Newsroom Stories

Whether on a battlefield, in a factory or at a rock concert, noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most common hazards people face. Jianxin Bao, PhD, and other researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a low-dose, two-drug cocktail that reduces hearing loss in mice when given before they are exposed to loud noise.

Lock & Chain member Chris Wilburn, a sophomore dressed as George Washington, takes a ride around the Danforth Campus in a horse-drawn buggy Feb 21 as part of the annual George Washington Week activities.

Members of the Center Aisle Caucus, U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.), U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) and U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) will discuss “A Vision for Civility” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in the main dining room of the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center at Washington University in St. Louis.

Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina) Missing Thomas Jefferson books found 2/22/2011 Seventy-four books that belonged to former US president Thomas Jefferson were found at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri. Link to Article See also Los Angeles Times, MSN India, Taiwan News, CBS News, Forbes MarketPlace | American Public Radio Apple shareholders curious about succession plan […]

Junior Chris Dorst orders lunch from WUSTL Dining Services employee Kenya Dampier at a new campus dining location, Stanley’s in Lopata Gallery, on the eatery’s opening day, Feb. 14. Stanley’s — which is located in Stanley and Lucy Lopata Hall — features table and lounge seating and computer stations.

Adeetee Bhide, a senior majoring in biology in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a prestigious Churchill Scholarship. Each year, only 14 Churchill Scholars are selected from among 103 American colleges and universities. Bhide also is just the second WUSTL student to have ever won a Churchill.

To help runners reach their potential, the Program in Physical Therapy at Washington University School of Medicine has launched a running clinic to diagnose movement problems and promote the most efficient running mechanics for each runner.

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is among the most celebrated Irish poets of her generation and arguably the foremost female poet today writing in Ireland and Great Britain. Next week, Ní Chuilleanáin, the Visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Washington University’s Department of English in Arts & Sciences, will present two events as part of The Writing Program’s spring Reading Series 

The New York Times
 Books from Jefferson’s library turn up after more than a century
 02/22/2011 A literary detective story that began 18 months ago and was advanced through a chance reading of an 1880 edition of The Harvard Register has led researchers to a trove of books that were among the last ones collected […]

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation and Washington University in St. Louis announced the discovery by Monticello scholars that a collection of books, long held in the libraries at WUSTL, originally were part of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library.