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The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 26-Oct. 2. 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. Sept. 28 3:43 p.m. — A […]

Go to BearSports The football team scored 24 unanswered points en route to a 24-3 home victory against Rhodes College Sept. 29. The Bears limited Rhodes to 122 yards of total offense in the second half. Junior quarterback Buck Smith finished 19-of-30 in passing for 228 yards and two touchdowns and has thrown for 1,014 […]

Photo by David KilperBradley P. Stoner, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences and of medicine in the School of Medicine, studies cultural perspectives on disease, particularly sexually transmitted diseases.

A little health information is not enough to help obese children get into better shape, according to a recent analysis. Moreover, children who do not receive an offer for intervention or who receive information only tend to experience weight gains. Children given guidance that is more direct get into better shape, according to the review. “Providing information is a necessary component, but it’s not sufficient,” said Denise Wilfley, Ph.D., lead author of the study and professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine.

While many Americans view Columbus Day as the recognition of cultural heritage, a number of American Indians, indigenous people, and U.S. citizens hold a vastly different view. “It is estimated that 85 percent of the American Indian population was wiped out in the 150 years following the arrival of Columbus,” says Dana Klar, director of the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Today, the state of Minnesota does not celebrate Columbus Day and in South Dakota, a state with a large number of American Indians and reservations, Columbus Day is known as Native American Day. “It is time for this nation as a whole to follow suit,” Klar says.

Photo by Robert BostonThe Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has received the Apollo Award, which goes to the clinical department that achieved the highest patient satisfaction scores.

An improved approach to gene therapy may one day treat some of the nearly 200 inherited forms of blindness.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 26-Oct. 2. 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. Sept. 28 3:43 p.m. — A person stated she left her coin purse on a table next to a computer at the Mallinckrodt Center. When she returned, the purse was missing. Sept. 30 10:33 a.m. — Bicycles reported disturbed outside of the Athletic Complex. An officer found several broken cables, two unsecured bikes and several bikes knocked down. 2:05 p.m. — A person reported his backpack had been stolen from the weight room on the lower level of the Athletic Complex. 9:20 p.m. — A wallet placed on a gym floor in the Athletic Complex was stolen while the complainant played basketball. Oct. 1 4:27 p.m. — A subject made repeated contacts with a student while she was at Olin Library, making her feel uncomfortable. He also sent her a friend request on Facebook, which she ignored. University police also responded to four larcenies, four accidental injuries, four sick cases, two reports of lost articles, two checks for well being, one investigation, one information-only report and one report each of property damage, domestic violence, fraud, trespassing and threat.

Don’t know what to do with the coats your kids outgrew last year? Or that ski jacket that you don’t use anymore?

Beginning Oct. 7, the Washington University Police Department encourages the University community to drop off new and gently used coats for the Kurt Warner First Things First Foundation’s Warners’ Warm-up coat drive at the police department office, located in the South 40.