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Robert L. Barrack, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, was appointed a member-at-large of the board of The Hip Society. In addition, he also was appointed to the board of The Knee Society and will serve as treasurer. The Hip Society and The Knee Society are limited by their […]

The Washington Post
 Giffords faces long road to help her brain rebuild itself after Tucson shooting
 01/21/2011 Scientists now realize that brain reorganization after injury is far more common and extensive than previously thought. They also know that neuroplasticity depends to a great degree on what the brain is forced to do in the critical […]

Science News
 Tallying the caloric cost of an all-nighter
 01/19/2011 Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder calculate that a full night of sleep helps the body conserve as much energy as is in a glass of warm milk. Recently, scientists had dismissed energy conservation as sleep’s most important mission. “Sure, there’s energy savings, […]

The Code of Conduct governs members of the university community: employees, volunteers and those who do business with the university. It states the ethical and legal standards that guide their decisions and actions as community members.

Senior Wandalyn Savala leads a discussion of the play The Giver with sixth-grade students from KIPP Inspire Academy in south St. Louis Jan. 14 at the Danforth University Center. KIPP students were on campus to view a performance of The Giver at Edison Theatre that morning and stayed for lunch and an activity centered around the themes of the play.

India Report
 Kidney gene linked to increased risk of heart failure
 01/19/2011 For the first time, scientists have discovered a key kidney DNA sequence variant that plays an important role in increasing the risk of heart failure. The DNA variant impairs channels that control kidney function, the researchers found. “It’s not a heart gene,” said […]

The Wall Street Journal
 Apple’s Jobs to take medical leave
 01/17/2011 Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said he is taking another medical leave. William Chapman, transplantation chief at Washington University in St. Louis, hasn’t examined Mr. Jobs personally, but said it’s possible that his neuroendocrine tumor has metastasized again. “It’s really difficult to cure the […]

Ramesh K. Agarwal, PhD, the William Palm Professor of Engineering, has been selected to receive two awards from SAE International: the Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson Aerospace Vehicle Design and Development Award, which recognizes Agarwal’s contributions to aerospace engineering; and the Franklin W. Kolk Air Transportation Progress Award, which recognizes Agarwal’s contributions to air transportation through […]

USA Today
 Obama’s call for civility seen as right tone
 01/14/2011 President Obama’s warmly received plea for tolerance and temperance in the wake of last weekend’s massacre in Tucson has created an opportunity for him to change the tone of political debate in Washington and possibly advance his overall agenda. “What he has to make […]

The New Republic Jeff Smith: A rising political star until the FBI started asking about his past 1/13/2011 Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith, a thirty-something academic turned politician, was the brightest young star in the Missouri Democratic Party until a campaign violation upended his career and sent him to jail. As a Washington University political […]