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Photo by Whitney CurtisJunior Kelley Greenman (left) and seniors Shaina Goodman and David Israel dance during the record-breaking Dance Marathon Nov. 3 in the Athletic Complex.

Babies who get severe respiratory viral infections are much more likely to suffer from asthma as they get older. Now School of Medicine researchers have pinpointed a key step in the development of asthma in mice after a severe respiratory infection. They suggest that medications designed to interfere with this mechanism could potentially prevent many […]

The Olin Business School is launching a competition to honor an Olin faculty member whose research has the greatest potential to advance business and management practice. The “Olin Award: Recognizing Research That Transforms Business” includes a $10,000 honorarium. Faculty research submissions were solicited in August, and the submissions will be reviewed by 11 senior corporate […]

Wendy Auslander, Ph.D., has been named the Barbara A. Bailey Professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Auslander is the third holder of this professorship, succeeding Arlene R. Stiffman, Ph.D., and Aaron Rosen, Ph.D. “Thanks to the generosity of our distinguished alumna, the late Barbara Bailey, Wendy Auslander can continue carrying on […]

Photo by David KilperBarbara Feiner keeps WUSTL’s fiscal matters in order

Margo Schlanger, J.D., professor of law, testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Nov. 9. She testified during a hearing titled “Review of the Prison Litigation Reform Act: A Decade of Reform or an Increase in Prison and Abuses?” In her testimony, Schlanger discussed how the Prison Litigation Reform […]

The Campus Store will hold its 10th annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Event Nov. 28 and will offer a 30 percent discount to WUSTL faculty and staff members from 3-8 p.m.

A team of WUSTL seismologists, led by Douglas A. Wiens, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences, will soon go to remote regions of Antarctica to place seismographs and learn about the earth beneath the ice. The location of their field camp, called AGAP-South, never before has been visited by humans.

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The following incidents were reported to University Police Nov. 7-12. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Nov. 8 4:15 p.m. — An unattended […]