Author: Neil Schoenherr

The Office for International Students and Scholars is seeking volunteers to participate in a pair of community-connected programs that promote international friendships and further cross-cultural awareness.

A narrow region on chromosome 15 contains genetic variations strongly associated with familial lung cancer, said a study conducted by scientists at School of Medicine and other institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom.

FazzariFazzari, Ph.D., professor of economics and associate director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy in Arts & Sciences, will discuss the conditions that have contributed to the economic turmoil, and share his research regarding what’s in store for the future in his Assembly Series presentation, “The U.S. Economy in the Consumer Age.” His conclusion will cover a discussion of how, if at all, the major policy steps proposed by the presidential candidates address the deepening recession. The event, free and open to the public, will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, September 24, in the Women’s Building, Formal Lounge.

A team of researchers headed by biologists at Washington University has sequenced the genome of a unique bacterium that manages two disparate operations — photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation — in one little cell during two distinct cycles daily.

Perez“During an election season, students tend to stand up and take action about things they care about. It’s exciting when students get involved in something they believe in, something that is a reflection of their morals and their values.” Perez is working long hours to help disseminate funding for student debate-related projects and working to make sure students are registered to vote. Hometown: Tampa, FL

 Lewis  “Helping tenants who were being evicted because their landlords lost the properties to the foreclosure crisis and working with tenant organizing groups and community organizers was an eye-opening and life-changing experience.” Whether it was the dinnertime conversations about the state of society or the exceptional example set by her parents, something has driven Kate Lewis to politics and community service from an early age. Hometown: Springfield, IL

Painschab“I’m not so much interested in the dogma of one political party or another, but in what the evidence has proven should actually work to make our health care system better.” Matthew Scott Painschab is concerned, first and foremost, with health care reform. The second-year medical student is co-coordinator of the School of Medicine’s Saturday Neighborhood Health Clinic, a free clinic for St. Louisans lacking health insurance. Hometown: Waverton, MN

Registration is open for the School of Medicine’s Mini-Medical School, now in its 10th year. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about medicine and surgery from Medical School faculty.

The Society for Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has created an annual award named for Michael J. Welch, Ph.D., professor of radiology, of developmental biology and of chemistry at the School of Medicine. Welch, who specializes in the synthesis of new radioactive chemicals for medical imaging, is head of the Radiochemistry Laboratory Institute at the Mallinckrodt Institute […]

To help facilitate interest and participation in the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate and presidential election in November, the Richard A. Gephardt Institute for Public Service is coordinating an all-day, campus-wide voter registration drive Sept. 18.