Newsroom Stories

Best-selling suspense author Ridley Pearson will read the children’s book “The Story of Ferdinand” — the official campaign book for Jumpstart’s “Read for the Record” — at 4 p.m. Sept. 20, in the University’s Campus Store on the Danforth Campus.

Pianist Carolbeth True and trumpeter Randy Holmes will perform for the Jazz at Holmes Series from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20.

Washington University will name its new university center in honor of Chancellor Emeritus William H. and the late Elizabeth (Ibby) Gray Danforth, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced Sept. 19. The building is under construction on the University’s Danforth Campus at the intersection of Forsyth Boulevard and Wallace Drive.

Cornerstone: The Center for Advanced Learning has received a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support research that will help modify the Peer Led Team Learning program, which helps to meet the needs of students with disabilities enrolled in introductory chemistry, physics and calculus classes.

Washington University will name its new university center in honor of Chancellor Emeritus William H. and the late Elizabeth (Ibby) Gray Danforth, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced Sept. 19. The building is under construction on the University’s Danforth Campus at the intersection of Forsyth Boulevard and Wallace Drive.

As part of a national effort to translate basic science discoveries into treatments and cures for patients more quickly, the School of Medicine will lead a regional group of institutions under a new $50 million grant that will greatly enhance clinical and translational research.

On the final day of the Tour of Missouri professional bicycle race, some of the world’s fastest road cyclists raced over a 10-mile course around St. Louis, passing by the Center for Advanced Medicine seven times.

Although bumper pads are theoretically designed to prevent injury to a baby while in the crib or bassinet, the risk of accidental death or injury to an infant from using them outweighs their possible benefits, according to a new study by pediatric researchers at the School of Medicine. In the study, which appears in the September 2007 issue of The Journal of Pediatrics, the researchers reviewed three U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission databases for deaths related to crib bumpers and crib-related injuries from 1985-2005.

After what seems like a never-ending cycle of firms recalling their products, Congress jumped into the ring with an oversight hearing to determine what is going on. But the complexity of sending an effective message to assure the public the products are safe is made all the more difficult when an executive speaks to a congressional committee. The verdict is out on the credibility of Mattel’s message.

Richard P. Sloan, professor of behavorial medicine in psychiatry at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University School of Medicine, will answer the question, “Is Religion Good for your Health?” for the Assembly Series at 11 a.m., Wednesday, September 26, in Graham Chapel on Washington University’s Danforth Campus.