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Sports update Sept. 4: Volleyball opens season with six wins
The second-ranked volleyball team swept its first six opponents over the weekend to get off to a 6-0 start to the season.
Obituary: Lee M. Liberman, life trustee, 91
Weeklong orientation takes law students into the community
Before settling down to study, groups of Washington University in St. Louis law students worked with a variety of area community groups like the Wellston Community Gardens during the School of Law’s Orientation Service Project Week.
Children taking steroids for asthma are slightly shorter than peers
Children who use inhaled steroid drugs for asthma end up slightly shorter at their full adult height than children who don’t use the drugs, new results from a comprehensive asthma study show. The study’s senior author is Robert C. Strunk, MD, the Donald Strominger Professor of Pediatrics.
Brookings Quadrangle bench to be dedicated for Jim McLeod Sept. 16
Washington University in St. Louis’ Black Alumni Council will host a dedication of a Brookings Quadrangle bench in honor of Jim McLeod at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16. A reception will follow in South Brookings, Room 100. The bench was donated in memory of McLeod by members and friends of the Black Alumni Council.
WUSTL grads play key roles in NASA rover missions to Mars
Despite its midwest location, far away from massive
NASA mission control centers in Cape Canaveral, Fla., or Pasadena,
Calif., WUSTL can boast at least seven
graduates (and one current student) now making key contributions to
NASA’s latest mission to Mars, “Curiosity.”
Cohen, Mitra named Goldfarb professors
Barak A. Cohen, PhD, and Robi D. Mitra, PhD, have been named Alvin Goldfarb Distinguished Professors of Computational Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Human and soil bacteria swap antibiotic-resistance genes
Soil bacteria and bacteria that cause human diseases
have recently swapped at least seven antibiotic-resistance genes,
researchers at Washington University School of Medicine report on Aug.
31 in Science.
Assembly Series features educational advocate Paul Tough on ‘How Children Succeed’
What’s more important for a child’s success: Learning math or learning resiliency? Veteran journalist and educational reform advocate Paul Tough will discuss his new book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Washington University in St. Louis.