Author: Neil Schoenherr

The fall session of Freedom from Smoking classes begins Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 5:30 p.m.

Courtesy PhotoAfter delivering a well-attended Assembly Series presentation Sept. 17 in Graham Chapel, Elizabeth Kolbert answered questions from students, including Tyler Nading, a senior civil engineering major and member of the men’s basketball team.

Photo by Robert BostonAllan Doctor seeks to restore potential in critically ill children.

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George Van Hare, M.D., has been appointed director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the School of Medicine and the Louis Larrick Ward Chair in Pediatric Cardiology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Van Hare was most recently a professor of pediatrics and medical director of the Pediatric Arrhythmia Center at Stanford University School of […]

Kerri Morgan, instructor in the Program in Occupational Therapy, set a U.S. record in the women’s 100-meter T52 wheelchair track race at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing Sept. 15. Morgan’s U.S. record was also a season-best time for the 100-meter event. She placed first among the American athletes with a time of 21.56 seconds […]

FazzariWUSTL economist Steven Fazzari, Ph.D., argues that we have now reached the “Minsky moment,” the time when an unsustainable financial boom turns to bust. “The serious consequences for employment and economic growth in this crisis can be mitigated, but not eliminated, by the defensive financial bailouts that the federal government has initiated,” Fazzari says.

Guzik“In an election cycle where students will influence the outcome unlike any election in recent memory, it is exciting to be at the interface between national politics and the student body.” As editor-in-chief of Student Life, Washington University’s independent newspaper, Sam Guzik, supervises a senior staff of 15, coordinates recruitment, retention and training for a staff of approximately 200, works with student leaders and administrators, and oversees production of the newspaper, which is published three times a week with a circulation of 7,000. Hometown: Roslyn, NY

Photo by Robert BostonBrenda Theising, production manager at the Genome Sequencing Center, finishes giving blood with assistance from Venecia Car, charge nurse with the American Red Cross, at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center as part of the University-wide blood drive Sept. 16.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will commemorate its 10th anniversary at a community-wide event celebrating science in St. Louis and the center’s international culture at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28. WUSTL was an original partner of the Danforth Plant Science Center when it formed in August 1999. Numerous center researchers have WUSTL appointments, including […]