Hear Beethoven sonatas in Holmes Lounge Feb. 23
Three Beethoven masterpieces will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 in Holmes Lounge by Christina Mahler, principal cellist for Toronto’s Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Seth Carlin, professor of piano and fortepiano in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences,
Jean Allman named the Hexter professor in the humanities
Jean Allman became the inaugural holder of the J.H. Hexter Professorship in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences Feb. 12 in a ceremony in Holmes Lounge. The professorship was established by a grant from the Danforth Foundation to recognize distinguished faculty members in the humanities.
Unique Transnational Law Program to debut in fall 2008
Washington University School of Law is launching a Transnational Law Program, a first-of-its-kind offering for students in both the United States and Europe. This program expands upon the law school’s ongoing partnership with Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
Bacteria that cause urinary tract infections invade bladder cells
School of Medicine scientists have found that some of the bacteria that plague women with urinary tract infections (UTIs) are entrenched inside human bladder cells.
Happy New Year
Photo by Kevin LowderLei Ma performs an energetic Kongfu routine as part of the Chinese New Year Celebration at Edison Theatre Feb. 12. The event was sponsored by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association.
Relay For Life to raise money for cancer research
The annual WUSTL Relay For Life, the number one collegiate relay event in the country, will be held at Bushyhead Track March 1-2.
WUSTL to expand financial aid for low-income families
WUSTL has announced that it will eliminate need-based loans as part of its undergraduate financial aid awards to students from low- and middle-income families.
Thurston, professor emeritus of English, 93
Jarvis Thurston, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English and former chair of Washington University’s Department of English in Arts & Sciences, died Feb. 4 of heart disease at his home in University City. He was 93.
Chemical chaperone could open door to treatment of neurological disorder
An unexpected finding turned out to be a clue leading School of Medicine researchers to propose a new treatment approach for Niemann-Pick disease, a rare, deadly neurodegenerative disorder. To overcome the genetic defect in Niemann-Pick disease, the researchers suggest that chemical compounds could potentially “chaperone” mutant protein molecules through the cell’s quality control machinery. And […]
Outreach program offers free health assessments to older adults
Medical professionals from Washington University and Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College are helping older adults in underserved areas of St. Louis identify and address wide-ranging health problems — from osteoporosis and frailty to impaired physical function and depression. Consuelo Wilkins The Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation is funding the program, called the Collaborative Assessments to […]
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