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Since arriving on campus in August, first-year students have participated in service projects, joined student organizations and forayed into academic studies. In all, the Class of 2013 has embraced the opportunity to become active members of the Washington University community, said Eric Ajieren, a first-year student from Houston. “I’ve seen so many of us going […]

Four aspiring playwrights will present staged readings of their works Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25 and 26, as part of the 2009 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival, sponsored by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

School of Medicine nutrition researchers say body fat stored in the liver affects risk factors for diabetes, high blood triglycerides and cardiovascular disease.

The School of Medicine will offer free seasonal flu shots to its faculty, staff and students from Sept. 29 through Oct. 28.

A derivative of a well-known spice may give researchers insight into Parkinson’s-induced dementia.

Jeff M. Michalski, M.D., has been named vice chair and director of clinical programs of the Department of Radiation Oncology.

Photo by Robert BostonMedical students in the Surgery Interest Group learn to suture on pieces of chicken.

A new tradition was started at the Arts & Sciences’ annual faculty reception, which was held Sept. 10 in Holmes Lounge. In addition to the usual introduction of new faculty at the beginning of the fall semester, two new awards that recognize the contributions of tenured faculty were presented to three faculty members during the reception.

Photo by Mary ButkusGary S. Wihl, Ph.D. (right), dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, meets with Phyllis Goldberg, niece of the late Hortense and Tobias Lewin, after the Sept. 16 ceremony in which he was installed as the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities.