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Inside School Research How about teaching with the test, rather than to it? 09/03/2010 The Department of Education just handed out $330 million in grants to two state coalitions to design the “next-generation” tests of students’ readiness for college and careers. In the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, […]

Agence France Presse (AFP) Females more prone to knee injury in football: Study 9/1/2010 “Kicking like a girl” is a real phenomenon and may explain why females are more likely to suffer knee injuries in sports such as football, suggests a new study led by WUSTL orthopedic surgeon Robert Brophy. Researchers found significant differences in […]

WUSTL’s new child-care facility — the Washington University Family Learning Center — will open Tuesday, Sept. 7. The 19,900-square-foot center is located on North Campus and offers care for 156 children from the ages of 6 weeks to 6 years. The center serves the children of faculty, staff and students.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton leads the procession into Convocation Aug. 26 in the Athletic Complex. Convocation marks the annual WUSTL welcome to all new students and their families and is the only time the Class of 2014 will be together as a group until its Commencement. Following Convocation, all in attendance were invited to join the chancellor’s procession to Brookings Quadrangle for entertainment and Ted Drewes frozen custard.

Times of IndiaStarvation and sleep-deprivation may keep brain sharp 9/1/2010Stay hungry and sleep-deprived to stay sharp – that seems to be the idea, at least as far as fruit flies are concerned. New research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that, in fruit flies, being hungry may provide a way to stay awake without […]

US News & World Report Beyond college immunizations: How students can avoid getting sick8/30/2010Any college student knows close contact isn’t really optional. When you’re sleeping inches away from a roommate (or two or three), and sharing restrooms, showers, desks, and dining space—and sometimes even swapping spit—germs are bound to spread. Indeed, bugs like upper-respiratory infections, […]

MSN Health & Fitness Concussion rates soar among younger kids 08/30/2010 High school-age athletes are more likely than younger kids to have sports-related concussions, but the rate of such injuries in both groups is on the rise, a new U.S. study suggests. Awareness of concussions is increasing, according to Dr. Mark Halstead, who co-wrote the […]

Washington University campuses became tobacco-free this past July, which means smoking and tobacco use now is prohibited on all university-owned and -managed properties. The university will continue to work with community members to support tobacco-cessation efforts.

FOR DECADES, neuroscientists were like mental drill sergeants, always directing volunteers to do some-thing: read this word, listen for that sound, add these numbers, tap your finger, and so forth. As volunteers worked, scanners tracked changes in their brain’s blood flow and oxygen use, which increase when neurons in a brain region become more active. […]

Of note Thomas Bernatowicz, PhD, professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $1,125,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled “The Formation and Evolution of Carbonaceous Stardust.” … Tatiana Efimova, PhD, research assistant professor of medicine (dermatology), has received a five-year, $1,577,000 million grant from the National […]