Staff Day 2010 offers an array of activities
Staff Day is back, and Danforth Campus employees are invited to relax, have fun and celebrate with co-workers Monday, May 24. Drawings, golf and tours are just a few of the many activities offered at Staff Day.
John McDonnell, JSM Charitable Trust give $60 million to WUSTL
John F. McDonnell and the JSM Charitable Trust have made a $60 million gift commitment to Washington University in St. Louis, according to Stephen F. Brauer, chair of the Board of Trustees. Most of the gift — $48 million — will create the McDonnell Academic Excellence Fund. Income from this unrestricted endowed fund will enable the university to respond to new academic opportunities and to launch new initiatives that build on its strengths and maximize its impact on the world.
Scientists decode DNA of microbes from humans
As part of the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and their colleagues have decoded the genomes of 178 microbes from the human body, they report in the journal Science.
Steven Chu’s 2010 Commencement address at Washington University in St. Louis
Read the full-text of U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu’s prepared speech at Washington University in St. Louis’ 149th Commencement May 21, 2010.
‘Help save the world,’ Chu tells graduates
In a stirring address to Class of 2010 at Washington University’s 149th Commencement ceremony, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu says a second industrial revolution is needed to provide for the world’s future energy needs and urges graduates to “do something that matters and help save the world.”
Commencement 2010: The day in pictures
Scenes from a Commencement: Pomp and circumstance at Washington University’s 149th Commencement May 21, 2010.
MEDIA ADVISORY: WUSTL Commencement traffic
Washington University in St. Louis would like to alert audiences that traffic around the university will be very heavy the morning of Friday, May 21, due to the university’s annual Commencement ceremony.
May 21, 2010, Commencement coverage
An index of news coverage related to Washington University’s 149th Commencement
Estrogen-lowering drugs minimize surgery in breast cancer patients
A nationwide study has confirmed the benefit of giving estrogen-lowering drugs before surgery to breast cancer patients. The treatment increased the likelihood that women could undergo breast-conservation surgery, also called lumpectomy, instead of mastectomy.
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