Exercise: the heart’s fountain of youth

Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger. According to a study conducted at the School of Medicine, older people who did endurance exercise training for about a year ended up with metabolically much younger hearts.

Service First celebrates 10 years of reaching out to the community

With each new school year comes a fresh start. For the past decade, Washington Uni-versity students have helped St. Louis-area school children get a new start in clean, colorful hallways and classrooms. More than 10,000 WUSTL students have volunteered their time over the past 10 years to clean and beautify schools as part of Service […]

McBride named associate dean for master of health program

Timothy McBride, Ph.D., professor, has been named the first associate dean for public health at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work according to Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D., dean and the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor. In this role, McBride will lead the effort to establish the Brown School’s Master of Public Health degree […]

‘Unbelievable honor’ for Ruths

Troy Ruths of the national champion men’s basketball team has been honored as the 2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America of the Year, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Ruths is the first student-athlete in WUSTL history to receive the honor. The announcement was made to a national television audience Aug. […]
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