Variation in gene increases risk for alcoholism
A team of researchers led by School of Medicine investigators is leading families in a national study called the “Collaborative Study of the Genetics of Alcoholism.”
Wrighton reaffirms WUSTL’s commitment to diversity, inclusiveness
On MLK Day Jan. 16, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton addressed WUSTL’s continuing efforts to strengthen diversity, improve gender balance and be more inclusive & accepting.
Preferred treatment method for advanced ovarian cancer announced
The National Cancer Institute has issued an announcement encouraging a regimen with anticancer drugs via two methods after surgery.
Obituary: Carlson, Olin School professor emeritus
He died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006, while undergoing surgery to treat an infection that had spread throughout his body; he was 82.
Guinier to lead off spring Assembly Series
Other Assembly Series speakers will include Cornel West, Super Size Me filmmaker Morgan Spurlock and WUSTL faculty members William Gass and Wayne Fields.
WUSTL sets 2006-07 tuition, fees, room and board
Undergraduate tuition will total $32,800 for the 2006-07 academic year — a $1,700 (5.5 percent) increase over the 2005-06 academic year tuition.
Access to justice speaker series continues Jan. 25
Among the goals of the series are to highlight the professional responsibilities of law students and lawyers to provide access to justice.
The ouchless ER doctor
At one time, pediatric emergency medicine physician Robert M. “Bo” Kennedy, M.D., could guess, without even looking, how many patients were waiting for treatment in the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. The loud cries of these frightened children, many of them in pain, always tipped him off. With his trademark intensity, Kennedy decided they […]
‘Work, Families and Public Policy’ to begin Jan. 23
Held biweekly through May 1 at WUSTL, the series features one-hour presentations on research interests of faculty from local and national universities.
It’s official
Photo by Mary ButkusThe American Physical Society has designated Washington University as a site of historical significance to physics.
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