Newsroom Stories

School of Medicine researchers have shown that a vaginal progesterone gel may improve infant outcomes in high-risk pregnancies.

Ellen Damschen, Ph.D., Todd Decker, Ph.D., Clarissa Rile Hayward, Ph.D., Simine Vazire, Ph.D.

Werner Ploberger, Ph.D., was installed as the first Thomas H. Eliot Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences on Oct. 30 in Holmes Lounge. Ploberger, who joined the Department of Economics last year, is internationally renowned for his contributions to the fields of econometrics and the theory of estimation.

Henry S. Webber, vice president for community and government affairs at the University of Chicago, will become Washington University’s executive vice chancellor for administration, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. Webber’s appointment will be effective March 1, 2008.

How did our Solar System evolve? WUSTL physicists and a large team of colleagues marked the beginnings of that odyssey by examining samples of solar wind for neon and argon, two abundant noble gases. The work was published in the Oct. 19, 2007, issue of Science.

Photo by Mary ButkusChancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Joe Daniels, a 1994 Arts & Sciences graduate and president and CEO of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, look at signatures on a beam that will become part of the Memorial & Museum when it is completed around 2009. Visitors were able to sign the beam as part of the traveling National September 11 Memorial & Museum Tribute Exhibition, which stopped at the Danforth Campus Nov. 3-4. The exhibit featured photos, a film and artifacts from Sept. 11.

Now in its seventh year, the Each One Teach One (EOTO) program, which connects WUSTL tutors with area school children in need of support, is expanding it services. Founded in 2000 and coordinated by the Community Service Office, Each One Teach One supports more than 100 tutors through two programs: EOTO Jump Start and EOTO College Bound.

A School of Medicine faculty member has written a book about how she overcome her anxiety and panic attacks.

Photo by Robert BostonKoong-Nah Chung’s most distinctive characteristic is her genuine caring about the students individually and the support that she provides as she helps them explore their options, identify their goals and pursue their dreams.

This month, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present “Beauty and the Blonde: An Exploration of American Art and Popular Culture,” the first museum show to investigate the strategic use of the blonde in contemporary art. The show starts Nov. 16 and runs through Jan. 28, 2008.