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Yahoo Inc. has made the Olin Business School and the School of Engineering two of its “Tier One” (core school) recruitment targets for recruiting operations and finance talent. “For many students, Yahoo is a premier company to work for,” said Mahendra Gupta, Ph.D., dean of the business school. “In addition to creating more opportunities for […]

Registration continues for Dance Marathon 2007, a student-run effort to raise funds for and promote awareness of the Children’s Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis.

Photo by David KilperMary Sansalone, dean of the School of Engineering, visits with state Rep. Allen Icet (R-84th), chairman of the House Budget Committee, shortly before her presentation at the BIO Benchmarking program held Sept. 5 in the Knight Center.

School of Medicine researchers will head a national study of addiction, looking both at genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the problem.

The proliferation of new and digital media — from computers and Web sites to television screens, cell phones and other handheld devices — has profoundly impacted the ways we see and interact with the world around us. It also has provided tremendous new possibilities for the creation and experience of art. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will launch several new outreach programs designed to highlight the aesthetics and expanding role of new media and digital art.

Local researchers have developed an improved dosing formula for the widely prescribed anticoagulant warfarin (Coumadin) that considers variations in two key genes.

The School of Medicine has joined the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC) to speed the development of new myeloma therapies.

Two recently discovered control networks that govern voluntary brain activity in adults start life as a single network in children.

Senior Gabe Murphy ran for a career-high 128 yards and sophomore Tim Machan tied a school record with three interceptions as the Bears posted a 34-3 win Sept. 8 at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. The Bears defense, which held Lake Forest to 17 yards rushing a week ago, limited Westminster’s rushing attack to 41 yards on 30 carries in the win.

Photo by Joe AngelesThe former Christian Brothers College (CBC) High School property in the 6500 block of Clayton Road in Clayton has been sold to Washington University, it was announced Sept. 11 in a joint statement by Concordia Seminary and the University. Concordia purchased the property in 2001 when the high school moved to its new location in Town & Country, Mo.