Encouraging interdisciplinary study
Photo by Kevin LowderGraduate students interested in pursuing a joint degree were able to collect information on the University’s graduate programs at a Nov. 29 event.
That’s a wrap
Photo by Mary ButkusThe WUSTL community “adopted” 133 families in need this holiday season, donating numerous items through the Give Thanks Give Back campaign.
Genetic diversity in jocote trees is saved by growing them locally
They’ve done this by taking the plants out of the forest, their wild habitat, and growing them close to home for family and local consumption.
Of note
Chenyang Lu, Ph.D.,
Weixong Zhang, Ph.D.,
Ervin Y. Rodin, Ph.D.,
R. Martin Arthur, Ph.D.,
Da-Ren Chen, Ph.D.,
and more…
Grant helps Center for Social Development invest in poor
The recent $2.5 million grant will support the creation of a permanent endowment for the center directed by Michael W. Sherraden.
ITeach symposium to open the doors of technology
ITeach is a collection of resources around the topic of teaching with technology; the symposium is Jan. 12 in Eads Hall, with a workshop and support day to follow.
Just a little off the top
Photo by Kevin LowderSophomore Betsy Nichols participated in the recent Locks of Love event in Mallinckrodt Student Center.
Researchers identify bipolar disorder in preschoolers
Mania can be confused with ADHD.Child psychiatry researchers at the School of Medicine have identified a small group of preschoolers who appear to suffer from bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness. The researchers reported they had identified key symptoms that distinguish bipolar disorder from other problems in very young children. Diagnosing bipolar disorder in childhood can be difficult because the manic phase of the illness can be confused with the more common attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Adult children in the dark about aging parents
So you think you know what your parents want? A psychologist at Washington University in St. Louis is conducting research that shows two adult siblings may have radically different views on what their parents would want. In fact, he says that a random stranger might have the same chance at guessing parental wishes as some children would.
New imaging technique stands brain injury research on its head
Mechanical engineers at Washington University in St. Louis and their collaborators have devised a technique on humans that for the first time shows just what the brain does when the skull accelerates. What they’ve done is use a technique originally developed to measure cardiac deformation to image deformation in human subjects during repeated mild head decelerations.
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