Newsroom Stories

Parents of young children with asthma often recognize signs that their child is about to have an asthma attack but delay home treatment until the attack occurs, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found.

As Iran celebrates the 31st anniversary of its Islamic revolution, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ph.D., professor of Persian language and literature and a native of Iran, suggests that the Feb. 11 anniversary offers yet another example of how Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad skillfully manipulates the Western media into providing unwitting support for his campaign to stifle the nation’s opposition movement. Her commentary appears online at Counter Punch.

A memorial service for M. Kenton King, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine for nearly 25 years, will be held at 4 p.m. March 15 in the King Center on the seventh floor of the Bernard Becker Medical Library.

With the vast amount of health information available online, it can be difficult to know what resources are credible. School of Medicine librarians have created a way to change that.

A new transportation service, Campus2Home, will begin offering students, faculty and staff shuttle service home from the Danforth Campus Monday, Feb. 15. The Campus2Home shuttle will provide a safe ride for those living in three designated areas off campus — Skinker-DeBaliviere, Loop South, and North of The Loop — from 7 p.m.-2:30 a.m. seven days a week.

Chariots, a folk-indie-pop trio that delivers stripped-down vocals and diverse instrumentation over infectious beats, will launch the annual Kemper Presents Concert Series Feb. 26. In all, the series will showcase eight St. Louisl acts working in a variety of styles and genres most Friday evenings throughout the spring. 

Fifteen faculty from the School of Medicine were honored Feb. 10 at the 2010 Distinguished Faculty Awards ceremony at the Eric P. Newman Education Center.

Gerald L. Andriole Jr. has been named the inaugural Robert Killian Royce Distinguished Professor in Urologic Surgery at the School of Medicine.

Marketing students at Olin Business School are gearing up for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games with a series of events to educate, entertain and raise funds for an adventure camp sponsored by Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis. The kick-off event for “OLINpics” begins at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, in the Knight Center on the Danforth Campus. 

Washington University recently released an off-campus safety video that offers tips to help students, faculty and staff stay safe while living in and visiting off-campus housing.