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Photo by Mary ButkusThe School of Law hosted the third public hearing of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

The student-organized seminar, titled “Our Future, Our Crisis,” will provide advocacy and human rights training for health professional students.

It’s one of the highest honors medical scientists in the U.S. can receive; he was honored for his professional achievement in the health sciences.

Antibiotics are not the answer to curing the common cold.The sniffles. A runny nose. A cough. That’s right — the cold season is upon us. But before you head off to your doctor demanding antibiotics to lessen your symptoms, be aware that those drugs don’t always work and can have serious side effects, say two physicians at Washington University in St. Louis.

Sona Haydon, a longtime lecturer in piano for the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, died of complications stemming from leukemia at Barnes-Jewish Hospital on Saturday, October 29. She was 73. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the Richmond Heights Presbyterian Church, 1430 Silverton Pl., 63117. Plans for an on-campus memorial service will be announced.

At the Founders Day celebration on Nov. 5, four faculty members will receive Distinguished Faculty awards. In addition, Adele Dilschneider and Doris I. Schnuck will receive the Robert S. Brookings Award by the Board of Trustees for their extraordinary commitment to building bridges between Washington University and the St. Louis region.

The six alumni to be honored Nov. 5 are James F. Barker, John Gianoulakis, Leonard Jarett, Stanley I. Proctor, Susan S. Stepleton and James M. Talent. The event also features a keynote address by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

“Teach for America and the School of Social Work share a common passion for pioneering social change,” Dean Edward F. Lawlor says.

The researchers discovered a rare change in the DNA of two eastern Missouri families with a history of a condition known as XLHPT.

Even administering of high levels of insulin, which usually enhances vasodilation, can’t counteract the negative effect of high glucose on the heart.