Washington University has been named as one of the top producers of Fulbright Scholarships in the nation. Thirteen WUSTL students and eight faculty members were selected as Fulbright grantees for the 2010-2011 academic year. WUSTL was one of only 11 institutions ranked by the Chronicle of Higher Education as a top producer of both Fulbright students and Fulbright faculty.
Washington University School of Medicine has opened a clinic for patients with treatment-resistant depression that targets those who haven’t responded to standard therapies. When at least two therapies have been tried, and a patient still hasn’t responded, that patient is said to have treatment-resistant depression, according to clinic director Charles R. Conway, MD.
The business world runs on agreements. As long as everyone fulfills his or her end of the bargain, things tend to run smoothly. But the question of the most effective way to enforce or regulate these agreements remains. Adam B. Badawi, JD, PhD, associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, looks at this question in the context of franchises. After examining a large number of franchise agreements, Badawi found that despite sometimes allowing contract damage awards against franchisees, the more effective method of enforcing these agreements is often through informal, non-legal rewards system.
Inc. How to run a brainstorming session 11/30/2010 Keith Sawyer, a professor of psychology and education at Washington University in St. Louis, calls it “group genius,” or the idea that innovation requires cross-pollination from seemingly unrelated fields. In his book, he stresses that people in the group must have enough in common to share the […]
Just east of downtown St. Louis, university faculty, students and alumni explore Cahokia Mounds — the remains of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian native civilization north of Mexico and now a World Heritage Site.
Faculty, students and alumni build on Eero Saarinen’s idea of a unified waterfront — one where the Gateway Arch joins with the rest of the city, the river and surrounding areas.
Each year, Washington University’s Travel Program offers alumni and friends exceptional travel and learning experiences to some of the most culturally rich locations around the globe.
The Washington University Club program offered New York alumni and friends the opportunity to learn from WUSTL’s leading ancient Egyptian scholar, Professor Sarantis Symeonoglou.
