Tango improves balance, mobility in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Patients with Parkinson’s disease who took part in regular tango dance classes at the School of Medicine showed significant improvements in balance and mobility.
Speaking of
Shirley K. Baker,
Sandor J. Kovacs, Ph.D., M.D.,
Andrew Rouner
and Cassandra Stokes
Seminar to address ways to lessen earthquake damage
The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Structural Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis is presenting a series of seminars and workshops on the topic of reducing the damage that would occur when a strong earthquake strikes the New Madrid fault area again.
Construction update
Construction Update is published periodically and provides information about the progress of major building and renovation projects. Information is provided to the Record by Facilities Management. Harry and Susan Seigle Hall Painting has begun on the lower levels. Taping is in progress on the upper levels. Terrazzo is complete on the lower level, and crews […]
Awareness of Alzheimer’s onset lags with less schooling
People who spend fewer years in school may experience a slight but significant delay in realizing they have symptoms that could be Alzheimer’s disease.
‘Dr. Drew’ gives keynote for Sexual Responsibility Week
Physician, radio and television personality, health advocate and writer Drew Pinsky, M.D., will present “Loveline with Dr. Drew” at 6 p.m. Feb. 15 in the Laboratory Sciences Building Auditorium, Room 300.
Carnegie curator Douglas Fogle to speak at Kemper
Douglas Fogle, curator of contemporary art for the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, will discuss his curatorial experiences and the practice of contemporary painting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. Fogle is currently organizing the 55th Carnegie International, which will open in Pittsburgh May 2008 and remain on view through January 2009.
Community lunch
Photo by Kevin LowderJessica Gibson, a student at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, chats with Sam Kadaian, one of the family owners of University City’s Queen of Sheba East African restaurant during a recent Community Lunch in Goldfarb Hall Commons.
Court of Appeals session at law school Feb. 13
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a special session from 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the School of Law’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The public is invited to hear three appeals cases related to three topics: misconduct during the discovery process, wrongful death and First Amendment retaliation. The […]
Why can’t class be like this every day?
Photo by Mary ButkusWhile the Giants and Patriots battled to win Super Bowl XLII, about 100 students, faculty and staff gathered at the Knight Center for a different competition: Super Advertising Bowl VIII.
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