Cell phone radiation doesn’t cause cellular stress, doesn’t promote cancer
Cell phone radiation doesn’t stress human cells.Weighing in on the debate about whether cell phones have adverse health effects, researchers at the School of Medicine have found that the electromagnetic radiation produced by cell phones does not activate the stress response in mouse, hamster or human cells growing in cultures. High levels of the stress response are thought to result in changes associated with malignancy.
‘Science on Tap’
Three Hilltop Campus Arts & Sciences faculty — a biologist, geologist and mathematician — are participants in a new series, “Science on Tap.”
‘Exceptional leadership’
While Elzbieta Sklodowska’s research and teaching interests focus on the Spanish language and the history and culture of Cuba and the Caribbean, her role as chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences takes on a much broader appeal. “Working at the intersection of the three languages housed in one […]
Class addresses career counseling, academic guidance
“Managing Your Business Career Strategy” is the first class of its kind at the University and maybe the first of its kind in the nation.
University’s Greeks form community service initiative
Greek community members will run the “Loop in Motion” parade and fund-raising booths, and also will volunteer throughout the year.
Atlas provides brain fold maps
It’s already helping scientists understand how an inherited disorder changes the brain and how brain function adjusts in response to blindness.
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Special honors
Photo by Kevin LowderSix WUSTL chemistry professors were recently honored for their significant contributions to the Manhattan Project.
‘Really a beautiful dormitory’
Photo by David KilperKoenig House on the South 40 opened in August and is home to 160 first-year students.The 45,000-square-foot structure is located just north of the Wohl Parking Garage off Shepley Drive and houses 160 freshmen.
English, music and PAD aim to help Katrina victims
“New Orleans is such an important home for the arts in the United States,” said PAD Chair Henry I. Schvey.
Sounds of the South: School of Social Work’s Katrina benefit concert today
Graduate students, faculty and staff are invited to the Lopata Courtyard between Goldfarb and Brown halls today for “Sounds of the South,” a hurricane-relief benefit concert featuring the Zydeco Crawdaddys. The event, hosted by the George Warren Brown School of Social Work student body, will kick off with a happy hour at 6 p.m. The […]
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