VP debate getting closer

With the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate quickly approaching, students, faculty and staff may have to make a few adjustments to their daily commute.

Meet the author

Courtesy PhotoAfter delivering a well-attended Assembly Series presentation Sept. 17 in Graham Chapel, Elizabeth Kolbert answered questions from students, including Tyler Nading, a senior civil engineering major and member of the men’s basketball team.

Van Hare appointed director of pediatric cardiology

George Van Hare, M.D., has been appointed director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the School of Medicine and the Louis Larrick Ward Chair in Pediatric Cardiology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Van Hare was most recently a professor of pediatrics and medical director of the Pediatric Arrhythmia Center at Stanford University School of […]

Morgan sets American record at Paralympic Games

Kerri Morgan, instructor in the Program in Occupational Therapy, set a U.S. record in the women’s 100-meter T52 wheelchair track race at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing Sept. 15. Morgan’s U.S. record was also a season-best time for the 100-meter event. She placed first among the American athletes with a time of 21.56 seconds […]

Music and politics: “Yes We Can” vs. “Raisin’ McCain”

Peter Schmelz”Though many scholars resist the idea that country music is solely aligned with conservatives, it has been used as a powerful political tool by the right, tapping into a kind of nostalgic fantasy about what America once was,” says Peter Schmelz, an assistant professor of musicology who studies the intersections between music and politics.
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