Newsroom Stories

Photo by Kevin LowderDisc jockey Adam Aigner-Treworgy works the board during his show on KWUR.It’s gaining a loyal following and was recently named the best radio station in St. Louis by the Riverfront Times.

Acclaimed civil and human rights activist, Dick Gregory, will deliver the Black Arts and Sciences Festival Lecture as part of the Assembly Series on October 29, 2003. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 11 a.m. in Graham Chapel, located just north of Mallinckrodt Center (6445 Forsyth Blvd.) on the Washington University campus. Gregory is known for his many achievements in the field of global human rights. Using unique means of nonviolent protest, he has mobilized support for many social injustices worldwide, including the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the African famine of the 1980s and, most recently, America’s war on drugs.

G. Scott Robinson, you might say, owes his livelihood to Roy Rogers and his music to Mel Bay. The perseverance is all his own. Robinson was born with the rare genetic condition “osteogenesis imperfecta,” known as “brittle bone disorder.” As a child, he suffered fractures from playing on the floor, falling out of bed, even […]

“The recent strikes by grocery workers in Missouri, California and West Virginia are indicative of a general economic dissatisfaction that could potentially expand into a broader confrontation between labor and management,” says Neil Bernstein, an expert in labor law and legal issues relating to striking workers and a professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, is closely following the grocery strikes.

Homecoming queen Bettey Jo Bussman (right) and her court in 1965. Homecoming is always a ritual at colleges, and Washington University is no different. Here, Homecoming isn’t just a day, it’s an entire week. This year, Parents Weekend is just a part of the Homecoming festivities. On Oct. 18, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will talk […]

Professor Stamos Metzidakis and wife Sarah are the fifth family to live in the South 40; “It’s been a wonderful experience so far,” Stamos says.

GWB will host “Shaping the Future of Doctoral Education in Social Work: National Meeting of Doctoral Programs in Social Work.”

Brenner’s talk will serve as the annual Arthur Holly Compton Memorial Lecture; Gomes’ presentation will be based on his most recent book.

The Office of Student Activities began the gift drive in support of the 100 Neediest Cases in 1998; 150 families adopted is this year’s goal.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District periodically holds sessions at law schools as part of an educational program.