Winners of the seventh annual YouthBridge Social Enterprise and Innovation Competition were announced April 11. Winning teams represented community and WUSTL social entrepreneurs, including students, alumni and faculty. Their social venture ideas ranged from teaching teens about entrepreneurship through beekeeping to providing education to kidney transplant patients.
For the second consecutive year, Richard Wilson, PhD, director of Washington University’s Genome Institute, was named as one of the world’s most-cited scientific authors, according to Thomson Reuters Science Watch. The annual survey tracks research across various scientific disciplines to determine which papers published in the past two years were cited most often by other […]
Mara MacMahon has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Harrison D. Stalker Award from the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. The award is given annually to a graduating biology
major whose undergraduate career has been marked by outstanding scientific scholarship as well as contributions to the university in the areas of artistic expression or community service.
In March, Washington University again was designated a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of the university’s commitment to effective community forestry management. The university first was named a Tree Campus USA last year for 2010. Currently, the Danforth Campus is home to approximately 3,900 trees.
Washington University School of Medicine students will perform Urinetown, this year’s choice for their annual spring musical, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, April 19-21, at the Whelpley Auditorium at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Tickets for the show are $7 in advance or $12 at the door for students; and $12 in advance or $15 at the door for general admission.
WUSTL will host Relay For Life, a signature fundraising event for the American Cancer Society, from 6 p.m. Saturday, April 14, to 6 a.m. Sunday, April 15, on Francis Field. This year’s event is dedicated to the memory of James E. McLeod, former vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, who died in September 2011 after a two-year battle with cancer.
Deborah Ohiani-Jegede (left), a sophomore biomedical engineering major, helps a Froebel Elementary School student make bridges from marshmallows and toothpicks in The Gargoyle April 7 as part of Field Day, an annual event organized by the Campus YMCA. During the event, WUSTL students led high-achieving students from nine St. Louis public schools in fun academic and athletic challenges.
Washington University’s new Green Offices Program has launched to encourage offices in all WUSTL campuses to become more sustainable. By launching the program, the Office of Sustainability and Resource Management aim to give offices concrete sustainability tips that can easily be incorporated into offices’ everyday routine and practice.
Hundreds of Washington University students are working together to host the oldest and largest student-run carnival in the United States. Thurtene Carnival will take place on the university’s Danforth Campus near the intersection of Skinker Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway April 20-22. The carnival features amusement rides, games, fun food and family-friendly plays, musical acts and comedy skits.
Four members of the WUSTL community are being honored with the Gerry & Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award. The annual award is presented to WUSTL community members who exemplify a character of service and giving to the St. Louis region.