Healing arts
Vicki L. Friedman of the School of Medicine’s MedPIC department helps facilitate the “Arts as Healing” art therapy program for Siteman Cancer Center patients and their families.
5 to receive honorary degrees at Commencement
Those being honored at the 145th event May 19 are Aaron J. Ciechanover, Anna Crosslin, Steve Fossett, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and John F. McDonnell.
A firsthand look
Photo by Joe AngelesApril 27 was the annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day; the University offered several programs for children ages 8-12.
Seniors Bibee, Cain share biology’s annual Spector Prize for research
And James Wang has won the Stalker Prize, given for undergraduate career marked by outstanding scientific scholarship as well contributions to WUSTL.
Osteoporosis drug effectively reduces breast cancer risk
There is good news for women who may not want to take a breast cancer drug because of the risks of developing more serious diseases.
Campus Watch
The following incidents were reported to University Police April 26-May 3. 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. April 28 12:24 p.m. — A […]
Scientists solve mystery of mutant mouse’s kidney woes
Researchers at the School of Medicine are the first to identify a mutated gene that gives insight into kidney failure in human infants.
More medical news
First scholars named to clinical research development program
A program designed to promote multidisciplinary collaboration in clinical research has named its first group of scholars.
From chaos comes order? Physicists make baffling discovery
By introducing disorder in the form of forces applied at random to a network of interconnected pendulums, the system became ordered and synchronized.
WUSTL, Cinema St. Louis to present children’s film symposium
Featured will be a keynote address by Nicholas Sammond and screenings of the films Duma and Saving Shiloh, the latter of which was shot in St. Louis.
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