SPOT educates area youth on HIV, STDs
Photo by Robert BostonThe first of its kind in the St. Louis area, the SPOT is a one-stop, drop-in center for youth that will provide HIV and STD services at no cost.
Addressing the intersection of art and community
Dancer, choreographer and creative/performance artist Liz Lerman, together with Washington University faculty, will participate in a panel discussion on the intersection of art and community. The Assembly Series program “Still Crossing: Expressing Identities, Building Communities” begins at 4 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge. Panelists are Sunita Parikh, Ph.D., associate professor of […]
Undergraduate research symposium set for Saturday
Slated to be the largest in the biannual event’s four-year history, the fall 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Danforth University Center.
Connecting through choreography
Photo by David MarchantAcclaimed choreographer Liz Lerman (center), founding artistic director of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and a visiting artist in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences, and senior Jackie Dodd (far right), work with residents at the Gladys & Henry Crown Center for Senior Living in University City.
Power of collaboration
Photo by David KilperKeith Sawyer, Ph.D., professor of education and psychology, both in Arts & Sciences, studies the finer points of creativity, conversation and innovation.
Pine forests to get help from WUSTL biologists
Photo by David KilperWUSTL biologists will play a key role in helping restore the longleaf pine communities of the southeastern United States.
New surgery to remove gallbladder nearly scarless, less painful
Courtesy PhotoSchool of Medicine surgeons are removing patients’ gallbladders using a single small incision in the belly button that leaves only a tiny scar.
Memorial service for Richard Todd Nov. 2
A memorial service will be held Nov. 2 for Richard D. Todd, Ph.D., M.D., the Blanche F. Ittleson Professor of Psychiatry and director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the School of Medicine, who died Aug. 22.
Introducing new faculty members
Hillary Anger Elfenbein, Ph.D.,
Jenny Lovell,
Frederic Moynier, Ph.D.,
Mohamed-Salah Omri, Ph.D.,
Carolyn Sargent, Ph.D.,
Alex Seidel, Ph.D., and
Yongseok Shin, Ph.D.
Helping teachers teach
Photo by David KilperPatrick Gibbons, Ph.D. (center), professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, shows teachers how to make paper models showing differences in the sun’s rotation through the Department of Education’s Science Outreach program.
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