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.
Obituary: Trustee Holman
The retired chair and chief executive officer of Mallinckrodt Inc. died Nov. 4 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
Program helps older adults with low vision live independently
Perlmutter (left) checks the lighting at a work area of client Gay Hirsch, who has low vision.Monica Perlmutter is taking her “show on the road” to help older adults with low vision live independently in their homes. Nearly 4 million adults age 65 and older have visual impairment severe enough to interfere with daily activities. Macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, inoperable cataracts and glaucoma are leading causes of low vision.
Daughter of Gresham residents named Harbison faculty fellow at Washington University in St. Louis
Lori Watt, Ph.D., assistant professor of history and of International and Area Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named the fourth Earle H. and Suzanne S. Harbison Faculty Fellow. The fellowship provides research and teaching support for three years to a talented junior faculty member in Arts & Sciences.
Detection of breast cancer recurrence possible with simple blood test
Detecting breast cancer recurrence with a simple blood testPhysicians treating women with breast cancer recognize the need for a specific and sensitive method to monitor disease recurrence, so they should be encouraged by a new study that describes a biomarker that seems to fill those criteria. Researchers at the School of Medicine have shown that mammaglobin, a protein secreted by breast tumor cells, can readily be detected in the blood serum of patients with metastatic breast cancer using an inexpensive, reliable clinical test.
Lori Watt named fourth Harbison Faculty Fellow at Washington University
Lori Watt, Ph.D., assistant professor of history and of International and Area Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named the fourth Earle H. and Suzanne S. Harbison Faculty Fellow. The fellowship provides research and teaching support for three years to a talented junior faculty member in Arts & Sciences.
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