key role in that reflex.