Media Advisory: Student Worker Alliance sit-in at Washington University

On April 4, 2005, a group of Washington University undergraduate students known as the Student Worker Alliance (SWA) occupied the admissions office in Brookings Hall in an effort to support a campaign for living wages. Media seeking information on the University’s response to demonstration can find the latest updates online, including an April 12 letter on this issue from Chancellor Wrighton.

Fruit fly brain study confirms complexity of neurodevelopment

Drosophila melanoFor years, two schools of thought have dominated neurobiologists’ theories about how early nerve cells develop specialties that allow the assembly of a mature brain. One theory suggests master regulators trigger the development, while the other attributes the development to interactions between local factors. In a new study of developing fruit fly brain cells, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine and Harvard University showed that both models are valid.

Oxygen near lens linked to cataracts in eye surgery patients

Yellowing of the eye due to age-related cataractResearchers at the School of Medicine may be a step closer to understanding what causes cataracts and what may help to prevent them. In a new study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, the researchers report oxygen may be the culprit.

Nanoparticles offer new hope for cancer detection, treatment

Magnified nanoparticlesSpecially designed nanoparticles can reveal tiny cancerous tumors that are invisible to ordinary means of detection, according to a study by researchers at the School of Medicine. Researchers demonstrated that very small human melanoma tumors growing in mice — indiscernible from the surrounding tissue by direct MRI scan — could be “lit up” and easily located. Because the nanoparticles can be engineered to carry a variety of substances, they also may be able to deliver cancer-fighting drugs to malignant tumors.

Future Bear?

Photo by Joe AngelesThe “YES Clinic” at the Athletic Complex was an opportunity for approximately 250 area youngsters to learn from WUSTL coaches and student-athletes.

A man for all seasons

Ben Sandler’s nearly 37-year relationship with the University started innocently enough, in 1966, when he arrived from his role as an English teacher in Maine to do graduate work in English literature. The choice of WUSTL was an easy one for him. “The English department had a great reputation,” he says, before adding, “and Washington […]
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