Newsroom Stories

The School of Medicine is one of several academic medical centers studying a scanning system to better diagnose prostate cancer.

Internationally acclaimed conductor and music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson, will present a talk for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m., Wednesday, September 20 in Graham Chapel. To promote the orchestra, Arts & Sciences is offering free tickets to WUSTL students for the September 21 concert.

The community forum, to be held 7:45-10:45 a.m. Sept. 22 on campus, will explore the project’s impact on residents and businesses.

A dilemma: You’ve just listened to the Assembly Series speaker and want to continue the discussion. But you’re hungry too. What can you do? You can sign up for the new Post-Assembly Series Students’ Discussion.

Author Patrick Ryan — whose debut novel, Send Me, was published earlier this year — will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, for The Writing Program Reading Series.

Nathan Dardick, a 1971 Arts & Sciences’ alumnus, visited campus this past May for two very important reasons: to participate in this son’s graduation, and to dedicate a dormitory in his name.

Anthropologist Erik Trinkaus argues that “in the broader sweep of human evolution, the more unusual group is not Neandertals, but it’s us — Modern Humans.”

Renowned saxophonist Willie Akins will launch the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences’ fall Jazz at Holmes series with a special outdoor performance in Brookings Quadrangle. The event, titled “Jazz in the Quad,” is free and open to the public and begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14.

Robertson, a champion of young musicians, has devoted time throughout his career to work with students and young artists.

The transition to college is a time when students assume primary responsibility for their health, said Alan I. Glass, M.D., director of the Habif Health and Wellness Center on campus.