Author: Ken Duenke

University scientists have identified an important link between kidney damage and cardiac problems, creating new treatment possibilities.

File PhotoT.S. Park, M.D., has earned international acclaim for his groundbreaking cerebral palsy research.He was given the Korean Overseas Compatriots Award from the Korean Broadcasting System at a ceremony in Seoul.

A group of undergraduate students began a sit-in in areas of South Brookings Hall and Brookings Quadrangle April 4.

He’ll speak Jan. 28 in Graham Chapel; he and the other spring speakers reflect the depth and breadth of academic endeavors at the University.

Instead of solely fostering high schoolers’ self-esteem to curb African-American dropout rates, school social workers and educators should focus on the students’ academic self-beliefs, says a school social work expert. “There is little evidence showing a link between feeling good about oneself and academic achievement, particularly with African-American youths,” says Melissa Jonson-Reid, Ph.D., associate professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. “School social workers need to focus on programs that promote a student’s belief in their academic abilities and the importance of education, such as study skills training and mentoring.”

Photo by Joe AngelesThe “YES Clinic” at the Athletic Complex was an opportunity for approximately 250 area youngsters to learn from WUSTL coaches and student-athletes.

Initial results from an ongoing study demonstrate that the combined use of both standard tests is optimal for detecting cancer.

Seventeen million Americans live with diabetes, and one of the major complications from the disease is foot wounds.

Photo by Rose BrowerChemical engineering’s John Gleaves had an April Fool’s joke — an office full of balloons — played on him by his graduate students.

Michael Sherraden, Ph.D., Shirley J. Dyke, Ph.D., Joseph Pickard, and more…