Newsroom Stories

Listed below are this month’s featured news stories. • Is field turf safe? (week of Feb. 2) • Heart surgery and depression (week of Feb. 9) • Reversing Alzheimer’s in mice (week of Feb. 16) • Age affects cervical cancer treatments (week of Feb. 23)

Erin Brooks, a graduate student in musicology in Washington University’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, will speak on “Patriotic Fervor in Places West: The Role and Meaning of ‘Victory Songs’ and Sing-Alongs in World War I-Era St. Louis” at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11.

The Mike Karpowics Group will perform from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, as part of Washington University’s spring Jazz at Holmes series.

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 […]

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. […]

The special one-night-only concert will be at 8 p.m. Feb. 12 as part of the OVATIONS! Series.

Courtesy PhotoMore than 500 people attended Elysium at Seven, the first all-University graduate student exhibition.

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 […]

He was in a group that formed the separate Department of Anthropology in 1967 and was appointed chair that year.

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 […]