Nineteen students took part in the Summer Associates Program, which offered WUSTL students on-campus internships and built on theory and skills learned in the classroom. The program also offered professional development seminars on subjects such as networking, interviewing and résumé building. The pilot program may be expanded next year.
Through a special partnership between the city of St.
Louis and Washington University, four winning demonstration projects are
testing innovative, sustainable solutions — including sunflower
plantings, a compact restaurant, a chess park and a modern agricultural
model — to solve the problem of vacant land in the city. Click to watch a video of the Sunflower+ Project, led by Don Koster, senior lecturer in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
University of Michigan IT innovator John Gohsman will serve as Washington University’s first chief information officer. During his 30-year career, Gohsman found new ways to use information technology to help in the classroom and labratory.
The Brown School of Washington University in St.
Louis is taking a leadership role in a new association that brings
together schools and programs of public health. The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), launched Aug. 1,
represents schools and programs accredited by the Council on Education
for Public Health (CEPH). The organization is the successor to the
Association of Schools of Public Health.
Tread the Med, the School of Medicine’s popular 100-day wellness program that encourages participants to walk 10,000 steps per day, is set to begin Thursday, Aug. 8, with a kickoff on the Medical Campus.
Frozen sperm taken by biopsy from testicles in men with no sperm in their semen is as effective as fresh sperm taken by biopsy in helping couples conceive through in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a School of Medicine study. Pictured is a section of human testicular tissue and sperm cells viewed through a microscope.
Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton shares his thoughts with the community about progress the university has achieved in making higher education accessible and affordable.
The American public looks to the federal government to successfully respond to and solve our “wicked”
problems. A new book co-edited by Jackson Nickerson, PhD, professor of strategy at Olin Business School, suggests government leaders must be better collaborators. The book is Tackling Wicked Government Problems: A Practical Guide for Developing Enterprise Leaders.
Burning biomass for cooking and heating, a common practice of rural people in developing countries, has been linked to an increase in cardiovascular problems.
