Sports are for everyone
Photo by Bill StoverThe University’s men’s and women’s tennis teams recently sponsored a tennis clinic for Special Olympics athletes in Forest Park.
Cass juggles family, work to finish economics degree
A senior department leader at Edward Jones, she started her undergraduate career nearly three decades ago at Marquette University.
Natural power
Photo by David KilperSolar panels were recently installed on the roof of Olin Library as a project done through the University’s Committee on Environmental Quality.
Med students, older adults communicate through art
A program is based on research showing that students who interact with older adults early in their medical training develop better attitudes toward aging.
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Obituary: Rosenberger, senior professor of computer science & engineering
He died May 14 of pancreatic cancer; he earned bachelor’s and doctoral degrees degree in electrical engineering from WUSTL.
Drug may prevent recurrence of depression in diabetics
Controlling depression, by exercise, activity, cognitive therapy or medication, improves the likelihood that blood glucose will be better controlled in patients with diabetes.
Summer @lt;i@gt;Record@lt;/i@gt; production schedule
After this issue, the Record will phase into its monthly summer publication schedule.
Smokers seven times more likely to need jolt from heart devices
Heart patients who smoke and have implanted defibrillators are much more likely to have the devices jolt their hearts back into normal rhythm than nonsmokers with the devices.
Dhanju hopes to be an agent of social change in India
Growing up in 10 states across India, Richa Dhanju saw “immense disparity amongst people and between men and women.” But it wasn’t until she was pursuing an undergraduate degree in philosophy at Lady Sri Ram College for Women in New Delhi that she started examining these differences. “Women’s secondary status and role in the patriarchal […]
Computerized atlas highlights ‘plethora’ of changes in brain disorder
Abnormal folding patterns of the cerebral cortex in Williams Syndrome are displayed on a lateral view (left) and midline view (right) of a ‘surface-based’ atlas.A computerized atlas has brought unprecedented sensitivity to the search for brain structure changes in a genetic condition known as Williams syndrome, revealing 33 abnormalities in the folding of the brain’s surface. The disorder, which occurs in 1 in every 20,000 births, impairs visual and spatial skills but preserves musical ability and sociability.
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