Leonard-Fleckman wins pole vault title

Go to BearSports The women’s track and field team earned a school-record third-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships in Ada, Ohio, March 14-15. The team was led by senior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman, who won the pole vault national championship with a WUSTL-record jump of 3.86 meters. Leonard-Fleckman is the third WUSTL […]

Citizen of the Year

Photo by Joe AngelesMark S. Wrighton (right), the 2007 Citizen of the Year, was feted by some 700 attendees at an award ceremony March 25 in Graham Chapel. Sponsored by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the annual award honors an individual who best exemplifies an inspirational level of citizenship, leadership in generating civic pride, and dedication to the growth and vitality of St. Louis. David Kemper, chairman, president and CEO of Commerce Bancshares, chair of WUSTL’s Board of Trustees and the 2006 award recipient, presented Wrighton with an engraved Steuben crystal bowl. View slideshow of award ceremony. View chancellor’s remarks.

Citizen of the Year address

Welcome to the home of the Division III National Champions in Men’s Basketball and Women’s Volleyball! It is an honor to be recognized as the 2007 St. Louis Citizen of the Year-an honor that stems from my work and partnership with many at Washington University and many in our great community. I have been supported, […]

Professor remembers shuttle astronaut

Salvatore P. Sutera, Ph.D., senior professor of biomedical engineering, was watching a local newscast that featured astronauts greeting the media with their customary grins and salutes when he recognized a former WUSTL student: U.S. Air Force Major and NASA astronaut Robert Behnken, Ph.D.

Men’s swimming places 13th at NCAAs

Go to BearSports The men’s swimming and diving team finished in 13th place in the overall standings at the 2008 NCAA Division III men’s swimming and diving championships on the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, March 22. The squad placed in the top 20 at the NCAA championships for the sixth straight year […]

Campus Watch

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 19-25. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. March 21 8:47 a.m. — Investigation began […]

Bang wins national award for poetry

Poet Mary Jo Bang, professor of English and director of The Writing Program, both in Arts & Sciences, has won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry. Bang was recognized for “Elegy,” a book of 64 poems that chronicles the year following the death of her son.