Diabetes drug to be evaluated for depression treatment
School of Medicine scientists are evaluating whether a diabetes drug might help improve mood.
Slovenian philosophers Mladen Dolar and Slavoj Zizek to lecture March 4 – 5
Slovenian philosophers Mladen Dolar and Slavoj Zizek will be in residence at the Department of English in Arts & Sciences March 3 – 6, during which time they will deliver a pair of joint lectures.
Hello, Mr. Ambassador
Photo by Joe AngelesMcDonnell International Scholars Academy students from China welcome Zhou Wenzhong (right), Chinese ambassador to the United States, to Washington University.
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.
Law students win international moot court crown in India
Third-year law students Andrew Nash and Samir Kaushik won the prestigious D.M. Harish Memorial International Law Moot Court Competition (DMH), held in Mumbai, India. The two defeated teams from around the world en route to the championship and eventually defeated a team from Cornell Law School in the championship round.
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Fryer, longtime professor of plastic surgery, 92
Minot P. Fryer, M.D., died Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, at Deaconess Hospice Care Center in Evansville, Ind. He was 92.
Earth’s orbit creates more than a leap year
The Earth’s orbital behaviors are responsible for more than just presenting us with a leap year every four years. According to Michael E. Wysession, Ph.D., associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, parameters such as planetary gravitational attractions, the Earth’s elliptical orbit around the sun and the degree of tilt of our planet’s axis with respect to its path around the sun, have implications for climate change and the advent of ice ages.
By George, what a week!
Photo by Whitney CurtisJennifer Holzum, (left) of St. Louis Carriage Company, and sophomore Scott Friedman, dressed as George Washington, ride through campus Feb. 20 on a carriage. The free horse and buggy rides for students were part of George Washington Week.
Civil rights and science highlight next Assembly Series programs
The Assembly Series hosts two speakers back to back: Legendary civil rights pioneer Charles Ogletree will present his views on the Roberts court at noon on Tuesday, March 4, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Anheuser-Busch Hall. Philip Clayton will give a talk on bridging the gap between science and religion at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium. Both programs are free and open to the public.
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