Three Egyptian mummies receive CT scans
Washington University School of Medicine recently teamed up with the Saint Louis Art Museum and the university’s Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to scan some very unusual patients: three Egyptian mummies.
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Olin Fellowship Program for Women in Graduate Studies recognizes 40th year on campus
The Mr. and Mrs. Spencer T. Olin Fellowship Program for Women in Graduate Studies is celebrating its 40 years on Washington University’s campus during the 40th annual Olin Fellowship Conference, “How Climates Change,” Oct. 30-31. Jane Lubchenco, PhD, the first woman to head the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association, will give the keynote address at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in Graham Chapel.
The right to privacy in a big data world
In the digital age in which we live, monitoring,
security breaches and hacks of sensitive data are all too common. It has
been argued that privacy has no place in this big data environment and
anything we put online can and probably will be seen by prying eyes. In
a new paper, noted Washington University in St. Louis privacy law expert Neil M. Richards, JD, makes the
case that when properly understood, privacy rules will be an essential
and valuable part of our digital future.
RSVP now: Holobaugh Honors to be held Nov. 5
LGBT Student Involvement and Leadership will host the James M. Holobaugh Honors Ceremony at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, in the Knight Center at Washington University in St. Louis. Holobaugh
Honors is an annual lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,
questioning, intersex, asexual or ally (referred to as LGBTQIA)
community recognition and awards ceremony that honors undergraduate
students, graduate students, staff, faculty and community members who
have contributed to LGBTQIA visibility, equality and community.
Washington People: Mark Rollins
For Mark Rollins, PhD, professor of philosophy and chair of the Performing Arts Department (PAD), both in Arts & Sciences, a guiding principle throughout his distinguished career at Washington University in St. Louis has been making connections in the search for answers. This principle has proved useful in his administrative work for the university and as an educator and researcher whose focus is on making connections between science and art.
Thorp installed as Levi-Montalcini Distinguished University Professor
H. Holden Thorp, PhD (left), provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, was installated by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton as the inaugural holder of the Rita Levi-Montalcini Distinguished University Professorship during a ceremony held Oct. 14 in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium. Thorp’s installation address was titled “Back to the Future: Accomplishment and Aspiration at Washington University.”
George receives grant to study new drugs on heart tissue
As part of a national effort to predict drug safety and effectiveness, Steven C. George, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue developing an integrated in vitro model of perfused tumor and cardiac tissue.
World faces looming food and water challenges, say academic researchers
Climate change, water shortages and the loss of
farmland to pollution and urban sprawl are making it increasingly
difficult for farmers to feed the world’s growing population,
agricultural scholars from four continents said this week at an
international symposium held at Washington University in St. Louis.
Major Indo-U.S. Advanced Bioenergy Consortium launches
Human skin cells reprogrammed directly into brain cells
School of Medicine scientists have described a way to convert human skin
cells directly into a specific type of brain cell affected by
Huntington’s disease, an ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder.
Unlike other techniques that turn one cell type into another, this new
process does not pass through a stem cell phase, avoiding the production
of multiple cell types.