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Last year, the NCAA required all aluminum bats in college play to meet a new standard designed to limit the exit speed of the ball off the bat. This year, high schools are implementing the new bats. With spring training beginning at all levels this month, a WUSTL professor and baseball coaches comment on the new bats and how they have affected play.
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Pat Hollinger, a junior majoring in philosophy in Arts & Sciences, placed first out of 10 poets who performed Feb. 17 during the the Fourth Annual Poetry Grand Slam in Edison Theatre. He and four other WUSTL poets will represent the university in the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational in Ontario, Calif., April 18-21.
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Scientists at the School of Medicine are using a new imaging device that simultaneously performs positron-emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans, producing more detailed images. The scanner’s versatility will enable many new applications in areas ranging from cancer to neurological disorders to heart and lung disease.
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Children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can benefit from medication for related disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but there is a poor understanding of medication use, says Paul T. Shattuck, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School. A new study compares medication use of individuals with an ASD, ADHD and both an ASD with ADHD.
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Kilian Q. Weinberger, assistant professor of computer science & engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER award) from the National Science Foundation.
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Noon Wednesday, Feb. 2
“Israeli Summer: What the Social Protests Tell Us About Israel’s Future.” Eilon Schwartz, founding director, Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership; faculty, Melton Centre for Jewish Education, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem. Co-sponsored by Jewish Community Relations Council. Free and open to the public. Busch Hall, Room 18. (314) 935-5110.
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Nominations are open for the Dean’s Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor awarded to a medical school staff member. The nominations are open through Tuesday, Feb. 28.
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Innovation advances Alzheimer’s research. FULL STORY
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The No. 12 women’s basketball team last weekend earned two key road victories — over Brandeis University and New York Universitiy — to clinch second place in the University Athletic Association. The team travels to the University of Chicago Saturday, Feb. 25, to finish out the regular season.
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