Newsroom Stories

New findings may improve the safety of methadone, a drug widely used to treat cancer pain and opioid-drug addiction.

Scientists are using a TV crime-drama technique to highlight immune inflammation found often in arthritis, atherosclerosis, cancer and neurodegenerative disease.

Martha F. Jones has been named executive director of the Human Research Protection Office effective April 6.

A nanomedicine working group has been established in an effort to apply nanotechnology to the treatment of human diseases.

Alex A. Kane has been named the Dr. Joseph B. Kimbrough Chair for Pediatric Dentistry in the Washington University Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery for Use in the Cleft Palate/Craniofacial Deformities Institute for teaching and healing. Kane is associate professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the School of Medicine and director of the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

“Financing University Education” is the focus of a free public conference to be held 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. April 14 in the Bryan Cave Moot Court Room. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Danforth Campus, Washington University in St. Louis.

Economic downturns test the skills of the most seasoned managers. In response to the challenges of managing during the current economic crisis, the Olin Business School at Washington University is shifting the focus of its executive education seminars. Faculty are fine-tuning their lectures and case studies to address the recession and its effect on many aspects of business.

Tutoring children in and after school isn’t new, but how much does it really help in critical areas like reading? Rigorous new research from Washington University in St. Louis shows significant gains from a national service program that trains experienced Americans to help low-income children one-on-one in urban public schools. The central finding: Over a single school year, students with Experience Corps tutors made over 60 percent more progress in learning two critical reading skills — sounding out new words and reading comprehension — than similar students not served by the program.

Chad Nackers and John Harris will take us “Inside the Onion,” — America’s Finest News Source, at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 9 in Graham Chapel. Their talk is the Neureuther Library Lecture and is co-sponsored by “WUnderground,” the University’s premiere (only) satirical newspaper. The event is part of the Assembly Series.

Two of Missouri’s top leaders in public health will speak at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work on April 10 and 13. Ronald J. Levy, director of the Mo. Department of Social Services, will close National Public Health Week with a lecture on “Building a Healthy Missouri” at noon on April 10 in Brown Hall Lounge. On April 13, Margaret Donnelly, director of the Mo. Department of Health and Senior Services, will speak about “Careers in Government” from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Brown Hall Lounge.