Swimming and diving returns to action
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams returned to action after their winter break hiatus to compete against Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and Lindenwood University Jan. 7.
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Beddo earns honors
Men’s soccer senior back Harry Beddo was tabbed as a D3soccer.com 2010 NCAA Division III third-team All-American in the website’s inaugural postseason award announcement Jan. 7.
Jewish Sports Review honors women’s soccer players
Junior midfielder Lee Ann Felder and sophomore goalkeeper Clara Jaques have been named to the 2010 Jewish Sports Review Women’s Soccer All-America Team, as announced by the publication.
Longevity unlikely to have aided early modern humans
Life expectancy was probably the same for early modern and late archaic humans and did not factor in the extinction of Neanderthals, suggests a new study by Erik Trinkaus, PhD, professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
News highlights for January 10, 2011
Bloomberg News Neanderthal life expectancy is similar to that of early modern human 1/10/2011 The life expectancy for early modern humans was probably the same as that of Neanderthals, suggesting that humans didn’t have the survival advantage of living longer, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by […]
Sports updates Jan. 10
Sports updates for the week of Jan. 10, 2011.
Olin marketing experts critique new Starbucks symbol
Starbucks is dropping its name and the word “coffee” from its logo, leaving the curvy siren as the lone symbol of the Seattle-based company that started the gourmet joe revolution 40 years ago. It’s a natural evolution, say marketing experts at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, but not one without risk.
Winning lottery strategy proposed by Olin visiting professor
The record-breaking $380 million Mega Millions multistate lottery jackpot drawing this week had two winners and may inspire more people to take a chance on being a millionaire. But Romel Mostafa, visiting professor of strategy at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, cautions lottery players on the odds of winning in an interview with NPR’s Michel Martin, broadcast Jan. 4.
Notables
Of note Peter Benson, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received the 2010 Outstanding Transdisciplinary Scholar Award from the Institute of Public Health. … Michael Gross, PhD, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “High Energy Collisional […]
News highlights for January 7, 2011
National Law Journal AALS defeats bid to boycott hotels engaged in labor disputes 1/7/2011 Labor strife among hotel workers in San Francisco has created some headaches for the more than 3,000 legal educators attending the 2011 annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, but the organization has declined to adopt a resolution directing […]