Therapies for anorexia nervosa to be evaluated
School of Medicine therapists and eating disorders specialists are joining investigators at a few sites around North America to evaluate anorexia nervosa treatments. Only 25 percent of anorexia patients recover completely, and the goal of this study is to improve those odds.
A sticky situation
Photo by Jerry Naunheim, Jr.Engineering students Ellyn Ranz and Kara Sikorski get duct-taped to a column by Sam Wight and Meghan Charochak in Lopata Gallery Feb. 20 as part of Engineering Week rituals.
Two professorships awarded in School of Law
Adrienne Davis, J.D., has joined the law faculty this semester as the William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law. An installation ceremony is planned for later this year. Karen Tokarz, J.D., has been named the inaugural holder of the School of Law’s first endowed professorship in public service. Tokarz will be installed as the Charles Nagel Professor of Public Interest Law and Public Service April 1.
Parking lot to close
The parking lot located just east of the Social Sciences & Law building construction site on the Danforth Campus will close permanently March 5.
Weekend Bear Sports
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Instilling hope
Photo by Mary ButkusLarry J. Shapiro, M.D. (left), executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, dedicates the Christopher Wells Hobler Laboratory for ALS Research in the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders Feb. 18.
Breathing a little easier
Photo by Robert BostonMario Castro combats lung disorders in the lab and around the world
Better teachers?
The Missouri Senate approved a bill Feb. 26 that would make it easier for people to switch jobs to become teachers. But if enacted, would the bill increase teacher quality in the state? Probably not, says an expert in science and mathematics education at Washington University in St. Louis.
Access to Olin Library to require WUSTL ID after 9 p.m.
Beginning March 16, a current Washington University identification card will be required of each person entering the John M. Olin Library or the adjoining Whispers Cafe after 9 p.m.
Sam Fox School to host symposium on ‘Blackness’ March 6
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will host a daylong symposium on “Architecture, Art and the Experience of Blackness” Thursday, March 6, in Steinberg Auditorium. The symposium will bring together more than a dozen speakers whose creative and scholarly works intersect with issues of race and identity.
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