Author: Ken Duenke

Keith Boykin, a prominent author and speaker, was a special assistant to the president and director of specialty media in the Clinton administration.

Recognized as one of America’s finest writers of short fiction, she will host a colloquium on the craft of fiction and a reading of her work.

General asthma rates have been steadily rising, but the most dramatic increases have occurred among urban youth.

At stake are researchers’ efforts to find new ways to reduce loss of vision, kidney failure, heart damage and other diabetes side effects.

“Stated in the most basic terms, we are studying why some people are fat and some are skinny,” says lead investigator Ingrid B. Borecki.

Photo by Mary ButkusChancellor Mark S. Wrighton is presented with a plaque designating the former Cori laboratory as a National Historic Chemical Landmark.

School of Medicine researchers found that gut microbes promote fat storage by suppressing the production of a certain protein. More medical articles

Photo by David KilperSenior chemical engineering major Bia Henriques discusses her research with Robyn Bartosch at a recent poster session at the Knight Center.

Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., Glenn C. Conroy, Ph.D., Lester K. Spence, Ph.D., John R. Bowen, Ph.D., Philip V. Bayly, Ph.D., and more…

Surprisingly, officers leaving the military — even after service in Iraq — are finding that a bachelor’s degree and leadership experience are not enough to arm them for more than an entry-level job at a Fortune 500 company. So what they’re seeking — and what makes them particularly desirable to employers — is a master of business administration degree, says Stuart I. Greenbaum, Ph.D., dean of the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis.