Live@EDU undergraduate student e-mail pilot program to begin in January 2010
More than 550 WUSTL undergraduate students will participate in a pilot program beginning in January 2010 to test the University’s new student e-mail and online service, Microsoft Live@EDU, said Andrew Ortstadt, associate vice chancellor for information services and technology. The University selected Live@EDU to provide e-mail, calendar and Web space to a pilot group of […]
$80 million in stimulus grants awarded to WUSTL
Washington University has been awarded nearly $80 million in funding from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Skills tests like ‘connect the dots’ may be early Alzheimer’s indicator
School of Medicine scientists found that visuospatial skills begin to deteriorate up to three years prior to diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
Nearly half of all U.S. children will use food stamps, expert says
Holidays and tables full of delicious food usually go hand-in-hand, but for nearly half of the children in the United States, this is not guaranteed, says Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., poverty expert at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.
Football wins Founders Cup
Junior running back Jim O’Brien ran for a career-high 163 yards and three touchdowns as the football team rallied for a 44-37 victory over the University of Chicago Nov. 7. With the victory, the Bears regained possession of the Founders Cup, which commemorates the first football game played between the two University Athletic Association (UAA) […]
Washington University Symphony Orchestra in concert Nov. 22
In a career spanning more than 50 years, the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) emerged as one of the most celebrated women of her day, known for a signature acting style based on grand, theatrical gestures and a famously melodious voice. On Nov. 22 the Washington University Symphony Orchestra will highlight a series of rarely heard works originally composed for “The Divine Sarah,” who commissioned and revived dozens of musical scores to accompany her plays.
In good health
Photo by Robert BostonLarry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, gives the annual Dean’s Update to the School of Medicine.
High-precision radiation therapy improves cervical cancer outcomes
School of Medicine researhers have shown that highly targeted radiation therapy improves survival and lessens treatment-related complications in cervical cancer patients. The technique, called intensity-modulated radiation therapy, is widely accepted for treating many cancers of the pelvic region, head and neck, and central nervous system, but its for cervical cancer is not as common.
Art show features family members of WUSM ophthalmologist
An art show starting Nov. 20, 2009 at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center atrium features two painters who are mother and daughter. The artists, Leona Kremen and her daughter Paula Smith, trained at the Maryland Institute of Art and studied with prominent Baltimore modernist Herman Maril.
Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony in concert Nov. 20
Trombones of the Saint Louis SymphonyThe Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony are one of the nation’s leading brass chamber ensembles, dedicated to elevating the status of the trombone quartet and to expanding the trombone quartet repertoire. At 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, the group will present a free concert at Washington University, with a program spanning four centuries.
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