Flu queue
Photo by Kevin LowderLong lines snaked through the Mallinckrodt Center Dec. 7 as hundreds of students took advantage of free H1N1 flu shots.
Biodiesel powers WUSTL Dining Services truck
The same oil used on the Danforth Campus to make french fries is powering a truck near you. Used vegetable oil from WUSTL Dining Services kitchens is being reused as biodiesel in a dining services vehicle on campus.
Mozart’s, Rossini’s versions of Figaro presented by Washington University Opera
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was one of the great self-made men of 18th-century Europe. Trained as a watchmaker, he rose through the ranks of French nobility to become a successful inventor, businessman, publisher and diplomat, even supplying weapons and provisions to American revolutionaries. Yet Beaumarchais probably is best remembered for his semi-autobiographical Figaro plays, two […]
Patient’s gift funds myeloma research
A Siteman Cancer Center patient has established a multiple myeloma research fund in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Oncology.
Trading a stethoscope for a chef’s hat
Photo by Robert BostonThe first- and second-year class presidents at the School of Medicine donned chef hats Nov. 18 to make pasta entrees for Shell Cafe diners.
Genetic variation does not alter asthma treatment response
Patients with different genetic variations respond well to combination asthma treatment, School of Medicine research shows.
High-precision radiation therapy improves cervical cancer outcomes
School of Medicine researchers found that highly targeted radiation therapy improves survival and lessens treatment-related complications in cervical cancer patients.
Alzheimer’s research into amyloids sheds light on potential treatments for urinary tract infections
School of Medicine scientists are using Alzheimer’s disease research to find new treatments for urinary tract infections.
New moves
Photo by Ray MarklinSchool of Medicine students learn belly dancing from instructor Penny Moskus as part of a week’s worth of events emphasizing a healthy life.
ITeach 2010 to host ‘Conversations on Teaching’
Photo by Whitney CurtisITeach 2010, a biennial event at which WUSTL faculty can gather to share insights on teaching and to learn about new teaching methods and technology, will take place Jan. 14, 2010, in Seigle Hall.
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