Dialing changes on Medical Campus and at BJC facilities coming this fall
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Snapshots 7.20.15: First drafts, first look
Images captured in and around the Washington University campuses.
Two Washington University faculty named Pew scholars
The Pew Charitable Trusts have named two early-career faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis among their Pew scholars in the biomedical sciences. They are Qin Liu, PhD, of the School of Medicine, and Gary J. Patti, PhD, of Arts & Sciences.
WashU Expert: 12 tips for parents of new college students
Freshman year of college can be a time of excitement and discovery, but it also is a period of ambivalence, sadness and doubt — and not just for students. Parents also struggle as their child transitions to college. Karen Levin Coburn, senior consultant in residence at Washington University in St. Louis and co-author of the acclaimed book, “Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years,” offers 12 tips – six for now, six for later – that every parent of a new college student should know.
WashU Expert: Poverty’s most insidious damage is to a child’s brain
A study published July 20 in JAMA Pediatrics provides even more compelling evidence that growing up in poverty has detrimental effects on a child’s brain. Dealing with this must become “our top public health priority,” writes the School of Medicine’s Joan Luby, MD, in an accompanying editorial.
Bateman receives MetLife Award for Alzheimer’s research
Randall J. Bateman, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne
Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology at the
School of Medicine, has received a MetLife Foundation Award
for Medical Research. Bateman, a leader in Alzheimer’s disease research, is the university’s fifth researcher to receive the prize.
Morgan receives set design award from St. Louis Theater Circle
Robert Mark Morgan, senior lecturer in drama in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received the 2015 St. Louis Theater Circle award for outstanding set design in a musical for “Seussical” at the Muny.
Obituary: Frank K. Flinn, religious freedom advocate, religious movements scholar, 76
Frank K. Flinn, PhD, an outspoken expert on religious freedom and the constitutional rights of fringe religious groups, died Saturday, July 4,2015. He was 76.
Savoie teaches lighting class at international conference
Sean M. Savoie, senior lecturer in drama and coordinator of the design-technical theater program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, taught a professional development class at the Entertainment Technology New Zealand Inc. (ETNZ) 2015 Conference: “Big Steps Forward.”
Device delivers drugs to brain via remote control
