“Big picture” of brain changes may be crucial to recovery from stroke injury
A study of patients who have difficulty paying attention to the left side of their environment has provided some of the first direct evidence that brain injury can cause detrimental functional changes in brain regions far from the site of the actual injury.
Nobel Laureate Kenneth Arrow discusses economics of new malarial drugs, Oct. 21
Nobel Laureate Kenneth J. Arrow will discuss “The Economics of New Antimalarial Drugs” at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Bryan Cave Courtroom, Anheuser-Busch Hall. Arrow, a longtime professor of economics at Stanford University, recently chaired a National Institute of Medicine committee that issued a report titled “Saving Lives, Buying Time: Economics of Malaria Drugs in an Age of Resistance.” Malaria, along with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, is one of the big three global killers of the world’s poorest people.
Building a new approach to medicine
Designed to bring together great scientific minds in a comfortable, productive atmosphere, the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center became the new focal point at the School of Medicine in August. Read more about the $35 million state-of-the-art facility in the following St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.
Fish in ponds benefit flowering plants
A team of researchers has shown a correlation between the presence of fish in ponds and well-pollinated St. John’s wort.
Lending a hand
Photo by David KilperStudents volunteered to help organizers prepare for the Missouri Botanical Garden’s annual Best of Missouri Market.
Singing for the South
Photo by Kevin Lowder”Sounds of the South,” a hurricane-relief benefit concert, was hosted by the School of Social Work’s student body Sept. 30.
An artist’s touch
Photo by David KilperT.L. Solien, who was recently in residence at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, works with Lisa Bulawsky and Tom Reed.
Trustees elect David P. Conner as new member
In other action, the trustees received a detailed report from Chancellor Wrighton on the status of numerous University matters and initiatives.
Could hunter-gatherers have been more sophisticated than we once thought?
Based upon research done in northeastern Louisiana, anthropology’s T.R. Kidder thinks the traditional viewpoint could be completely wrong.
Sports
Women runners claim third title of year The women’s cross country team claimed its third team title of the season, while the men finished seventh at the Border War Invitational. The meet was hosted by the University of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. The No. 1-ranked women tallied 78 points to claim the title, while DePauw University finished […]
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