Newsroom Stories

Perry L. McCarty, Ph.D., of Stanford University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will deliver the inaugural Ryckman Lecture at 3 p.m. today in Lopata Hall, Room 101. McCarty will speak on “Precautionary Approach for Toxic Chemicals in the Environment — Experiences and Concepts in the Making.” The Ryckman Lecture is sponsored by the Washington […]

Election to the institute is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of medicine and health care.

The swimming and diving team won the DePauw University Invitational, as the women finished with 838 points, far ahead of second-place Wittenberg University (693). The men tallied 805 points, 160 ahead of second-place Wabash College (645). Sophomore Tracey Hendrickson won the 500 freestyle, the 200 free and the 1,650 free. She also was a part […]

A distinguished mathematician, his accomplishments in the areas of probability and harmonic analysis earned him international renown.

Transportation and Parking Services has developed a policy that will ensure adequate and appropriate fire lanes and emergency access.

The Parkway Hotel is holding an open house for the Medical Campus from noon-6 p.m. Feb. 10.

Findings by teams of University scientists appear in two papers in the Jan. 13 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Charles Falco, Ph.D., a physicist at the University of Arizona, contends that the great master painters of earlier centuries used optical aids to help them paint. In his Assembly Series presentation, “The Science of Optics; The History of Art,” he will detail his findings about this controversial theory. The lecture will begin at 3 p.m. […]

The Program in Social Thought & Analysis is sponsoring a conference titled “Inequalities in Schools & Neighborhoods: St. Louis and Beyond.”

Photo by Mary ButkusTwo benches honoring architecture Dean Cynthia Weese were installed recently outside of Givens Hall.