WUSTL works to eliminate motor vehicle idling on Danforth Campus
The Washington University Police Department and Parking and Transportation Services are partnering to increase awareness on campus about the importance of eliminating vehicle idling on the Danforth Campus.
A new addition to campus
Photo by David KilperChancellor Mark S. Wrighton (right) plants a tree, a Swamp White Oak, in front of Brookings Hall with students April 22 to celebrate Arbor Day/Earth Day.
Thank you, Mrs. Mueller
Photo by Whitney CurtisSenior Sonalee Ravi (left), a chemistry major in Arts & Sciences, visits with her former teacher, Sandra Mueller (center), and Leonard Green, Ph.D., professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, during the 2009 Cornerstone Mentor Awards presentation April 19 in Holmes Lounge.
Trustees hear report on endowment, investments
At its spring meeting, the Board of Trustees received reports on the endowment, investments, and budgets for the 2009-10 fiscal year. Reports also were delivered by the undergraduate and graduate student representatives.
Drug reduces prostate cancer diagnosis
A drug widely used to shrink enlarged prostates has been shown to lower the risk of prostate cancer by 23 percent in men at high risk.
New tool calculates risk of bleeding in heart attack patients
With eight basic medical facts in hand, doctors can now estimate the risk of bleeding for a patient having a heart attack.
Brain damage found in cognitively normal people with Alzheimer’s marker
Researchers have linked a potential indicator of Alzheimer’s disease to brain damage in humans with no signs of mental impairment.
Medical students to benefit from two new simulation centers
School of Medicine students have two new state-of-the-art simulation centers in which they can get hands-on clinical training.
Faculty donate textbooks to hospital in Sudan
School of Medicine clinical faculty and staff recently collected more than 1,500 medical textbooks to be donated to a hospital in Sudan.
MFA Thesis Exhibition at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum May 8 to July 27
Hye Young Kim, *Awakening Moment I*The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will present its annual MFA Thesis Exhibition in the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum May 8 to July 27. The exhibition will feature thesis projects by 27 master of fine arts candidates in the Sam Fox School’s Graduate School of Art. Works will explore a wide range of thematic territory, from formal concerns to social issues, ecological simulations and scientific research. Media include painting, printmaking and sculpture as well as photography, video and site-specific installation.
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