Washington Magazine December 2012

Through a series of targeted events, Washington University (through Bear Beginnings: New Student Fall Orientation and the First 40) aims to assist first-year students in adapting and, ultimately, excelling in college.

Six women science stars who are part of the recently launched Mars Curiosity mission exemplify Washington University’s excellent training in the sciences.

Washington University considers ways to maintain, preserve, restore and adaptively reuse original campus buildings for a new era.

Barbara Schaal takes the helm of Arts & Sciences as its first female dean of the faculty.

Research on neurosteroids may provide the answer for the 5 to 10 million people who can’t find relief with current depression medications.

It’s been a great season for the Bears, with the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year award and four UAA championships.

The international economic forecaster and social observer predicts a future where the world’s energy needs are met in your own backyard.

The university builds ‘McLeod’s Way,’ a newly landscaped gathering place, just south of the Forsyth Underpass in memory of the late Dean James E. McLeod, an inspirational leader.

Johnny Deas, MBA ’04, nudges kids toward financial literacy with clever lyrics and a thumping base line.

A break from the daily grind led Isobel Schofield, BFA ’96, to her shoe-making destiny.