Heart responds to fasting by remodeling mitochondria
The power generators appear to remodel and consume extra internal walls or membranes in an effort to supply energy to the rest of the cell.
Olin Cup entrepreneurship contest winners named; Luminomics is 1st
The Olin School of Business awarded a total of $70,000 in seed investment capital to two startup businesses.
Research finds differences in gene usage dramatically change bacteria’s ‘lifestyles’
Scientists found significant differences in two bacterial organisms’ use of a gene linked to processes that govern a form of antibiotic resistance.
Seeing it through to completion
For Bart Hamilton, it’s all about the questions. It’s the quest for answers that drives Hamilton, the Robert Brookings Smith Distinguished Professor in Entrepreneurship for the Olin School of Business, to teach, research and mentor.
A professor of economics, management and entrepreneurship at Olin School since 1996, Hamilton jams his time between classes with researching, mentoring students and junior faculty, and taking care of his 11-month-old twins, Bogdan and Nina.
“I love doing research. I come to work every day challenged,” Hamilton says. “This is the best job in the world.”
Cooper honored by British surgical society
He has been awarded an honorary fellowship in the internationally recognized Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Mental-health center earns advanced designation
The Center for Mental Health Services Research in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work will celebrate its new designation Jan. 11.
Check-mate it out
Photo by Robert BostonAn art show Nov. 18 at the Bernard Becker Medical Library’s King Center benefitted the Center of Creative Arts’ Urban Arts Program in St. Louis.
Detjen named University trustee
At its Dec. 3 meeting, the Board of Trustees heard a presentation on career planning and placement by James E. McLeod and John A. Berg.
Sports
Swimmers, divers shatter school records The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams continued their strong performances at the Wheaton College Invitational. The women broke two more school records on the final day of competition, bringing their two-day total to six, en route to a third-place finish at the Invitational. The women posted 591 points, […]
Martin Luther King’s legacy honored via campus events
“Be the Change” is the theme of the University’s annual celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr. at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 in Graham Chapel. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will begin the program with a welcome and remarks. The evening will include performances by Vashon High School’s drum line, the YMCA Boys Choir, the University’s Vision […]
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