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Rubelmann House gets a proper send-off
Rubelmann House residential adviser Michael Land learned a lot about the historic residence hall while planning farewell events for alumni and residents. First, it almost did not get built. University...
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Kidder installed as the Edward S. and Tedi Macias Professor
Mary Butkus/WUSTL PhotosAnthropologist Tristram Kidder, PhD (center), visits with Tedi and Edward Macias April 7 at an event celebrating Kidder's installation as the Edward S. and Tedi Macias Professor...
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New signage, improved markings for campus bicycle safety
The Forsyth pedestrian and cycling path will get new signage this spring. The new markings, applied directly on the path, will improve legibility and safety, said Andrew Heaslet, alternative...
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'Twelfth Night, or What You Will' April 17-20
Whitney Curtis/WUSTL Photos (4)Kiki Milner portrays Viola in the Performing Arts Department’s production of "Twelfth Night, or What You Will" April 17-20. (Hires versions upon request.)Spoken from a...
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WUSTL students shine in math competitions
Ron FreiwaldShoulder to shoulder stand WUSTL undergraduate mathematicians: (from left) junior Alan Talmage; seniors Stephen Rong and Jason Zhang; junior Yu Tao Li; and sophomores Fangzhou Xiao and...
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Children's Discovery Institute awards $3.1 million in pediatric research grants
Scientists researching pediatric lung disease, childhood cancer, malaria and short bowel syndrome will share $3.1 million in new grants from the Children’s Discovery Institute (CDI). The CDI grants,...
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Sam Fox School Awards for Distinction April 17
In his 17 years with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Richard Henry Franklin managed a wide variety of transportation projects.During his 40-year career, Richard Henry Franklin has worked...
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Steven Fazzari to be installed as the Bert A. and Jeanette L. Lynch...
Fazzari Washington University in St. Louis alumnus Bert Lynch (AB '35, MA '36) and his wife, Jeanette, have left a generous bequest that will support the study and teaching of economics through the...
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Medical Campus students perform 'Young Frankenstein' April 24-26
Photos by Tim Parker (3)Students rehearse "Young Frankenstein," the School of Medicine's ninth annual student musical, in the Olin Hall gym on the Washington University Medical Campus. Pictured is the...
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Triple play
SID HASTINGS/WUSTL Photos (2)Three beloved longtime Brown School faculty — representing 102 years of scholarship, research and collaboration — were elevated to new positions within the faculty April 2...
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Thurtene Carnival delights students, alumni and St. Louisans
James Byard/WUSTL PhotosWashington University in St. Louis’ annual student-run carnival has been thrilling students (and prospective students) since 1907.Sid Hastings/WUSTL PhotosStudents of KIPP...
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New center aims to use immune system to fight cancer, other diseases
Robert BostonA time-of-flight mass cytometer is the centerpiece of the new Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs, a center that helps scientists use the immune system to fight cancer...
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Virgil Award winner helps the victims — and perpetrators — of domestic violence
Courtesy PhotoSmith Every Thursday morning, Washington University in St. Louis senior Alaina Smith serves survivors of domestic violence. And every Thursday night, she helps its perpetrators.“It is an...
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Vertical Seminar in the Humanities gives professors, students new analysis tools
Technology is revolutionizing more than just how we shop, communicate and entertain ourselves. It is also changing how humanists analyze texts in a growing field called the digital humanities.Now,...
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The story of animal domestication retold
Image courtesy of J. PonsonbyShorthorn bulls named St. John and Gaudy in this painting by Thomas Freebairn Wilson are products of human control over breeding. The fascination with livestock improvement...
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Genetic study tackles mystery of slow plant domestications
Donald Knuth/Ethnobotanical gardens/CC LicenseThe changes that took place as this plant was domesticated were so dramatic that its ancestry became a mystery for many decades. The plant is teosinte, now...
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Danforth Fellowships in plant sciences announced
Jerry Nauheim Jr./WUSTL PhotosPetra Levin (left) and Joseph Jez, pictured in the Department of Biology's greenhouse on the Danforth Campus, are co-directors of the graduate program in Plant and...
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More questions than answers as mystery of domestication deepens
Sid Hastings/WUSTL Photo ServicesWashington University biologist Ken Olsen, who studies the genetic basis of evolution in plants, and archeologist Fiona Marshall, whose research focuses on animal...
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Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum acquires works by Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ernst Wilhelm Nay, "Composition," 1963. Watercolor and ink on paper, 16 3/8 x 23 3/4". Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis. Gift of Commerce Bancshares Inc., in honor of...
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Study compares long-term effectiveness of diabetes drugs
Robert BostonIn a five-year study, researchers are comparing long-term benefits and risks of four widely used diabetes drugs that will be given in combination with metformin (Gulcophage®), the most...
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