Newsroom Stories

Devin DeWeese, Ph.D., a noted scholar of Islam in Asia, will discuss “Survival Strategies: Interpreting Islam in Central Asia, Past and Present” at 11 a.m. March 30 in Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge.

A group headed by a School of Medicine researcher has found that two anti-epileptic drugs can prevent permanent hearing loss in mice exposed to loud noises.

Recent alumna Carolyn Kras’ historical drama “Highness,” winner of the 2006 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition, receives its world premiere March 29.

April 2-8, students will perform “365 Plays/365 Days” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, part of a yearlong grassroots festival of more than 600 theater companies, arts organizations and universities across the nation.

Photo by Joe Angeles(Front row from left) McDonnell International Scholars Academy scholars Woosung Kim, Ryotaro Kato, Hong Min Park, Ziyan Zhang, Qing Nian and others walk past the U.S. Capitol Building during a recent tour of Washington. The group of 18 recent graduates from Asia’s top research universities now pursuing advanced academic work at WUSTL visited the nation’s capital March 22-25.

Belly fat may be an important promoter of the inflammation that plays a role in diabetes, heart disease and other disorders, School of Medicine researchers find.

The baseball team went 4-0 last week at home. WUSTL (17-4) swept Clarke College in a doubleheader March 23, taking Game 1, 8-6, before wrapping up the day with a 9-4 win. Senior Andy Shields moved up to fifth place on the Bears’ career- wins list with his fifth complete game of the year in […]

Nearly all of the 51 residents of Millbrook Building Two have returned to their apartments after a grease fire broke out in a kitchen about 1:40 p.m. March 24 forcing their evacuation. The only apartment still unoccupied is the one in which the fire occurred.

The first round of Washington University’s Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition is complete and six semi-finalists are now in the running for $120,000 in funding. Also, three additional teams remain to compete for the $5,000 prize awarded to a student who has founded or supported a team. Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on May 3, 2007.

Eating fish may help reduce the risk for dementia.Nutritionists have long endorsed fish as part of a heart-healthy diet, and now some studies suggest that omega-3 fatty acids found in the oil of certain fish may also benefit the brain by lowering the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In order to test whether docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid, can impact the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at the School of Medicine and Saint Louis University School of Medicine will evaluate DHA in a clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA).