Danforth to co-chair education committee

Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth and attorney Frankie M. Freeman were recently named to lead a five-member panel to report to the state and the community on conflicting ideas about next steps for the St. Louis Public Schools. Missouri Commissioner of Education D. Kent King said the committee would have no decision-making authority, but King […]

Of note

Laura Rosenbury, J.D., J. William Harbour, M.D., Eduardo A. Groisman, Ph.D., Peter A. Crawford, M.D., Ph.D., and more…

Caring for the outcasts

For L. Lewis Wall, M.D., D.Phil., professor of obstetrics and gynecology, understanding the origin and nature of human beings is essential to placing his own life and work in a greater social context. As a boy, he dreamed of unearthing long-lost pharaohs in the land of Tutankhamun, and this love of discovery initially led him […]

Engineer designs system to put wastewater to work

Photo by David KilperLars Angenent (right) and graduate student Jason He work with a version of their microbial fuel cell that increases power output by a factor of 10.Eventually, the microbial fuel cell could generate enough power for 900 American single-family homes.
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