Newsroom Stories

Photo by Joe AngelesChancellor Mark S. Wrighton looks on as the Olympic flame is passed.More than 500 people attend the Francis Field rededication on the 100th anniversary of the Olympic Games in St. Louis.

Games, contests, tours and food highlight the day just for staff members of the Hilltop Campus.

Courtesy photoChancellor Mark S. Wrighton becomes chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum.

DaceyRalph G. Dacey Jr., M.D., the Henry G. and Edith R. Schwartz Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and neurosurgeon-in-chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, has been named chairman of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

The University’s Debate Committee chose two versions; both have been approved by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

The Gateway Festival Orchestra will present its 41st season of free outdoor concerts with a trio of performances in Washington University’s Brookings Quadrangle July 11, 18 and 25.

By just thinking it and not actually using a joystick or other controller, patients are able to move a cursor up and down in a simple, one-dimensional computer game.

Washington University, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have teamed with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to host the first live Virtual Patient Education Day for people with cystic fibrosis (CF). The live Web cast, CF Nutrition: News You Can Use, outlines the importance of strong nutrition for people with CF.

Jane Lois Ross; worked in the Department of English Irma Louise Kirk; worked in gerontology following World War II

The Hilltop Campus was somewhat barren in 1911 (above). Brookings Hall had been finished, and a few buildings to the north of Brookings (not pictured) were completed. In the upper-left corner is Blewett Hall, then the chancellor’s residence. The next decade would prove to be fruitful for many facets of the University. Student life grew […]