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Medicine & Health

Alcohol abuse, eating disorders share genetic link

Part of the risk for alcohol dependence is genetic. The same is true for eating disorders. Now, School of Medicine researchers have found that some of the same genes likely are involved in both. They report that people with alcohol dependence may be more genetically susceptible to certain types of eating disorders and vice versa.
Science & Technology

Green Rehab project promotes a more sustainable university

An interdisciplinary team of researchers and students from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis is working to create a more sustainable future for the university. Over the last year, teams have developed an experimental framework for testing environmentally friendly redevelopment strategies in a group of University-owned apartment buildings north of the Delmar Loop.
Business & Entrepreneurship

WUSTL bucks global trend in female entrepreneurship

A recent report from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor indicates that there are significantly fewer female entrepreneurs than male entrepreneurs around the world. This is not the case, however, at Washington University in St. Louis, where more than 40 percent of successful companies started by recent graduates through the university’s business entrepreneurship courses have been founded by women.

Diversity & Inclusion training opportunity for supervisors and managers

Washington University is offering a training session,”Reducing Cultural Distance in the New Workplace for Managers and Supervisors,” from 8:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 10 in the Human Resources Learning & Development Center at West Campus (Training Room B, Lower Level, 7509 Forsyth Blvd).
Medicine & Health

Red blood cell transfusions in children focus of $7.8 million grant

The School of Medicine has received a $7.8 million grant to determine whether the length of time red blood cells (RBCs) are stored affects organ failure in critically ill children who receive RBC transfusions. Pictured is Philip Spinella, MD, one of study’s principal investigators, with Ronald Jackups, MD, PhD, in the blood bank at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Humanities & Society

International students introduced to campus life​​​

Explore Leader student volunteers are preparing international students for life on campus — greeting them at the South 40, helping them open checking accounts and even taking them shopping at Target.  Before classes start, the Office of International Students & Scholars will assist 250 undergraduates and 600 graduate students — many of whom have never traveled to the United States. ​
Arts & Culture

Q&A: Heather Corcoran on health, wellness and interaction design

There is programming capacity, and then there are the ways people actually process information. As anyone still convalescing from a software update might tell you, these are not necessarily the same things. We sat down with Heather Corcoran to discuss the emerging field of “interaction design,” which emphasizes the importance of the user experience.

Media Advisory: Washington University first-year students move in Thursday

Washington University’s main move-in day in the South 40 residence halls for new students is Thursday, Aug. 22. Some 1,600 new students (freshmen, transfer and exchange) are arriving for the 2013-14 academic year that begins Aug. 27. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will lead university staff members and upperclass student volunteers in a 7:30 a.m. pep rally as they prepare to welcome the new students and assist with move in throughout the day.