Newsroom Stories

Experienced runners set sights on nationals The men’s and women’s cross country teams each return a wealth of talent. The women return all five of their top runners from last year, and the men saw just one of its top performers graduate last spring. The women’s team finished second at last year’s University Athletic Association […]

Members of the Class of 2013 and new transfer and exchange students will soon be arriving on campus and will be welcomed with a variety of activities during New Student Orientation Aug. 20-25.

The School of Law is leading the way in green admissions practices by committing to a paperless application process.

Order an appropriate amount of food for office events.

Student Financial Services can help departments locate and hire part-time student workers for the 2009-10 academic year — and, at the same time, help departments stretch their budgets a bit further.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum has received a $50,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. to support the exhibition “Sharon Lockhart — Lunch Break.” Organized by Sabine Eckmann, Ph.D., director and chief curator of the Kemper Art Museum, the exhibition will open Feb. 10, 2010, and remain on view […]

Evan D. Kharasch, M.D., Ph.D., has been named interim vice chancellor for research.

Decoding the complete DNA of cancer patients is giving School of Medicine scientists a clearer picture of the complexity of the disease and allowing them to see intriguing and unexpected genetic relationships among patients. The scientists have sequenced the genome of a second patient with acute myeloid leukemia, discovering a suite of genetic changes in the cancer cells.

Photo by Robert BostonTwenty-five area high-school students participated in a summer program for those interested in careers in health care or biomedical research.

A School of Medicine physician has joined scientists with a vision of eradicating malnutrition in the developing world.