Author: Ken Duenke

Researchers are investigating the effects of weight loss and physical training on quality of life, physical function and bone strength.

The Executive Committee of the Faculty Council and the Academic Affairs Committee hope to enhance “enhance the environment at the School of Medicine.”

“We hope that this knowledge will lead to novel therapies that could increase fat absorption in infants and decrease obesity in adults,” he says.

Felix Fernandez, M.D., David A. Leib, Ph.D., Timothy P. Fleming, M.D., Thalachallour Mohanakumar, M.D., Ph.D., Agustin Pineda, M.D., and more…

Photo by Kevin LowderA new class ring replaces the array of styles previously available; it was unveiled in a recent ceremony in Holmes Lounge.

Alphonso Jackson, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will lecture on national housing policy at 11 a.m. today in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 309. As HUD’s chief operating officer, Jackson oversees the day-to-day operations of the $32 billion agency that has a core mission of providing affordable housing and promoting […]

Gerald Boyd, former managing editor of The New York Times, will deliver the Greg Freeman Legacy Lecture at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 21 in Graham Chapel. Boyd’s talk is titled “Meeting Challenges in Journalism, From Race to Credibility.” Prior to Boyd’s 20-year tenure at the Times, he worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. After graduating from […]

He died Oct. 9 from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; he taught radiology courses at the medical school from 1968-2001.

The grant supports a long-term investigation of the dynamics of family functioning and the well-being of children born to unmarried parents.

Acclaimed civil and human rights activist, Dick Gregory, will deliver the Black Arts and Sciences Festival Lecture as part of the Assembly Series on October 29, 2003. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 11 a.m. in Graham Chapel, located just north of Mallinckrodt Center (6445 Forsyth Blvd.) on the Washington University campus. Gregory is known for his many achievements in the field of global human rights. Using unique means of nonviolent protest, he has mobilized support for many social injustices worldwide, including the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the African famine of the 1980s and, most recently, America’s war on drugs.