Newsroom Stories

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who directed his paper’s coverage of September 11, and a “Ground Zero” volunteer will share the podium during a special Washington University Assembly Series event marking the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States. The event, which is the first lecture of the Assembly Series’ fall 2002 season, […]

The study, led by Yvette I. Sheline, focused on the hippocampus; the results appear in the August issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

School of Medicine researchers were excited to discover that astrocytes play a critical role in the development of epileptic seizures.

Distinguished Alumni Awards will go to Geoffrey E.H. Ballard, Norman Foster, Caryn Mandabach, Melvin L. Oliver, Harry J. Seigle and Bennett A. Shaywitz.

Distinguished scholar Iain Boyd Whyte, professor of architectural history at the University of Edinburgh and a senior visiting program officer for the Getty Grant Program, will speak on “Expressionist Architecture” at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 for the Gallery of Art. The lecture is free and open to the public and will take place in Steinberg […]

Photo by Mary ButkusShanti K. Khinduka addresses attendees of a recent conference that brought deans from research-oriented schools of social work to GWB.

Photo by Kevin LowderWUSTL administrators joined community members in participating in groundbreaking ceremonies for the University City Children’s Center.

The “Future of the Airline Industry” will be the topic of a public forum from 7:30-11:30 a.m. Oct. 31 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The discussion will be timely because it comes one day before American Airlines implements a major downsizing of its St. Louis hub, a reduction expected to cut […]

Studies have looked at whether revving up part of the immune system can relieve symptoms of the chronic inflammatory disease.

The ensemble’s sound infuses traditional folk with the quickness of jazz, the energy of salsa and the breadth of world music.