Corn genome to be sequenced by WUSTL center
The maize genome’s 2.5 billion base pairs in 10 chromosomes make it nearly as long as the human’s, which has 2.9 billion base pairs in 23 chromosomes.
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Meeting with the neighbors
Photo by Mary ButkusChancellor Mark S. Wrighton chats with some of those attending the “Report to the Neighbors Meeting” Nov. 1 in Whitaker Hall.
Scholarships help address community issues
Photo by Kevin LowderThe Stern Summer Scholarship and the Kaldi’s St. Louis Service Scholarship enable students to pursue community projects in the St. Louis region.
‘Easy to remember, hard to forget’
For Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ph.D., associate professor of Persian and of comparative literature, both in Arts & Sciences, poetry is much more than an academic discipline. It is a profoundly personal experience that requires both the poet and the reader to be fully involved in its consummation. “Poetry is the magic we perform with language,” she […]
Range of motion limited in pro pitchers
Researchers reported on a study of 33 professional baseball pitchers in the October issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Missed an Assembly Series lecture? You might be able to catch it on the Web
Beginning this fall, some Assembly Series lectures are available online. Class scheduling conflicts have become an increasing problem for many undergraduates who want to attend the Wednesday morning lectures. The Web streaming will enable them to access a lecture whenever they wish.
In honor of Ibby Danforth, WSWU receives major gift
The Women’s Society of Washington University received a major boost for its scholarship fund with a $100,000 gift from the Danforth Foundation, in honor of Elizabeth (Ibby) Danforth. The scholarship provides full tuition for transfer students from the St. Louis community college system.
Obituary: Staisch, associate OB-GYN professor
He apparently suffering a heart attack while walking his dogs near his home in Ladue, Mo.; he was 67.
Boies to deliver Tyrrell Williams lecture Nov. 15
He was Al Gore’s counsel during the 2000 election litigation & special counsel for the Department of Justice in the Microsoft antitrust lawsuit.
Sports
No. 3 Emory stuns volleyball team The top-ranked volleyball team took second place at the UAA Championship Nov. 4-5 in Waltham, Mass. The Bears, who won their first 33 matches of the season (the third-longest winning streak in program history), dropped their first match of the season in the championship match vs. No. 3 Emory […]
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