Graduate Professional Council presents annual awards

The Graduate Professional Council (GPC) hosted its Bridging GAPS (Graduate and Professional Students) Leadership and Awards Ceremony April 6 in the Graduate Center in the Danforth University Center. GPC, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this academic year, is the graduate student association that represents WUSTL’s approximately 6,000 graduate and professional students. GPC created its […]

Burson named to new position in law

Charles Burson, J.D., has been named the School of Law’s first senior professor of practice. The new position is for distinguished lawyers and legal practice senior lecturers who meet criteria established by the law faculty to serve as full-time teaching faculty. “The new senior professor of practice designation creates an effective and innovative means for […]

WUSTL recycles its way to top 10 percent contest finish

Washington University recycled 428,663 pounds of waste this spring to rank No. 28 out of 293 schools — among the top 10 percent — in the annual RecycleMania contest’s Gorilla category, which is based on total recycled materials collected.

Making an impact

Photo by Robert BostonWarm and engaging, Brad Warner, M.D., pediatric surgeon-in-chief at the School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital and the Apolline Blair St. Louis Children’s Hospital Professor of Surgery, is widely regarded for his clinical expertise in pediatric cancer surgery and surgical procedures for inflammatory bowel disease and other gastrointestinal illnesses.

Teaching excellence

Photo by Whitney CurtisRichard J. Smith, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and the Ralph E. Morrow Distinguished University Professor of physical anthropology, meets with doctoral students Julia D. Kleinheider (center), in Germanic languages & literatures, and Emily M. Fammartino, in English, after he presented them and 10 other recipients with the Arts & Sciences’ Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence April 20.

Track teams sweep UAA championship

The men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams swept the University Athletic Association (UAA) outdoor championships April 25 and 26. The women’s team won the UAA outdoor title for the 10th straight year, while the men won a team UAA title for the first time since they were the indoor champions in 2007. The […]

Billing will go green in Office of Student Accounting

The Office of Student Accounting will switch from paper to e-billing for the upcoming 2009-2010 school year. Beginning in June 2009, bills will be available online only through WebSTAC. Following the University’s emphasis on sustainability, paper copies of bills no longer will be mailed. WUSTL is making the change in an effort to cut down […]

Obituary: Edwards, trustee emeritus, 77

Benjamin F. Edwards III, trustee emeritus and former chairman, chief executive officer and president of A.G. Edwards Inc., died April 20, 2009, at his home in Naples, Fla., of prostate cancer. He was 77.

Billing to go green in the Office of Student Accounting

Washington University in St. Louis’ Office of Student Accounting will switch from paper to e-billing for the upcoming 2009-2010 school year. Beginning in June 2009, bills will be available only online through WebSTAC. Following the university’s emphasis on sustainability, paper copies of bills no longer will be mailed.

SEIC awards

Photo by Mary ButkusLegendary social entrepreneur Bill Strickland (right) talks with prospective Olin student Elayne Wesley of Rochester, N.Y., after his talk at the 2009 Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Competition awards ceremony April 23.