Awareness of Alzheimer’s onset lags with less schooling
People who spend fewer years in school may experience a slight but significant delay in realizing they have symptoms that could be Alzheimer’s disease.
Community lunch
Photo by Kevin LowderJessica Gibson, a student at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, chats with Sam Kadaian, one of the family owners of University City’s Queen of Sheba East African restaurant during a recent Community Lunch in Goldfarb Hall Commons.
Court of Appeals session at law school Feb. 13
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a special session from 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the School of Law’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The public is invited to hear three appeals cases related to three topics: misconduct during the discovery process, wrongful death and First Amendment retaliation. The […]
Why can’t class be like this every day?
Photo by Mary ButkusWhile the Giants and Patriots battled to win Super Bowl XLII, about 100 students, faculty and staff gathered at the Knight Center for a different competition: Super Advertising Bowl VIII.
University, Pfizer extend biomedical research collaboration agreement
The University and Pfizer Inc. will collaborate more closely under a new $25 million, five-year biomedical research agreement.
WUSTL helps critique national fire safety video
Washington University was one of 60 universities invited to participate in a People’s Burn Foundation (PBF) pilot study on a PBF-produced fire safety video. The Department of Environmental Health and Safety coordinated the project with the PBF.
KIPP charter school coming to St. Louis with WUSTL’s help
Washington University will serve as institutional sponsor of the St. Louis area’s first-ever KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) charter school.
1,000 human genomes to be sequenced
The School of Medicine will play a leading role in an international collaboration to sequence the genomes of 1,000 individuals.
WUSTL adds women’s golf team for 2008-09
Go to BearSports Director of Athletics John Schael announced women’s golf will be added to the intercollegiate athletics program and begin play for the 2008-09 season. Director of Intramurals and Club Sports Sean Curtis, who has coached the team as a club the past two seasons, will lead the squad. With the addition of women’s […]
Arts appreciation
Photo by Robert BostonThe School of Medicine Arts Commission’s annual art show features a variety of art by School of Medicine students, faculty and staff and will be on display through Feb. 15.
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