Judges on Thursday will select which 2009 Olin Cup Competition team finalists will go on to compete for a total of $70,000 in seed investments.
The Olin Cup Competition is co-sponsored by Olin Business School and several corporate sponsors from the community to help and encourage young entrepreneurs to create successful and viable business ventures.
The pediatrics department at Washington University’s School of Medicine will begin a new child abuse pediatric subspecialty program under the direction of Robert Paschall at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in July 2010.
Earlier this year, the Princeton Review ranked Washington University fourth in the nation for financial aid. The University received the Review’s highest possible score of 99, making it one of 13 colleges placed on the Review’s “2010 Financial Aid Rating Honor Roll.”
In a blog entitled, “An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition,” sophomore Yan Zhu at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) defines the word “function” in an MIT context for prospective students…
While Washington University students were busy moving into their dorms or apartments in late August, a special guest paid a visit to the UTrucking storefront on the South 40. Mark Needle, a University alumnus, introduced himself as the original founder of UTrucking to the current student owners, senior Ben Schutzman and juniors Jordan Weinberg and J.D. Ross.
The YouthBridge Community Foundation pledged $450,000 over the next three years to continue funding the Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition in partnership with Washington University. Each year, the Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition (SEIC) awards between $25,000 and $35,000 to winning business teams that present innovative business solutions to social problems.
Despite the economic downturn, 91 percent of 2009 Washington University business school graduates who sought employment received at least one job offer.
Freshman Press takes a look at some of the biggest Wash. U. traditions, like Bauhaus, Beta Bubbles, Carnaval, Dance Marathon and Diwali.
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