Duncan/Newstead intersection to close Feb. 25

Starting Feb. 25 and continuing for about two months, the intersection of Duncan and Newstead avenues will close as a Metropolitan Sewer District storm sewer line upgrade continues. Sections of Duncan east of Newstead have been closed during the project but will reopen when the intersection closes. Boyle is expected to reopen this spring.

Washington People: Josh Whitman​

Seven things you should know about the energetic and driven Josh Whitman, the John M. Schael Director of Athletics at Washington University in St. Louis, who is six months into the job and working nonstop to build an already-successful athletics department into the best in NCAA Division III.

English faculty member receives NEH fellowship

Abram C. Van Engen, PhD, assistant professor of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a 2014 National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship award to do research for a book.