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Barack Obama will need to act swiftly in his first 100 days as president to resolve the domestic crises facing the nation, but concerns about the economy mean that health care reform will not be the highest priority during that time, says leading public health experts at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL). Debra Haire-Joshu, Ph.D., professor of social work and medicine at WUSTL, and Timothy McBride, Ph.D., associate dean for public health at WUSTL’s George Warren Brown School of Social Work, are available to discuss health care legislation under Obama. Haire-Joshu served in Obama’s congressional office and McBride is part of the nationally representative Rural Policy Research Institute’s Health Panel.

The number of teams competing for the Olin Cup was whittled down to five finalists Nov. 19 in the “elevator pitch” stage of the race for $70,000 in seed money to start a new company. Three of the finalist teams are student-supported and in the running for an additional $5,000 prize given to the best […]

The Alpha Omicron Pi (AOPi) Fraternity will be the seventh National Panhellenic Conference organization for women to join the Greek community at Washington University, announced Ryan Jasen Henne, director of Greek Life. Colonization is slated for spring 2009. “The Greek Life Office and the existing Greek community is excited and optimistic that this organization will […]

Medical students and their professors discuss the Distinguished Service Teaching Awards after the Nov. 18 ceremony at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. The awards are presented annually to faculty and house staff in appreciation of exemplary service in medical student education.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Nov. 18-Dec. 2. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Nov. 18 1:58 p.m. — A […]

Photo by Mary ButkusMembers of The McDreamies, a band made up of students in the School of Medicine, perform during the graduate school “Battle of the Bands” Nov. 20 at The Gramophone in St. Louis.

Photo by Robert BostonJames T. Stueber, director of facilities engineering, could be called the helmsman of the School of Medicine. On a campus of 5 million square feet, he makes sure that employees and patients have heating, cooling, lights and other necessities.

Photo by Whitney CurtisChancellor Mark S. Wrighton discusses the latest happenings at WUSTL with the residents of the City of St. Louis, Clayton and University City at the University’s Nov. 24 “Report to the Neighbors” meeting at the Danforth University Center.

John F. Heil, Ph.D., Jacqueline E. Payton, Ph.D., Helen Piwnica-Worms, M.D., Ph.D., Loren Michel, M.D., Rebecca Aft, M.D., Ph.D., and William Gillanders, M.D.

Dawn Brancati, Ph.D., Isaac Kleshchelski, Ph.D., Ji-Eun Lee, Ph.D., Selin A. Malkoc, Ph.D., Rodolfo Manuelli, Ph.D., Lori Markson, Ph.D., Liviu Mirica, Ph.D., Alvin Murphy, Ph.D., Sherif Nasser, Ph.D., Ryan Platte, Ph.D., and Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis, Ph.D.