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A new study of adults with inadequate asthma control without significant heartburn shows that heartburn medication does not help control their asthma symptoms.

Scientists have identified the first gene that possibly helps trigger the painful condition known as neuropathy.

Alex A. Kane, M.D., has been named the Dr. Joseph B. Kimbrough Chair at the School of Medicine.

Photo by Robert BostonEmployees tried out a bicycle at the Bear Bikers booth at the School of Medicine’s Health Happening ’09 health fair April 9-10.

The Brookings Institution and Washington University in St. Louis will begin offering joint programs including internships, lectures and other educational activities, the institutions announced today. Washington University’s John M. Olin Business School will also lead management of Brookings’ executive education activities, effective July 1, 2009.

While public officials aim to establish Missouri as an attractive place for emerging life sciences companies to start, a study by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis indicates that high school science proficiency in the state, especially among high-minority and poverty populations, is greatly dependent on having a core group of certified teachers who are highly qualified to teach courses in their content area.

The partnership between Brookings Institution and Washington University in St. Louis will be distinctive in terms of depth and breadth of relationship across both institutions. Brookings and Washington University in St. Louis will offer joint programs including internships, lectures and other educational activities and pursue joint research projects. Some highlights of these joint programs include: […]

• Before reaching 30 years old, Robert S. Brookings transformed a small St. Louis business, Cupples & Marston, into the nation’s largest distributor of household products. At 35, he conceived and created a central warehousing terminal that revolutionized the cost structure for wholesale merchants in St. Louis and became the model for the nation’s freight […]

Jackson Nickerson Jackson Nickerson is the Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He joined the University in 1996 and teaches strategic management courses on innovation, management of life science, organizational strategy, and critical thinking. His research focuses on why firms choose different organizational […]

Taking the political pulse of the nation has been the purview of pollsters for decades, but now a new internet site called Civic Science makes it easy for everyone. Software created with the help of a professor at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis allows users to track votes in Congress and compare their views with elected officials across the political spectrum.