‘Gender, Human Rights and Islam’ panel discussion
A panel discussion titled “Gender, Human Rights and Islam,” featuring Shaheen S. Ali, visiting professor in the School of Law, will be held at 4:15 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Ali will present “Application of Islamic Law in Diasporic Communities: A Feminist Perspective.” Ali is a professor of […]
Campus Watch
The following incidents were reported to University Police Dec. 8, 2004-Feb. 1, 2005. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Jan. 21 2:27 p.m. […]
‘World to Come’: Cellist Maya Beiser to perform at Edison
The special one-night-only concert will be at 8 p.m. Feb. 12 as part of the OVATIONS! Series.
Graduate student exhibition
Courtesy PhotoMore than 500 people attended Elysium at Seven, the first all-University graduate student exhibition.
Assembly Series: Kerrey to deliver Stein Lecture in Ethics Feb. 8
Robert Kerrey, president of New School University, 9-11 commissioner and former U.S. senator from Nebraska, will deliver the Stein Lecture in Ethics as part of the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Feb. 8 in Graham Chapel. His talk, “Uncovering the Truth in a Democratic Society,” will focus on his work with the 9-11 Commission. After […]
Obituary: John W. Bennett, founder and first chair of anthropology, 89
He was in a group that formed the separate Department of Anthropology in 1967 and was appointed chair that year.
Treating the whole patient
Sometimes, the innocence of youth is captured in a moment; other times, in a place. For Abby S. Hollander, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, that place was — and is — summer camp. While growing up, Hollander spent many summers as a camper and counselor at Camp New Moon, tucked among pine trees in the […]
‘Green’ award goes to earth & planetary building
Designated a “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” structure, only one other in the St. Louis area has received this recognition.
John W. Bennett Obituary
John W. Bennett, Ph.D., founder and first chair of the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences, died Feb. 1 at Alexian Brothers Landsdowne Village in St. Louis. He was 89.
School achievement higher for children in nuclear families than for children in blended or single-parent families
Family structure may have an effect on educational outcomes.Educational outcomes of children in stable blended families are substantially worse than those of children reared in traditional nuclear families, according to a study published in the most recent issue of the journal Demography. Both stepchildren and their half-siblings who are the joint children of both parents achieved at similar levels, well below those of traditional nuclear families where all the children are the joint offspring of both parents, according to economists Donna Ginther of the University of Kansas and Robert Pollak of Washington University in St. Louis.
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