Author: Ken Duenke

The prize is given to a scientist or physician “whose work has led to a major advance in basic or clinical nuclear medicine science.”

If not for his interest in nutrition, Samuel Klein, M.D., might never have gone to medical school. Originally, he was planning to become a marine biologist. There’s still some evidence of his first career choice in the corner of his office, where a tank full of exotic fish gurgles. But science and Klein both benefited […]

Bethany McLean, the Fortune magazine reporter who was the first to question how energy giant Enron made its money, will give an Assembly Series talk based on her book — The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron — at 11 a.m. Sept. 8 in Graham Chapel. McLean, now […]

Photo by Bob BostonRecent graduates work in the recently completed space that houses the University’s new genetic epidemiology master of science degree program.

The goal is to refine ideas that will benefit society and may have commercial value; individual grants of $20,000-50,000 are awarded.

In a new position, Williams — also the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity — will focus on urban and community initiatives.

Approximately 1 million stroke victims suffer from a condition called aphasia, which can affect reading, writing, speaking or understanding speech. Generally, speech therapists rely on their own experience and intuition to determine treatment for these patients, but a multidisciplinary research team from the School of Medicine has developed a speech rehabilitation program using the same evidence-based approach used by physicians and surgeons.

The special master of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund and the editor and publisher of The Weekly Standard are part of the fall lineup for the School of Law’s seventh annual Public Interest Law Speakers Series. This popular series, titled “Access to Justice: The Social Responsibility of Lawyers,” brings to Washington University outstanding academics and practitioners in such areas as international human rights, the economics of poverty, civil liberties, racial justice, capital punishment, clinical legal education, and government and private public service. The series, which is free and open to the public, begins Sept. 14.

McLeanBethany McLean, the Fortune magazine reporter who was the first to question how the energy giant, Enron, made its money, will give a talk based on her book, The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron at 11 a.m. on Wed., Sept. 8 in Graham Chapel.

Taking its cue from the most significant political event – the Presidential Debate — to occur at the university this fall, the Washington University Assembly Series will feature several speakers with a politically related or election-oriented focus.