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Rebecca Dresser, JD, the Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law and professor of ethics at the School of Medicine, was diagnosed with head and neck cancer six years ago. For perspective, she reached out to other medical ethicists, who had either had cancer themselves or had a spouse diagnosed with the disease. The group’s meetings became the basis for the book Malignant: Medical Ethicists Confront Cancer.
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“Someone at Washington University in St. Louis just hit the lecture jackpot.” So quipped Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune architecture critic. On Feb. 27, two days before his scheduled talk for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, architect Wang Shu became the first Chinese citizen to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered the profession’s highest honor.
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Life-threatening bacterial infections and brain tumors are some of the serious health issues affecting children. Now, 12 School of Medicine research teams are preparing to ask — and answer — questions about these and other pediatric health problems with help from $3 million in grants from the Children’s Discovery Institute, led by Mary Dinauer, MD, PhD.
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At the WUSTL Board of Trustees meeting March 1 and 2, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton reported on a number of recent developments on the Medical and Danforth campuses. Trustees also heard special reports on innovations in medical research and clinical practice.
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4 p.m. Monday, March 5
“What Was a Jewish Book in Early Modern Italy?” Adam Shear, assoc. prof. of religious studies, U. of Pittsburgh. Sponsored by Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures. Free and open to the public. Lab Sciences Bldg., Room 250. Reception follows in Rettner Gallery. (314) 935-5175.
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Entries for the Children’s Sustainability Art Contest are due Friday, March 9. Young family members of WUSTL and BJC faculty, staff, students and contract employees can submit original works of art that focus on sustainability. Winners will receive prizes from the Saint Louis Science Center, Missouri Botanical Garden and Magic House.
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Huskey helps patients recover from traumatic brain injury. FULL STORY
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The men’s basketball team hosted the first two rounds of the men’s NCAA Division III tournament this weekend, while the women traveled to Danville, Ky., to compete in the women’s tournament. For how the basketball and other teams fared this weekend, visit bearsports.wustl.edu.
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