Braff rescheduled
The Assembly Series pro-gram featuring actor Zach Braff has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 12 in Graham Chapel.
Center for violence prevention to be introduced during Brown School Convocation
Breaking the cycle of violence in young families and youth transitioning to adulthood is the focus of the new Center for Violence and Injury Prevention at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.
Koepnick, Harper new faculty fellows in Danforth House
Photo by Bill StoverLutz Koepnick, Ph.D., professor of German in Arts & Sciences, and Jana Harper, senior lecturer in book arts in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, are the newest members of the faculty fellows program in the South 40.
‘Metabolic City’ explores visionary architecture of the 1960s
Courtesy ImageBeginning Friday, Sept. 18, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present “Metabolic City,” an exhibition surveying work by 1960s avant-garde artists and architects.
Two more genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s found
School of Medicine scientists have helped a team identify two more genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease.
Low vitamin D raises heart disease risks in diabetics
Low levels of vitamin D are known to nearly double the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, School of Medicine researchers learned.
Second cycle of grants supports patient research
Twenty-four research groups have received funding through a jointly funded Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program.
Sleckman named Conan Professor
Barry P. Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine.
Celebrating America’s women physicians
Photo by Robert BostonArts & Sciences senior Sarah April talks with Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D., as they look at the “Changing the Face of Medicine” exhibit at the Bernard Becker Medical Library.
The celebrated deanship of M. Kenton King, MD
A quiet leader: M. Kenton King says that he “just wanted to do a good job.”M. Kenton King’s 25-year tenure as dean of Washington University School of Medicine stands as a hallmark in academic medicine. And his influential tenure is still being honored.
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