Nominations now are being accepted for the annual Gerry & Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award, which honors members of the WUSTL community who exemplify a character of service and giving to the St. Louis region.
The book collection essay competition sponsored by Washington University Libraries is celebrating its 26th year this winter, offering four cash prizes to students who submit short essays about their personal book collections. The entry deadline for the 2013 contest has been set for Thursday, Feb. 28.
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is in India this week with a group of Washington University in St. Louis leaders and members of the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environmental Partnership (MAGEEP) to first talk about global energy and environmental solutions and then meet with the university’s International Advisory Council of Asia. The symposium continues, with a visit from a United Nations Official and a trip through Mumbai to visit co-host institution IIT-Bombay.
Pulitzer Prize-winning political journalist and author George F. Will visited campus Tuesday, Dec. 4, to deliver the fall 2012 keynote speech for the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics in Graham Chapel. While on campus, Will visited with students and faculty members, along with Sen. John C. Danforth.
Patients with sickle cell disease rely more on the emergency room as they move from pediatric to adult health care, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions.
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is in India this week with a group of Washington University in St. Louis leaders and members of the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environmental Partnership (MAGEEP) to first talk about global energy and environmental solutions and then meet with the university’s International Advisory Council of Asia. The first stop: Mumbai, where the Chancellor presents the first of his “Insights from India.”
WUSTL has been named a Truman Foundation Honor Institution because of its two Truman Scholarship winners this year and its sustained success in helping students win Truman Scholarships to pursue careers in public service. The highly competitive federal scholarship is awarded based on academic performance, leadership and dedication to public service.
Frances “Fran” (nee Maric) Winker, a patient-service representative in orthopedic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in an accident on Interstate 44 in Oakland. She was 49.
