Standard and Poor’s recently released study on “Global Aging 2010: An Irreversible Truth” calls for the raising of the retirement age and says that age-related public spending is “unsustainable without policy change.” But Merton Bernstein, LLB, the Walter D. Coles Professor Emeritus at Washington University in St. Louis, says raising the retirement age could be a costly mistake.
Kelly Anne Barnes, PhD, has received a one-year, $40,000 postdoctoral fellowship grant from the Tourette Syndrome Association for research titled “Cortico-Striatal Functional Connectivity in Children and Adolescents With Tourette Syndrome: A Resting-State Functional Connectivity MRI Study.” She will conduct research under the mentorship of Bradley L. Schlaggar, MD, PhD, the A. Ernest and Jane G. […]
Medical Daily US team finds gene linked to deadly eye disease 11/05/2010 Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis have discovered a gene linked to the spread of eye melanoma that could throw insight on how tumors spread. “Scientists and physicians have been waiting for a rational, therapeutic target that we […]
With the time change this weekend — daylight savings time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, and the clock “falls back” one hour — it will get dark earlier in the evening. The Washington University Police Department offers some safety reminders as part of the “Don’t be in the Dark” campaign.
Israeli violinist Eyal Kless will join pianist Seth Carlin, professor of music in Arts & Sciences, and two musicians from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra — violist Shannon Farrell Williams and cellist Bjorn Ranheim — for a free performance at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8. The program will feature music of Frédéric Chopin, Samuel Barber and Robert Schumann.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a gene linked to the spread of melanoma of the eye. Although more research is needed, the researchers say the discovery is an important step in understanding why some tumors spread and others don’t, and they believe the findings could lead to more effective future treatments.
The continuing debate over same-sex marriage has put the issue of gender at the forefront of conversations about whom the law recognizes as a child’s parents. “The shift in family law’s treatment of gender has been transformative,” says Susan Appleton, JD, family law expert and the Lemma Barkeloo and Phoebe Couzins Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis.
Freshman Andrew Dwoskin hands candy to a tiny fairy in Liggett/Koenig Residental College during Safe Trick-or-Treat in the South 40 Oct. 30. More than 300 local children participated in the annual event that provides area children with a safe and fun trick-or-treat environment.
A symposium and discussion for faculty, staff and students that addresses how people manage the intersections of their identities through race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or class will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10 in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.
BreakThrough Digest Medical News Simple blood test may diagnose deadly Niemann-Pick type C disease 11/03/2010 A fatal genetic disorder that frequently takes years to diagnose may soon be detectable with a simple blood test. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) report this week a […]
