Great American Smokeout presents a time to quit
An estimated one million smokers will attempt to kick the habit this month as part of the annual Great American Smokeout. The Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital will offer its annual “Siteman Smokeout for Life,” Thursday, November 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Center for Advanced Medicine at the corner of Euclid and Forest Park.
Researchers look to malaria medication to prevent or delay atherosclerosis
Researchers at the School of Medicine are seeking volunteers who are slightly overweight or who have elevated blood pressure. They want to see whether it’s possible to reduce the progression of atherosclerosis in healthy people by giving low doses of the malaria drug chloroquine.
I-64/US40 construction update
• Various lane closures are scheduled through Nov. 16.
Women’s soccer ends regular season 15-3
Go to BearSports The No. 10 women’s soccer team closed the regular season with a 2-1 loss at the University of Chicago Nov. 3 at Stagg Field in Chicago. Despite the loss, WUSTL finished at 15-3 overall and won the University Athletic Association title, earning its second consecutive postseason berth. The 2007 NCAA Division III […]
Campus Watch
The following incidents were reported to University Police Nov. 1-6. 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. 1 5:57 p.m. — Victim had […]
Goldwasser takes helm of Civil Justice Clinic
Katherine Goldwasser, J.D., professor of law and a longtime teacher in the School of Law’s Clinical Education Program, has been named acting director of the Civil Justice Clinic.
Obituary: Kornberg, Nobel Prize winner, 89
Arthur Kornberg, M.D., former chair of microbiology at the School of Medicine and a Nobel Prize winner, died Oct. 26. He was 89.
‘Arsonist’s Guide’ author Brock Clarke to speak for Writing Program
Novelist Brock Clarke, Ph.D., author of the darkly comic “An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England” (2007), will read from his work at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences.
Construction update
Information, provided by facilities management, about the progress of major building and renovation projects.
Of note
Kenneth Polonsky, M.D.,
Samuel Klein, M.D.,
Bob Hamilton,
Kristi Holmes,
Candice C. Morey, Ph.D.,
and more…
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