WUSTL faculty member part of national initiative to change undergraduate education in biology
On September 7 the Partnership for Undergraduate Life
Sciences Education (PULSE) announced that Kathryn Miller, PhD, professor
and chair of biology at Washington University in St. Louis has been
selected as one of 40 Vision and Change Leadership Fellows. Over the
next year the Vision and Change Leadership Fellows will consider and
then recommend models for improving undergraduate life-sciences
education.
Protein critical to gut lining repair
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine
in St. Louis have identified a protein essential to repairing the
intestine’s inner lining.
Work, Families and Public Policy series begins Sept. 10
Faculty
and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest
in labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are invited
to take part in a series of Monday brown-bag luncheon seminars to be
held biweekly on the Danforth Campus at Washington University in St.
Louis beginning Monday, Sept. 10, through Monday, Dec. 3.
Macias to conclude 25-year tenure as chief academic officer
Edward S. Macias, PhD, who has served as Washington University’s chief academic officer for the past 25 years, has announced that he will step down from his position as provost and executive vice chancellor June 30, 2013.
VIDEO: Brown School students start off year ‘walking the walk’
Before classes began at the Brown School, students, faculty and staff went out into the St. Louis area Aug. 25 for the annual Brown School Community Service Day. A video captures the program at Gateway Greening, one of 21 area agencies for which students, faculty and staff provided service. “It’s nice to start off the year ‘walking the walk,’” says Melissa Jonson-Reid, PhD, professor at the Brown School.
Study in mice suggests sleep problems may be early sign of Alzheimer’s
Sleep disruptions may be among the earliest indicators
of the start of Alzheimer’s disease, scientists at Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis report this week in Science
Translational Medicine. David M. Holtzman, MD, the Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones Professor and
head of the Department of Neurology, is the study’s author.
Health KARE
Take a deep breath. Smooth your brow. Raise your hands and stomp your feet. It’s time to talk about art. Welcome to Kemper Art Reaches Everyone (KARE), a new arts engagement program designed for people with early-onset to moderate Alzheimer’s.
Shedding light on childhood cancer
Cancer is the second leading cause of death among children ages 1-14 and will affect over 12,000 families in the United States this year alone. To increase awareness, September is designated Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with Wednesday, Sept. 12, pegged as Childhood Cancer Awareness Day. WUSTL researchers Kimberly J. Johnson, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School and Todd Druley , MD, PhD, pediatric oncologist and assistant professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, are working to alleviate childhood cancer.
George Will lecture scheduled for tonight at Washington University has been rescheduled
Due to pre-election media responsibilities, George Will, who was to present the Fall keynote lecture for the John H. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University tonight, has rescheduled this event for 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 4, Graham Chapel.
Wang receives $3.8 million NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
Lihong Wang, PhD, the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering has received an National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award to explore novel imaging techniques using light that promise significant improvements in biomedical imaging and light therapy.
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