Open communication
Photo by Mary ButkusUniversity administrators met with students for a Tuition and Financial Aid Forum Feb. 16 in Wohl Student Center.
Celebrate Fitness to benefit breast cancer
The annual workshop will take place from 8-10 a.m. March 6 at the Athletic Complex on the Hilltop Campus.
Women share UAA title; host second-round game
The No. 11 women’s basketball team is the University Athletic Association champion — again. The Bears claimed a share of their seventh straight conference title with a 73-47 win Feb. 28 at the University of Chicago. With the win, the Bears earned a 15th straight appearance in the Division III NCAA Tournament. WUSTL will host […]
Protecting knowledge
Ever since his stint as a naval officer, Charles R. McManis, J.D., the Thomas and Karole Green Professor of Law, has repeatedly traversed new and complex waters. McManis’ unusual path to the law and teaching has taken him from sailor and burgeoning philosopher to the forefront of biopiracy prevention and digital intellectual property law in […]
Assembly Series: Sontag to address effects of violent images
Do images of the injured and dead have any effect on their viewers? Do images of suffering and violence generate compassion, arouse hunger for revenge, or do nothing? More than a quarter-century ago, preeminent writer and cultural critic Susan Sontag wrote a seminal work on the power of imagery that established her as one of […]
New model may help treat digestive problems
School of Medicine researchers have shown for the first time that zebrafish can be raised in a germ-free environment.
Shakespearean actor to discuss 2 classics
Gareth Armstrong, a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, will speak on Richard III and Macbeth April 28.
April Fools
Photo by William MathewsSecond-year law student Gina Mitten took over as “Dean for a Day” April 1 at the School of Law.
Chancellor’s Concert to feature new commissions
The Washington University Symphony Orchestra and Washington University Chamber Choir will present the 2004 Chancellor’s Concert at 3 p.m. April 25 in Graham Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public. It will feature the premiere of three new compositions — commissioned for the University’s Sesquicentennial — by Harold Blumenfeld, John MacIvor Perkins […]
Safe and Secure: Low-income kids benefit from safety program
Photo by Tim ParkerRandall S. Jotte shows Tondra Holman how to secure her 1-year-old daughter, Kenisha, in a car seat.A University program provides car and booster seats to Missouri children at the highest risk for motor vehicle injury and death.
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