Electronic Record popularity grows
Reader response to the electronic version of the Record has been favorable. Seven out of eight people opting out of receiving the print Record reported doing so because they prefer receiving the electronic version.
Vision finding could benefit Alzheimer’s treatment
Results from a School of Medicine visual-motion study may ultimately help patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dyslexia.
Supplements studied as way to limit macular degeneration
School of Medicine researchers are evaluating dietary supplements to determine if they can prevent damage from age-related macular degeneration.
‘The Social Impact of a University’ is topic of Jonathan F. Fanton talk
“The Social Impact of a University” will be presented by Jonathan Fanton, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation at 4:30 p.m. April 5 in Brown Hall Lounge. This Danforth Lecture is sponsored by the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, the Gephardt Institute for Public Service and the Assembly Series.
Looking at the long-term reward
Courtesy PhotoMichael Chicoine shares his skill, expertise with Africa’s less privileged
Twenty academic areas ranked in U.S. News’ top 10
Eighteen WUSTL schools, academic areas and departments at the graduate and professional level now hold top-10 rankings in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of graduate and professional programs, released today.
For a complete list of these rankings, go online to rankings.wustl.edu.
April Welcome
Photo by David KilperJessica Deneweth (right), a senior biomedical engineering major, leads a tour for prospective students from the Class of 2011 and their families, who are on campus to learn about the University through various activities as part of the 15th annual April Welcome.
Medical scanners virtually unwrap Science Center’s baby mummy
Researchers at the University and elsewhere recently helped the St. Louis Science Center probe the mysteries of a baby mummy. The mummy, part of the Science Center’s collection of artifacts for two decades, went on permanent public display on March 15 in conjunction with the arrival of an IMAX film on mummies.
The Writing Program to present “Publishing Weekend” April 6 and 7
Washington University’s Writing Program in Arts & Sciences will present a two-day “Publishing Weekend” April 6 and 7. The event will focus on various aspects of the publishing industry and will include talks and panel discussions with publishers, editors, authors and agents from both mainstream and independent presses.
Social activist, educator and one of the “Little Rock Nine,” Minnijean Brown Trickey will present “Return to Little Rock”
Social activist, educator and one of the “Little Rock Nine,” Minnijean Brown Trickey will present “Return to Little Rock” for the Women’s Society annual Adele Starbird Lecture at the Assembly Series on April 11 in Graham Chapel.
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