Saving lifestyles a knee at a time
The receiver leaps for the ball just as a defensive player leaps toward the receiver. As both players crumple to the turf, Matthew J. Matava, M.D., leaps into action. Matava, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and co-chief of the Sports Medicine Service at the School of Medicine, is the head team physician for the St. […]
Obituary: Kayes, clinical associate professor
He died of complications from leukemia Oct. 27 at his home in Clayton; he was 76.
Sze to speak on the craft of poetry Nov. 17
He is the author of eight books of poetry, including The Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998, a finalist for the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.
Nobel confab
Photo by Mary ButkusNobel Prize-winning economists Kenneth Arrow and Douglass North chat on the occasion of Arrow’s presentation at the University Oct. 21.
Rome-based jazz quartet Cyclo to play at Steinberg Nov. 19
They will perform a concert of original compositions and improvisations at 8 p.m. Nov. 19 in Steinberg Auditorium.
WUSTL Trustee Holman dies
The retired chair and chief executive officer of Mallinckrodt Inc. died Nov. 4 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
New therapeutic target identified in inherited brain tumor disorder
Researchers showed that fumagillin slowed rapid proliferation of cultured mouse brain cells that resulted from the loss of the gene Nf1.
Graduate students tabbed again to host leadership conference
WUSTL and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation will convene the 2nd National Conference on Graduate Student Leadership.
Childhood surgery saves those with cancer gene
A new study shows it is best to take out the thyroid before a child turns 8 years old to guarantee a life free of thyroid cancer.
Distinguished faculty honored
Photo by Joe AngelesKaren L. Tokarz, professor of law, receives a Distinguished Faculty Award from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton at the Founders Day celebration Nov. 5.
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