Nancy Staudt, JD, PhD, dean of the School of Law and the Howard & Caroline Cayne Professor of Law, talks about her return to Washington University, her collaborative work around campus and her vision for the school.

The largest study to date of sustained calorie reduction in adults shows it does not produce all of the metabolic effects associated with longevity that have been found in animal studies. Severely cutting calorie intake, however, appeared to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and make people more sensitive to insulin, said John O. Holloszy, MD, principal investigator at the study’s Washington University clinical site.

From the fall of communism to the rise of digital technology, the 1990s were marked by a series of radical transformations. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will explore some of the era’s most pressing social, political and technological issues with “Rotation 2: Contemporary Art from the Peter Norton Gift.”