A research team from the School of Medicine led by Allan Doctor, MD, has received $5 million in grants to develop artificial red blood cells to act as a blood substitute. The research aims to prevent deaths from traumatic bleeding.
Facebook tells its team to “move fast and break things.” Computer science student Grace Egbo did just that, crashing the company’s internal site during her summer internship.
The Washington University Choirs, Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra will highlight American composers during the annual Chancellor’s Concert. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, in the E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall.
A memorial service in honor of John A. (Jack) Pierce, MD, emeritus professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, March 12, in Moore Auditorium on the Medical Campus. To attend, RSVP by March 5. Pierce died in November at age 92.
Sociologist Tim Bartley, of Arts & Sciences, discusses his book “Rules without Rights: Land, Labor, and Private Authority in the Global Economy,” published this month by Oxford University Press.
Thaddeus Stappenbeck, MD, PhD, of the School of Medicine, has been elected to the Association of American Physicians in recognition of his work advancing biomedical science, medicine or health through innovative research.
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