Author: Ken Duenke

Alexander Garza, M.D., assistant secretary for health affairs and chief medical officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will come to the School of Medicine to speak about the H1N1 flu pandemic.

Scientists at the School of Medicine are investigating a new way to fight the flu. With funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, they will establish a Drug Discovery Center to identify compounds that enhance the body’s natural virus-killing mechanisms to overcome the flu.

Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar alters the collection of microbes living in the gut in less than a day, with obesity-linked microbes suddenly thriving, according to new research at the School of Medicine. The study was based on transplants of human intestinal microbes into germ-free mice.

Two School of Medicine psychiatrists have written a book to help patients’ families and their own families better understand what they do.

Dancer and choreographer Lynn Lesniak Needle, a former soloist with Nikolais Dance Theatre in New York, leads a master class in modern dance for the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences in the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building Oct. 23.

Washington University will host a national conference on “America’s Urban Infrastructure: Confronting Her Challenges, Embracing Her Opportunities” Nov. 19 and 20 in the Danforth University Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Photo by David KilperAs director of the law school’s Dispute Resolution Program, Karen Tokarz, J.D., helps prepare graduates to be better problem-solvers, negotiators, mediators and conflict-resolvers.

Photo by Whitney CurtisFreshmen (from left to right) Katie Sullivan, Kristelle Aisaka, Sophie Goloff and Rachel Luangdilok participate in the St. Louis Area Dance Marathon, the annual 12-hour fund-raiser for Children’s Miracle Network, Nov. 7 in the Athletic Complex.

Remind your office residents what they can and cannot recycle.

Spontaneous brain activity formerly thought to be “white noise” measurably changes after a person learns a new task.