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New findings in India’s Bt cotton controversy: good for the field, bad for the farm?

Crop yields from India’s first genetically modified crop may have been overemphasized, as modest rises in crop yields may come at the expense of sustainable farm management, says a new study by a Washington University in St. Louis anthropologist.

News highlights for February 3, 2011

CBS interactive / cnet UK Can 3D movies and games damage your eyes, or those of your children? 2/3/2011 So are all we all risking blindness by gawping at 3D displays and movies through those dangerously uncool glasses? Dr. Lawrence Tychsen, professor of pediatrics and ophthalmology at Washington University in St Louis, has been making […]

Business & Entrepreneurship

Super Bowl ads don’t pack same punch in social media era

Commercials during the Super Bowl may be some of the most watched ads on broadcast T.V., but Olin marketing professors say social media has changed the game. Advertisers need to engage the audience before, during and after the game with strategies that include everything from smartphones to Twitter.

Medicine & Health

New nanoparticles make blood clots visible

For almost two decades, cardiologists have searched for ways to see dangerous blood clots before they cause heart attacks. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report that they have designed nanoparticles that find clots and make them visible to a new kind of X-ray technology.

Weather: Washington University School of Medicine and Medical Center are open Wednesday, February 2

The Medical School remains open. Essential employees – as determined by supervisors – should work in order to maintain life safety, mission critical and patient care activities. Supervisors may allow non-essential employees to use vacation time to remain at home during this weather emergency. Garage parking for employees will return to normal on Thursday, February […]

A Great Debate

Henry S. Webber (right), WUSTL’s executive vice chancellor for administration, speaks during a panel discussion on strategies for economic development in the St. Louis region in the second installation of St. Louis Great Debates Jan. 25 at the Missouri History Museum. The first debate in the series, which took place this past October, examined whether the City of St. Louis should re-enter St. Louis County.

Assembly Series event featuring Dan Senor is canceled

The Assembly Series program featuring Dan Senor, which was scheduled for tonight, Feb. 2, has been canceled due to weather issues.

News highlights for February 2, 2011

STLtoday.com  Two Washington U students are safely out of Egypt 02/02/2011 As political unrest erupted in Egypt last week, Washington University student Allegra Skurka found herself holed up in an apartment in Cairo with 20 other college students, all there for a study-abroad program. Skurka, 20, was one of two Washington University students who were […]

Campus & Community

Hands That Heal

Neurological surgeon T. S. Park helps children with spastic cerebral palsy and brachial plexus palsy overcome possible lifelong disabilities.

Campus & Community

A Cry for the Vulnerable

Through her collaborative research, Professor Melissa Jonson-Reid addresses the dark realities of child abuse and neglect, and their effects on children, families and society. She works to shape evidence-based intervention and prevention practices.