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In most hospital emergency rooms, patients with head injuries typically receive computed tomography (CT) scans to assess the damage. But brain injuries that lead to concussions rarely show up as abnormalities on such scans. So Washington University physicians at Barnes Hospital’s Charles F. Knight Emergency and Trauma Center have decided to go one step further. They are the only doctors in the St. Louis area who give a simple neurocognitive test to head injury patients to quickly identify concussions.

Should weather conditions create potentially hazardous travel conditions, Washington University will evaluate the situation and take into consideration the safety of the University’s faculty, staff and students as well as the services that must be provided despite the inclement weather.

Fengtao Wu, a senior lecturer in Chinese in Arts & Sciences, offers one of the nation’s “very best” university courses in Chinese, according to a recent College Board Advanced Placement World Languages Best Practices Course Study.

Photo by Robert BostonDenise Wilfley studies the whole range of problems with eating — from anorexia nervosa to obesity from childhood throughout life.

Herman T. Blumenthal, Ph.D., M.D., research professor of gerontology in psychology in Arts & Sciences, died Nov. 5. He was 94.

Photo by Mary ButkusBecause many students and faculty are not able to go home for the Thanksgiving holiday, a variety of traditional holiday dinners are held around campus.

The WUSTL volleyball team defeated the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 3-2, to win the NCAA Div. III Championship in Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 17. The title is the team’s NCAA-best ninth and its first since the 2003 season.

Calling it “one of the great traditions of Washington University,” Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced during a news conference Nov. 19 that the University will host the 2008 vice presidential debate, scheduled for 8 p.m. Oct. 2.

The No. 6 women’s basketball team completed a 3-0 week that was highlighted by head coach Nancy Fahey picking up the 500th win of her career Nov. 24. Fahey’s historic victory came in the Bears’ 78-75 double overtime win against Kenyon College on the first day of the Seventh Annual McWilliams Classic, held in the […]

Should weather conditions create potentially hazardous travel conditions, Washington University will evaluate the situation and take into consideration the safety of the University’s faculty, staff and students as well as the services that must be provided despite the inclement weather.