Skinker Blvd. will close for 2.5 days for installation of temporary bridges

Photo by David KilperMetroLink construction has continued this summer at Forest Park Parkway and Skinker boulevard, and also at numerous other St. Louis-area locations.From 9 p.m. July 30 to 6 a.m. Aug. 2, only local traffic will be permitted on Skinker between Clayton Road and Lindell and between Delmar and Pershing.

Obituaries

Becker, Gummer, Hershey, Hoffman, Larson, Matheson, Pienaar, Seaman, Simon.

Gateway Festival Orchestra concludes summer season

The Gateway Festival Orchestra will conclude its 41st annual season of free summer performances with “Vienna’s Masters,” a concert emphasizing music of composers working in that city, at 7:30 p.m. July 25 in Brookings Quadrangle. The orchestra is conducted by James Richards, professor of music at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The program will open […]

Wolfgram is WUSTL’s, world’s ironman

While the persistence and drive of the cyclists in this month’s Tour de France is amazing and impressive, the University has its own world-class endurance athlete in Edwin D. Wolfgram, M.D. And he does more than just ride a bike. Last fall — less than a month before his 71st birthday — Wolfgram came in […]

Child development center has openings

The St. Louis Children’s Hospital Child Development Center, which provides quality care and learning enhancement programs at the School of Medicine, has openings for all age groups at both locations. There are immediate openings for kids over 2, and a wait list for infants and toddlers. The center offers year-round flexible programming. Children of employees […]

Schaal receives high honor from Yale

She was awarded the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, the Yale University Graduate School’s highest honor, at its commencement ceremonies.

Copenhagen Consensus

Courtesy photoDouglass North joins a panel of distinguished economists in Denmark for an intensive forum exploring ongoing efforts to address critical global challenges.