Gregory P. Magarian, JD, professor of law, and Timothy D. McBride, PhD, professor of public health, both at Washington University in St. Louis, are available for expert commentary on the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act decision.
Crow Observatory was open June 5, 2012, for a viewing of the twice-per-century transit of Venus across
the Sun. The 154-year-old Yeatman telescope projected an
image of the Sun about two feet in diameter that several people could
simultaneously and safely view.
M. Alan Permutt, MD, professor of medicine and of cell biology and physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died of cancer Sunday, June 10, 2012, in St. Louis. He was 72.
Sports updates for the month of June include items on WUSTL’s finish in the Learfield Director’s Cup standings; all-America honors for a baseball player and a tennis player; and a pitch for the W Club.
Decoding the DNA of patients with advanced breast cancer has allowed scientists to identify distinct cancer “signatures” that could help predict which women are most likely to benefit from estrogen-lowering therapy, while sparing others from unnecessary treatment.
Kevin Black’s family didn’t have any physicians in it. Well, one of his great-great-grandfathers had a medical license back in the late 1800s, but he had no formal training — and Black himself wasn’t planning on medical school. But during his first year of college, a teacher helped change his career plans.
The Siteman Cancer Center’s Arts as Healing Program will hold a gallery exhibit June 29 featuring original art created by cancer survivors. The Kaleidoscope of Hope event will be held from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Des Lee Gallery, 1627 Washington Ave., First Floor, St. Louis, MO, 63103.
The 2-1-1 phone information and referral system could be a key partner in efforts to reduce cancer disparities affecting low-income and racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S., finds a new study by Jason Purnell, PhD, assistant professor of public health at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Ideas are all around us — helping solve problems,
develop new products, and make important decisions. Good ideas are
rarely created in a vacuum, however. They often emerge when people
refine their ideas in response to suggestions and comments received from
colleagues.Having
strong bonds to an idea can make that necessary collaboration
challenging, finds new research from Washington University in St. Louis.
The study suggests that psychological ownership — the extent to which people feel as though an object, or idea, is truly theirs— may be at the root of this phenomenon.