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WashU Expert: Greece at the crossroads
AzariadisGreece continues its economic free fall, appearing unable to make its debt payments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on time. With no prospect of any additional bailout funding, the...
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Recent grad Ferkol accepted into prestigious film-scoring program
Thomas Ferkol, who graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in May with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in Arts & Sciences, and studied writing and music throughout his undergraduate...
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$2.4-million instrument upgrade will let scientists see what is happening...
James Byard/WUSTL PhotosFike at the console of the SIMS instrument, originally designed for geological specimens, that will be upgraded for use on biological ones. A workman, the saying goes, is only...
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Obituary: Jacques de Villiers, 21
Washington University in St. Louis rising senior Jacques de Villiers died July 3, 2015, of cancer. He was 21 years old.De VilliersDe Villiers was diagnosed with cancer as a high school student in...
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WashU faculty, staff celebrated in publication on diversity
A new publication, “Who’s Who Diversity in Color,” released its inaugural edition May 14 to the St. Louis community. The publication highlights minorities from the St. Louis region who have positively...
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Encouraging diversity in the neurosciences
In an effort to increase diversity in the neurosciences, Washington University in St. Louis has received a federal grant to participate in a national pipeline program with that mission. HerzogErik D....
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Smart cornfields of the future
The world population, which stood at 5 billion in 1950, is predicted to increase to 10.5 billion by 2050. It’s a stunning number since it means the planet’s population has doubled within the...
View ArticleTrustees grant faculty promotions, tenure
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting March 6, the following faculty members were granted tenure or promoted with tenure, effective July 1 unless otherwise indicated....
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Toliver-Diallo appointed to University City arts commission
Toliver-DialloWilmetta Toliver-Diallo, PhD, assistant dean in the College of Arts & Sciences and senior lecturer in African and African-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, has...
View ArticleSavoie teaches lighting class at international conference
Sean M. Savoie, senior lecturer in drama and coordinator of the design-technical theater program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, taught a professional development class at...
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Obituary: Frank K. Flinn, religious freedom advocate, religious movements...
Frank K. Flinn, PhD, an outspoken expert on religious freedom and the constitutional rights of fringe religious groups, died Saturday, July 4, 2015. He was 76.Flinn“Flinn was a very popular teacher...
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Morgan receives set design award from St. Louis Theater Circle
Courtesy of Robert Mark MorganThe award-winning set design of "Seussical" at the Muny by Robert Mark Morgan, of Arts & Sciences. (Click above for a larger image). For more images, visit Morgan's...
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Two Washington University faculty named Pew scholars
The Pew Charitable Trusts have named two early-career faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis among their Pew scholars in the biomedical sciences. They are Qin Liu, PhD, assistant...
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Listening to the land
Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotosTravis Mohrman, an ecologist at Washington University's Tyson Research Center, talks to residents in a north St. Louis neighborhood about the local ecosystem. Morhman and other...
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Undergraduate receives STRIDE biomedical research fellowship
GezahegnWashington University in St. Louis student Beakal M. Gezahegn has been named a 2015 STRIDE Undergraduate Research Fellow by the American Physiological Society (APS). Gezahegn, an incoming...
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Performing Arts’ McGinley receives award for book
Paige McGinley, assistant professor of performing arts in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received the American Theatre and Drama Society’s 2014 John W. Frick Award for the...
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It’s alive, it’s alive!
Dan DurdaAn astronomer's final guess before the flyby. On June 3, 2015, more than a month before New Horizons, flying faster than speeding bullet, reached its rendezvous with the Pluto system, an...
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Center for the Humanities announces new grant recipients
The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis has awarded grants to a number of faculty and graduate students for seminars or focused reading and writing...
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Alumna receives national honor for civic leadership
PacknettBrittany Packnett, a 2007 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, has received the 2015 Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership from Teach For America.Packnett, who majored in...
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Ferguson Commission interns seek lasting change for region
During his senior year, David Dwight, a 2015 graduate of the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, led student actions protesting the shooting death of...
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