Washington University continues to take tentative steps to improve communication with students about the risks of alcohol abuse, but school officials remain unsure whether their efforts are yielding noteworthy progress.
Washington University is no longer requiring that students purchase their own health insurance, in compliance with nationally mandated changes under the Affordable Care Act.
After more than two decades of discussion, efforts to create an office to lead Washington University’s sexual assault prevention efforts are picking up pace, but there remains no consensus on how soon the position will be filled.
As concern over swine flu expands at universities across the country, students can look to a new http://www.acha.org/ILI_Cumulative.cfm”>influenza tracking system provided by the American College Health Association. The tracker, which uses reports issued voluntarily by officials from universities, relies on the contribution of more than 250 schools and is being used by public-health officials. The […]
The number of suspected swine flu cases on campus jumped to 11 over the weekend.
Suspected cases of swine flu at Washington University hit four on Thursday evening, with school officials expecting the number to increase.
Following suit with other colleges across the country, Washington University has made preparations for a possible outbreak of the swine flu this coming winter.
As a result of a bidding process that occured last spring, Washington University students are now covered by a new heath care plan, provided by Aetna.
Washington University’s umbrella organization for sexual assault prevention and education has reorganized itself under new leadership after a semester-and-a-half hiatus and for the first time has set a budget to support its efforts.
Nearly two years ago, a man tailgated into Myers Hall, forced his way into a female student’s dorm room and raped her. That incident jumpstarted a campus-wide conversation about security and sexual assault on campus, prompting many of the security measures that students are familiar with today, including peepholes in doors, closed-circuit video monitoring in […]
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