Newsroom Stories

William E. Buhro, PhD, the George E. Pake Professor in Arts & Sciences, has been selected as a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS Fellows Program recognizes members for their contributions to the chemical sciences and outstanding service to the society. … Yixin Chen, PhD, and Chenyang Lu, PhD, both associate professors […]

Recent calls to cut Social Security benefits are grounded in misinformation and misunderstanding, says Merton C. Bernstein, LLB, the Walter D. Coles Professor Emeritus at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. “Cutting the program will lead to undiminished deficits, more poverty, less purchasing power, less business income and more unemployment,” he says.

Eric Edmonds, PhD, associate professor of economics at Dartmouth College, will speak about “Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor” at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Washington University’s Goldfarb Hall, Room 132. His talk is a follow-up discussion to Nicholas Kristof’s recent WUSTL presentation on his book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.

Discovery News Laser will melt your brain (tumor, that Is) 10/8/2010 A laser beam has been developed that can cook brain tumors. The research from Washington University could help save the lives of people with, until now, inoperable brain tumors, and could soon be extended to destroy other tumors in other parts of the body […]

A team of distinguished judges read through dozens of entries from leading business publications around the world to name the first recipients of the Olin Corporate Strategy Prize. The competition’s goal is to expand awareness of the importance of strategic change in maintaining vital and competitive businesses. $10,000 will be awarded to the winning authors and students and faculty use their reporting as case studies.

Cynthia Enloe, PhD, research professor in the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment and director of the women’s studies department at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., will discuss the “Invisible Costs of War” for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, in Steinberg Hall Auditorium.

Landscape architect Tom Leader, founder and principal of Tom Leader Studio in Berkeley, Calif., will discuss his work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ fall Public Lecture Series Oct. 11. Formed in 2001, the studio is among today’s most innovative and experimental landscape architecture practices, known for balancing speculative and constructed designs.

Financial Times (UK) Alphaville Blog Rating agency multiplicity 10/06/10 A new working paper — by Bo Becker of Harvard Business School and Todd Milbourn from Washington University — asks just how increased competition affects the ratings industry? Their study explores how Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s responded to the rapid growth of then-upstart Fitch, in […]

The Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences is presenting a seminar series throughout this academic year and into next titled “Interrogating Diversity: Race, Gender, and Class Across Time and Space.”

It’s time to Give Thanks Give Back. The annual holiday gift-giving drive begins its push Monday, Oct. 11, with a four-day promotional campaign to get students, staff and faculty involved in giving back to the St. Louis-area community for the holidays.