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Engineers in training
Sid Hastings (2)Ritenour High School’s Draye Harris (above) launches a plane on behalf of his team during the annual Boeing Engineering Challenge at the Washington University in St. Louis Athletic...
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Obituary: William H. Daughaday, former director of metabolism, 95
Daughaday William H. Daughaday, MD, a leading diabetes researcher, world authority on growth hormone and the former director of the metabolism division at Washington University School of Medicine in...
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Celebrating 'Uncommon Journeys': Brown School honors alumni, faculty member
The Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis bestowed one Distinguished Faculty Award and five Distinguished Alumni Awards during its annual alumni awards celebration April 17 at Steinberg...
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Law professor Martin installed as Nagel Chair
Jerry NaunheimAndrew D. Martin, PhD, vice dean at Washington University School of Law, delivers his address, “Institutional Empiricism in the 21st Century,” during his installation as the Charles Nagel...
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Scientists show how nerve wiring self-destructs
Elisabetta Babetto, PhDMouse nerve axons (green) connect to muscle synapses (red) to coordinate movement. Three days after injury, these axons are protected from degeneration because they are missing...
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Arts & Sciences recognizes six alumni at awards dinner
Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis recognized the achievements of six alumni during the 16th Annual Arts & Sciences Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony, held April 25 at the...
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Obituary: Burton E. Sobel, MD, former director of Cardiovascular Division, 75
University of VermontSobel Burton E. Sobel, MD, internationally known leader in cardiovascular medicine, prolific scientist and former longtime director of the Cardiovascular Division at Washington...
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Commencement celebrations begin Wednesday
Beginning Wednesday, May 15, more than a dozen distinguished individuals will speak at Commencement-related events for graduates and their friends and families.The weeklong celebration culminates at...
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In recognition of their efforts for St. Louis, Brauers receive 2013 Harris...
Whitney CurtisKimmy and Stephen Brauer, flanking Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, attend a ceremony to recognize the couple as the 2013 recipients of the Jane and Whitney Harris St. Louis Community...
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Siteman director appointed vice chair of national cancer network
EberleinTimothy Eberlein, MD, director of the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, has been named vice chair of the National Comprehensive...
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Carter to lead international education and research in engineering school
Dedric A. Carter, PhD, has been named associate dean for international education and research and professor of the practice in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University...
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Siteman's Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure team makes great strides against...
The 15th Annual Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure in downtown St. Louis will be June 15. Since 1998, when the event first took place in St. Louis, Komen has awarded about $28 million for outreach,...
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Supreme Court decision closes loophole in Monsanto’s business model
The Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Bowman v. Monsanto holds that farmers who lawfully obtain Monsanto’s patented, genetically modified soybeans do not have a right to plant those soybeans and...
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Weidenbaum legacy honored with May 20 forum
Murray Weidenbaum shows some economic figures to President Ronald Reagan in 1981 at the White House. During Reagan's first administration, Weidenbaum became the first chairman of Reagan's Council of...
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Sant named co-director of IP/Nonprofit Law Clinic
Sant Geetha Sant, JD, soon will become co-director of Washington University School of Law's Intellectual Property & Nonprofit Organizations Law Clinic. She will begin her duties July 1, succeeding...
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Washington University teams win $50,000 Arch Grants
Four startup companies with ties to Washington University in St. Louis have received $50,000 each in the Arch Grants 2013 Global Startup Competition designed to stimulate and support the early stage...
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Engineering undergrads create game-changing asthma management device
http://youtu.be/zBGm83pNxuoEngineering students Andrew Brimer and Abigail Cohen discuss their project, Sparo Labs, which recently won the $25,000 prize in the Washington University in St. Louis of...
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Bear Cub grants foster entrepreneurship
Joe AngelesJung-Tsung Shen, PhD, is one of five WUSTL scientists recently awarded a Bear Cub grant. Shen is developing a photonic switch, pictured on his computer screen, that is much faster, smaller...
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Class of 2013, grounded in service and study, prepares to step into the world
Mark katzmanThe Class of 2013 has left its mark on Washington University in St. Louis, and now the graduates are preparing to step out and make an impression in the larger world. The profile of a WUSTL...
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IRS investigation spotlights need for Inspectors General
An executive branch Inspector General played a critical role in exposing the IRS's practice of targeting Tea Party groups, says Kathleen Clark, JD, anti-corruption expert and professor of law at...
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