Newsroom Stories

H. Marvin Camel, MD, professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology for five decades, died Monday, March 22, 2010, of respiratory failure at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He was 85.

Molly Tovar, EdD, former director of leadership for the Bill & Melinda Gates Millennium Scholars Program, has been appointed director of the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the Brown School.

Participants in the annual Relay For Life, held March 20 and 21 in the Athletic Complex, pause to observe luminaria, each bearing the name of a person who has battled cancer. More than 1,500 people took part in the 12-hour event that raised more than $182,000 for the American Cancer Society to fund cancer research, advocacy, patient services and education.

Dolphins, whales and porpoises have extraordinarily small balance organs, and scientists have long wondered why. In a head to head comparison of two dolphins and a rodeo bull, Washington University School of Medicine researchers have contradicted the leading explanation for these undersized organs and left the door open for new theories.

One-hundred and fourteen School of Medicine students learned March 18 where they will be doing their residencies. Thirty will be training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, and four will be training at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

The 2010 Census is almost here, and Census Bureau officials hope to get an accurate count of everyone living in the United States on April 1, 2010. Here’s everything students attending Washington University need to know.

A new chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the national collegiate Hispanic honor society and largest foreign-language honor society in the world, opened on campus with an induction ceremony March 22 in the Danforth University Center.

The popular singer/songwriter Matisyahu (right), whose hip-hop/reggae musical style often is characterized as reflective and inspirational, performed with alumnus and friend Adam Weinberg on March 18 in Graham Chapel as part of the Assembly Series.

Imagine a 2010 remake of the movie “The Graduate”.Instead of advising the young grad to pursue a career in “plastics” today’s version would advocate, “operations”.It’s the buzzword for the 21st century and the key to running every successful business. Olin Business School faculty and a group of St. Louis business leaders dedicated to improving operations management have formed a new association to promote innovation, collaboration and performance through operational excellence. 

Sports headlines for week of March 22.