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More than half of all cancer is preventable, and society has the knowledge to act on this information today, according to Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, the Niess-Gain Professor, and researchers at the School of Medicine and Siteman Cancer Center. The investigators outline obstacles they say stand in the way of making a dent in the cancer burden worldwide.
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Garry Kasparov, considered the best chess player of all time, a champion of democracy in Russia and a world-renowned financial expert, will offer advice on outmaneuvering opponents in politics and business at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 2, in Graham Chapel. His visit includes a reception and chess demonstration.
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University Libraries announced the launch of Open Scholarship ( openscholarship.wustl.edu), a new institutional online repository providing access to the scholarly output of WUSTL faculty, students and staff. It is a further step in the university’s commitment to make scholarship and creative works freely and easily available to the world.
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Barry Lynn (second from left), executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, talks with students March 20 during an informal gathering in the Danforth University Center. Lynn was on campus to deliver an Assembly Series/John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics lecture.
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Mary Boatwright, PhD, professor of ancient history at Duke University, will give the annual John and Penelope Biggs Lecture in the Classics for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in Steinberg Hall Auditorium. Her talk, “Agrippa’s Inscription on Hadrian’s Pantheon,” will focus on Rome’s most widely known yet enigmatic building.
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