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Junior Nick Yozamp, a biology major in Arts & Sciences, advanced to the finals of the annual Jeopardy! college championship. He joins three other WUSTL students who have found success on Jeopardy! shows, quarterfinalist Ericka Hayes in 1993, semifinalist Arianna Haut in 2002 and second runner-up Jayanth Iyengar in 2006.
URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20229.aspx
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| Chancellor addresses WUSTL community on financial strengths
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton addresses the WUSTL community, giving a summary of results of the plan to assure the university's financial strength and continue its mission of education, research, patient care and service.
URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20232.aspx
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Exposure to severe stress early in life increases the risk of alcohol and drug addiction. Yet surprisingly, some adults sexually abused as children — and therefore at high risk for alcohol problems — carry gene variants that protect them from heavy drinking and its effects, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis led by Elliot C. Nelson, M.D.
URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20159.aspx
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| Haiti relief efforts get a hand from the WUSTL community
Members of the WUSTL community are pitching in to help relief efforts in Haiti in the wake of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.
URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20227.aspx
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Edward J. Larson will present “From Dayton to Dover: A Brief History of the Evolution Teaching Controversy in the U.S.” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, in Louderman Hall, Room 458. The Assembly Series program is the Thomas S. Hall Lecture.
URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20209.aspx
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The U.S. Court of Appeals session scheduled for today has been canceled.
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