Truman Scholarship goes to Arts & Sciences junior
Arts & Sciences’ Laura Kleinman will receive $30,000 — $3,000 for the student’s senior year and $27,000 for two or three years of graduate study.
Campus Watch
The following incidents were reported to University Police March 28-April 4. 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. Crime alert On March 28, University […]
Pollinators especially needed in areas of high plant diversity, biologists say
The biology department’s Tiffany Knight performed an exhaustive global analysis of more than 1,000 pollination studies that included 166 different plant species.
Honoring Ibby
Photo by Mary ButkusA Katsura tree in front of Danforth House on the South 40 was dedicated April 4 in honor of the late Elizabeth “Ibby” Gray Danforth.
Researchers study effects of adolescent weight loss
In the last 30 years, the number of overweight children has doubled in the United States, and overweight children are at increased risk for the problem.
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Operation Food Search exhibit at Weitman Gallery
Courtesy ImageDigital Imaging & Photography Program juniors recently spent a month documenting the work of Operation Food Search; an exhibit runs through April 19.
11 trees planned for Earth Day
Ten Northern Red Oaks will be planted along Forsyth Boulevard April 14; and a Valley Forge Elm will be planted in Brookings Quadrangle.
Moral psychology conference to be held April 8-9
Philosophy and psychology professors from schools around the country will discuss evolution’s impact on morality, moral reasoning and the psychology of happiness.
Life insurance open enrollment coming; investment seminars set
Employees enrolled in the optional term life insurance plan will receive a special bonus — a will-preparation service at no additional cost.
The long and winding road
Fatty acids play important roles in health and disease. Scientists used to think cells just kind of passively absorbed those fatty acids, but in the early 1990s, Nada A. Abumrad, Ph.D., helped change all that. She proposed that cells must use receptor proteins to import fatty acids. At the time, it was a very controversial […]
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