Newsroom Stories

The former special assistant to the chancellor — “a wonderful person who made us all better” — died May 17 of cancer.

Some people with diabetes struggle with ulcers forming on the bottom of their feet; worse yet, many of these ulcers come back after treatment.

Glucocorticoids are critical for treating many afflictions; research now reveals why these commonly used drugs have such dangerous side effects.

The office recently was reorganized and won the 2003 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence and Pollution Prevention.

Photo by David KilperErik Trinkaus displays a human jawbone found in a Romanian bear hibernation cave.A research team co-directed by Erik Trinkaus has dated a human jawbone from a Romanian bear hibernation cave to between 34,000-36,000 years ago.

The “Work, Families and Public Policy” presentations and discussions will be held biweekly through early December.

Photo by Kimberly LeydigRepresentatives from occupational therapy weigh backpacks to determine if they’re too heavy for children to be carrying.

Photo by Bob BostonTimothy J. Eberlein, director of the Siteman Cancer Center, introduces Lance Armstrong.More than 1,300 people packed into the World’s Fair Pavilion in Forest Park to see Armstrong and his Tour of Hope teammates.

Assessments of the “sickliness” or “health” of land pervade 19th-century settlers’ letters, journals, newspapers and literature.

Anton Chekhov’s late masterwork, The Three Sisters, is considered by many critics to be the finest drama of the 20th century.