Music industry panel provides road map to top of the charts
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25th annual Pow Wow April 4
While the location of the annual Pow Wow is changing this year, the tradition and excitement are not. The
25th annual Pow Wow, a festival of American Indian cultures at
Washington University in St. Louis, will be held Saturday, April 4, at
the Dunham Student Activity Center on the campus of nearby Fontbonne University.
Medical researchers receive NIH grant for summer institute program
D.C. Rao, PhD, and Victor G. Davila-Roman, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have received a four-year, $1.28 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a program titled “PRIDE Summer Institute in Cardiovascular Genetic Epidemiology.”
High-tech method allows rapid imaging of functions in living brain
Using a new high-speed, high-resolution imaging method, Lihong Wang, PhD, and his team at Washington University in St. Louis were able to see blood flow, blood oxygenation, oxygen metabolism and other functions inside a living mouse brain at faster rates than ever before.
Graduate students receive heart association fellowships
Zeynep Yurtsever, a biochemistry graduate student, and Daniel Kober, a microbiology graduate student, both in the laboratory of Thomas Brett, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have received two-year, $52,000 fellowships from the American Heart Association.
Academy of Science-St. Louis honors Washington University researchers
Six researchers at Washington University are being honored as outstanding scientists by the Academy of Science-St. Louis. University recipients are faculty members Ralph Quatrano, Jennifer K. Lodge, Samuel Achilefu, Charles M. Hohenberg, Gautam Dantas and Steven Teitelbaum (right), who received a lifetime achievement award.
Faculty and staff invited to give to Our Washington campaign
Since the quiet phase of the campaign began in 2009, some 39 percent of Washington University’s faculty and staff – nearly 5,000 employees so far – have contributed $33.4 million to the campaign. That money helps to fund scholarships, supports academic and scientific initiatives, advances learning and enhances facilities.
Big data allows computer engineers to find genetic clues in humans
Big data: It’s a term we read and hear about often, but can be hard to grasp. Computer scientists at Washington University in St. Louis’ School of Engineering & Applied Science tackled some big data about an important protein and discovered its connection in human history as well as clues about its role in complex neurological diseases.
Washington University develops genetic test for inherited kidney diseases
Panel discussion: ‘Women in the Art World’ March 31
