Model Shannon Crowley (front) of Raspberry modeling agency dresses up the fashion program's Bixby Hall studio with Guatemalan-inspired sportswear by senior Cynthia Phillips (back).

73rd annual Fashion Show May 5

The 73rd annual School of Art Fashion Show will hit the runway at Saint Louis Galleria May 5.

The fully choreographed, Paris-style extravaganza features dozens of professional and volunteer models wearing more than 100 outfits created by eight seniors and 11 juniors in the School of Art's fashion design program. Full story

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Graduate student satisfaction evident in survey results

It's difficult to learn if you aren't happy.

And in a recent groundbreaking survey, it looks like most graduate and doctoral students at Washington University are more satisfied than their counterparts across the country.

More than 32,000 graduate and doctoral students recently graded doctoral programs throughout the country in an online survey conducted by the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students. Full story

Ellizabeth Patton, (left), public servicce coordinator in the School of Law, congratulates Rebecca R. Garcia.

Law School presents public service awards

Rebecca R. Garcia, a student in the School of Law and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, has received the law school's inaugural Public Service Law Student of the Year Award, and the Missouri State Public Defender System has been named the Public Service Employer of the Year.

The awards were presented April 8 at the first Public Service Law Celebration April 8 in the Janite Lee Reading Room in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The goal of the event was to celebrate the contributions made by students and alumni in the area of public service law and to recognize the students in the Public Interest Summer Stipend Program and the Public Service Project. Full story

Amphioxus, a primitive invertebrate species shown here, is the closest living invertebrate related to vertebrates like humans.

Researcher traces gene development in 'last common link'

A researcher studying the last common link between invertebrate and vertebrate animals has found a key genetic change that separates the spineless from the backboned.

Jeremy Gibson-Brown, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, studies amphioxus, a small marine worm. The primitive invertebrate species is the closest living invertebrate related to vertebrates like humans. Full story

Wrighton reaffirms commitment to equal employment opportunity

In this letter to the Washington University community, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton reaffirms the University's commitment to equal opportunity and cultural diversity.

Washington University is committed to the maximum utilization of all human resources and the goal of equal opportunity. I wish to reaffirm that commitment and bring to your attention that these objectives are reflected in all aspects of our daily operations. We shall continue to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status or disability. Full story

The symposium will provide an environment and process that generates creative thinking, debate and the development of future options for the reformation of social welfare systems in Indian Country. Full story