Lorenzo Carcaterra to read Sept. 22-23
CarcaterraLorenzo Carcaterra, author of The New York Times bestseller Sleepers, will launch the 2003-04 Center for the Humanities’ Writers Series with a pair of events Sept. 22 and 23. A former reporter for The New York Daily News, Carcaterra is also the author of Street Boys, and currently serves as a writer and producer for NBC’s Law & Order.
Declan Kiberd to speak Sept. 9 and 11
KiberdDeclan Kiberd, one of the world’s preeminent scholars of modern Irish literature, will launch Washington University’s fall Writing Program Reading Series in Arts & Sciences with a pair of talks Sept. 9 and 11.
Volunteers needed for 150th Birthday Party
Thousands are expected to visit the campuses for the all-day celebration, but volunteers are needed to help welcome the guests.
This Week In WUSTL History
This feature will run in each 2003-04 issue of the Record as part of the observance of Washington University’s 150th anniversary.
Football players receive preseason honors
The University’s football season has yet to officially begin but the accolades have already started to pile in, as sophomore wide receiver Brad Duesing and junior defensive back John Woock were named to the Division III Pre-Season All-America team as chosen by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette. Woock was named to the second-team after picking up […]
Biofilms may be responsible for recurring bladder infections
Researchers’ findings offer an explanation for recurrent urinary tract infections and why the body’s defenses or antibiotic treatments often don’t cure them.
A learning opportunity: New Student Orientation
The Class of 2007 has barely set foot on campus, and these students already have homework. Fortunately, it’s more stimulating than it is stressful. A new initiative for New Student Orientation 2003, which runs through Aug. 26, is a program called “Faculty Perspectives,” which gives freshmen the opportunity to engage in a lively discussion with […]
Picturing our Past
Professor and Chief of Surgery Fred T. Murphy performs the first operation, an appendectomy, at Barnes Hospital on Dec. 14, 1915. Five years earlier, the School of Medicine, which was established in 1891, had entered into an agreement with Barnes Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital that allowed the medical school to conduct clinical research […]
Don’t drop the ball on test scores
David KilperMiddle-school mathematics teachers met this summer to strengthen curricula thanks to the University’s Science Outreach program.
Hollywood comes to St. Louis
Joe AngelesRick Larsen served as athletic trainer on the set of a soccer movie that was filmed in St. Louis this summer.
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