A team of Washington and Lee University faculty and students are investigating the Sherando salamander, which is limited in its habitat to one ridge in the Blue Ridge mountains, to determine whether or not it is a new species.
College health officials expect the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, to be a challenge this year. Washington and Lee University's director of student health and counseling says students and families should prepare now for a healthy academic year.
As part of the Washington and Lee University School of Law's International Law Practicum, current and former students began working in 2007 to provide detailed analysis on legal issues for the Defense Support Unit of the tribunal established to try the Khmer Rouge leadership. The first trial began this month in Phnom Penh.
Washington and Lee University neuroscientist Tyler Lorig says that the absence of those odors associated with the holidays would make the season a puzzle for the senses.
A quick fix that fails to take into account the integration of all elements of the U.S. automobile industry and focuses on the Detroit Three will only exacerbate the problems, according to a Washington and Lee University economist.
Washington and Lee University e-commerce expert Robert Ballenger predicts that online retailers will offer more discounts to compete in the current economic climate.
Research by Washington and Lee University economist Arthur H. Goldsmith points to the potential for permanent psychological effects of joblessness.
In his nine years with Washington and Lee, Fontenot has balanced his duties as supervisor of Greek housing and as a 14-year veteran of Virginia's Air National Guard. His dual jobs are mostly manageable and fun, allowing him to keep his electrical mechanic skills sharp while serving his country in what were primarily peaceful times.
Washington and Lee University, embracing the nation's faith in the future, has launched an ambitious $225M capital campaign to broaden academic programs and strengthen its hold as one of the premier liberal arts universities in the country.
Richard Butler, who oversaw the United Nation's Special Commission charged with the disarmament of Iraq, is the guest speaker at Washington and Lee School of Law Commencement May 13.
The winner of the Republican Party's presidential nomination will be George W. Bush, according to students at Washington and Lee University. Bush was selected during the school's 2000 Republican Mock Convention on Jan. 29. They've only been wrong once since 1948.
Washington and Lee University has received a $1.5 million endowment from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to establish a chair and program in business journalism.
Washington and Lee University's Mock Convention is a quadrennial tradition in which student delegates attempt to predict the presidential nominee of the political party currently out of the White House. W&L students have been right 11 of the last 12 times.
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