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It gives public-school teachers an opportunity to re-experience the passion of American history as told through primary sources.

The St. Louis Children’s Hospital Child Development Center, which provides quality care and learning enhancement programs at the School of Medicine, has openings for all age groups at both locations. There are immediate openings for kids over 2, and a wait list for infants and toddlers. The center offers year-round flexible programming. Children of employees […]

FieldTurf is being installed as the new playing surface of historic Francis Field, the home of the University football and men’s and women’s soccer teams. The FieldTurf will replace the natural grass that has been on Francis Field since its inception in 1904. The project began in early June and is expected to be completed […]

She was awarded the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, the Yale University Graduate School’s highest honor, at its commencement ceremonies.

The new center is an interdepartmental, interdisciplinary and University-wide program located adjacent to the Genome Sequencing Center.

William P. Bottom of the Olin School of Business will be formally installed as professorship’s first holder at a later date.

H. pylori bound to stomach tissueScientists working to develop a vaccine for the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, the primary cause of ulcers and a contributor to stomach cancers, have uncovered new intricacies in the way the bacterium sticks to the lining of the human stomach.

Joyce and Howard Wood, both alumni of the John M. Olin School of Business, have created the Joyce and Howard Wood Distinguished Professorship in Business. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced the gift of $1.7 million, which has been augmented with $300,000 from the University’s Sesquicentennial Endowed Professorship Challenge. William P. Bottom, Ph.D., will be formally installed as the first holder of this professorship at a later date.

Scientists have known for years that eating less tends to make animals live longer, but no one is quite sure why. Several School of Medicine researchers studying the effects of caloric restriction on humans may help provide an answer to that question. This story was written by Tina Hesman and published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The following are Washington People profiles of medical faculty and staff that have appeared in the weekly Record university newspaper. Nada Abumrad Dora E. Angelaki Reina Armamento-Villareal Jacques Baenziger Laura Jean Bierut Melvin S. Blanchard Keith E. Brandt Daniel Brennan Virginia Buckles Mario Castro William C. Chapman Michael Chicoine Koong-Nah Chung J. Perren Cobb Lynn […]