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Bryan Stevenson, JD, prominent death penalty defense attorney and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, kicks off the second half of the School of Law’s 13th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series Thursday, Feb. 3, with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture on “Poverty, Incarceration, and Injustice in America.” The yearlong series “Access to Justice: The Social Responsibility of Lawyers” brings to WUSTL prominent experts in such areas as civil rights, racial justice, the death penalty, social justice, clinical legal education and free speech.

A study by Washington University researchers has raised safety concerns about an investigational approach to treating cancer. The strategy takes aim at a key signaling pathway, called Notch, involved in the formation of new blood vessels that feed tumor growth.

Universe Today
 7 years of opportunity on Mars and a science bonanza
 01/25/2011 Jan. 24, 2011 marks the 7th anniversary of the safe landing of the Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover (MER). Opportunity will soon celebrate another remarkable milestone — 2500 Sols, or Martian days, roving the red planet. Together with her twin sister Spirit, the […]

In a marriage of two disciplines that don’t often overlap — politics and medicine — a study by Matthew Gabel, PhD, professor of political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, finds that group consensus is an effective method for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease.

A workhorse of modern biology is sick, and scientists couldn’t be happier. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions have found that the nematode C. elegans, a millimeter-long worm used extensively for decades to study many aspects of biology, gets naturally occurring viral infections.

Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration at Washington University in St. Louis, will participate on a panel to discuss strategies for economic development in the St. Louis region in the second installation of St. Louis Great Debates at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, at the Missouri History Museum.

Do you know a Washington University staff member who goes above and beyond to help students, faculty or others in the WUSTL community? Help the university recognize that staff member’s efforts by nominating him or her for the Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award.

Washington University students, faculty and staff can show their commitment to sustainability by taking the WUSTL Sustainability Pledge at SustainabilityPledge.wustl.edu. The pledge asks those who sign it to live more sustainably at their workplace, school and home by reducing personal energy consumption, producing less waste, conserving resources and recycling.

Dear members of the Washington University community, Washington University is committed to reducing the impact it and others have on the environment through our operational and research initiatives. But to become a truly sustainable community, WUSTL needs help from you — our students, faculty and staff. We invite you to make a commitment to sustainability […]

Each year, the Washington University in St. Louis community has the opportunity to hear presentations by public intellectuals, historians, authors, prominent academics and major figures in today’s cultural milieu thanks to the acclaimed Assembly Series. This spring’s lineup includes CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien and 11 other renowned speakers coming to the WUSTL campus.