New map of variations in genetic code to facilitate personalized medicine
This pushes biomedical science a large step closer to the era when analysis of patient DNA will provide important guidance to diagnosis and treatment.
Browning to address Holocaust denial
How ordinary Germans came to accept the wholesale massacre of Jewish people is a central theme in Browning’s pioneering scholarship.
Mobile mammography goes digital thanks to grant to Siteman Center
A van with digital mammography equipment will travel to Missouri regions with a high prevalence of breast cancers detected at an advanced stage.
Diversity Initiative Retreat
Photo by David KilperMorehouse College President Walter Massey (left) greets Dean Robert E. Thach at the Oct. 15 Diversity Initiative Retreat at the Knight Center.
Performing Arts Department to present Escape From Happiness
The darkly comic portrait of a highly idiosyncratic family by Canadian playwright George Walker is directed by Senior Lecturer William Whitaker.
Social work lecture series to begin Nov. 10
It’s an “opportunity to present the latest social work research from around the world to our students, faculty and the community,” says organizer Barbara Levin.
Sports
Women runners claim UAA championship The No. 4 women’s cross country team won its fourth straight UAA Championship Oct. 29 at the meet hosted by Carnegie Mellon University. The 18th-ranked men finished fourth. Junior Elizabeth Herndon won the women’s 6K race in 22:07.40. This is the third consecutive year that a Bears runner has claimed […]
Airport shuttle offered for holiday travelers
Faculty, students and staff can purchase a $10 ticket for round-trip transportation between the Hilltop Campus and Lambert airport.
Lab mice sing in the presence of mates, researchers find
The finding adds mice to the roster of creatures that croon in the presence of the opposite sex, including songbirds, whales and some insects.
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SITI Company to stage Death and the Ploughman at Edison
Theatrical pioneer Anne Bogart will bring the first American stage production of this early German Renaissance classic to WUSTL Nov. 11-12.
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