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Financial Times (UK) Alphaville Blog Rating agency multiplicity 10/06/10 A new working paper — by Bo Becker of Harvard Business School and Todd Milbourn from Washington University — asks just how increased competition affects the ratings industry? Their study explores how Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s responded to the rapid growth of then-upstart Fitch, in […]

PhysOrg.com Brain tumor disorder impairs chemical system responsible for attention 10/06/2010 A genetic condition that increases risk of brain tumors may also impair development of the brain system that facilitates attention, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine. The findings, observed in a mouse model, help explain the attention deficits and learning disabilities […]

CBS News Neanderthals not so dim after all, experts say 10/05/2010 Scientists are broadly rethinking the nature, skills and demise of the Neanderthals of Europe and Asia, steadily finding more ways that they were substantially like us. Erik Trinkaus of Washington University in St. Louis published research into prehistoric fossil remains in Europe that showed […]

E Science News New report examines university management of intellectual property 10/04/2010 A report released today by the National Research Council says the current system that gives universities control over intellectual property associated with the results of federally funded research at their institutions needs improvement. WUSTL Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, chaired the committee that wrote […]

The Daily Telegraph Sleepless birth risks — Mums’ blood pressure up 10/02/2010 Newly pregnant women who get less than five hours sleep a night are more likely to suffer from problems, research shows. Lack of sleep puts them at 10 times higher risk of pre-eclampsia, which causes high blood pressure, leading to organ damage and […]

Brazilian conceptual artist Rivane Neuenschwander creates playful, ephemeral and often participatory artworks that blur distinctions between author and viewer, object and memory, permanence and temporality. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other, the artist’s first major midcareer survey. Covering a decade of work, the exhibition reveals a wide-ranging interdisciplinary practice that merges painting, photography, film, sculpture, installation and collaborative action.

The Wall Street Journal Online Olin School vaults to No. 2 in Wall Street Journal’s 2010 rankings of executive MBA programs 09/29/2010 The journey of the typical E.M.B.A. student has grown more complicated since The Wall Street Journal’s first ranking of executive M.B.A. programs in 2008. Consideration for students’ needs on the career front helped […]

GenomeWeb At CSHL Conference, Researchers Cite First Examples of Clinical Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing 09/29/2010 As the cost of human whole-genome sequencing is plummeting, researchers are beginning to explore its usefulness in the clinic. Earlier this month, several groups presented some of the first examples of how whole-genome sequencing is helping doctors select a therapy […]

Chronicle of Higher Education An elaborate ranking of doctoral programs makes its long-awaited debut – faculty 9/28/2010 Now it can be told. The American doctoral program with the longest median time-to-degree is the music program at Washington University in St. Louis: 16.3 years. That’s just one of a quarter million data points that appear in […]

The New York Times Ditch your laptop, dump your boyfriend 09/26/2010 Willie X. Lin, student in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis, offers tips for college students. “Chances are, if you are taking the time to read this advice, you already have the quality necessary to undertake the intellectual […]