Newsroom Stories

Nine faculty members give their opinions regarding what they heard, or didn’t hear, during the second presidential debate.

Robert Richards, a prominent expert on Darwin and evolutionary theory, will present a lecture titled “Did Ernst Haeckel Commit Fraud in Defending Darwin’s Theory,” on Oct. 21 as part of the Assembly Series. Richards conducts research and teaches in the history and philosophy of biology and psychology.

Debate week was an exciting time; check out the sights from around the University.

Thomas Kilroy, one of Ireland’s most distinguished playwrights, and author Adrian Frazier will present A Weekend of Irish Drama at Washington University Oct. 22 and 23. At 4 p.m. Friday, Oct 22, Kilroy and Frazier will speak on contemporary Irish drama. At 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, both writers will be present for a dramatic reading of Kilroy’s most recently produced play, The Shape of Metal.

This year marks the 50th and 100th anniversaries, respectively, of the deaths of Charles Ives and Antonín Dvořák. At 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, more than 20 St. Louis musicians — drawn largely from the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Washington University’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences — will present A Chamber Music Concert Celebrating Anniversaries of Antonín Dvořák and Charles Ives. The concert will feature songs and rarely performed works by Ives and Dvorák’s beloved “Serenade for Winds in D minor.”

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are seeking inner-city children and adolescents for a national asthma study. General asthma rates have been steadily rising, but the most dramatic increases have occurred among urban youth.

About 65 percent of people with diabetes die of heart- and circulation-related complications, yet standard therapies are not always effective in this population. The school just received a new type of grant through the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Roadmap for Medical Research initiative to plan a multidisciplinary center dedicated to this complex medical challenge.

The following is a sampling of news stories about the debate at Washington University.

SternThe eyes may well be the window to the soul, but they also are indicators of the mind’s condition. People who have watched the presidential and vice-presidential debates earlier this month and preparing for the final debate on Oct. 13 could gather clues to the candidates’ state of mind by watching the candidates’ eyes. According to John Stern, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, and pioneer of blinking research, there is solid evidence that people blink frequently at points in time when they momentarily stop taking in and processing information.

Browse and download images of the 2004 Presidential Debate at Washignton University in St. Louis. Flash 7 or higher is required.