Vitamin D’s role in preventing asthma studied in pregnant women
A group of pregnant women who have asthma or allergies will get extra vitamin D as part of a study to determine if the vitamin can prevent their children from developing asthma.
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Washington University surgeon is also inventor
Richard Chole, a surgeon and chairman of otolaryngology, is also an inventor whose garage creations include a wristband warning system to prevent wrong-site surgeries and a surgical device that allows less invasive surgery on pituitary tumors.
Arts & Sciences new faculty in 2009
The new faculty who were introduced at the Arts & Sciences annual faculty reception are: Roshan Abraham, Ph.D., assistant professor, classics and religious studies; William Acree, Ph.D., assistant professor, Romance languages and literatures; Pannill Camp, Ph.D., assistant professor, performing arts; Shefali Chandra, Ph.D., assistant professor, history and international and area studies; Frederick Eberhardt, assistant professor, […]
Sleep loss linked to increase in Alzheimer’s plaques
Chronic sleep deprivation in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease makes Alzheimer’s brain plaques appear earlier and more often, researchers at the School of Medicine report online this week in Science Express.
Ragtime
Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photo ServicesShaun Hudson as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., and Renae Adams as Mother Ragtime, Terrence McNally’s acclaimed adaptation of the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, is a sweeping and ambitious tale of race, class and the promise of America at the dawn of the 20th century. It is also a tremendously demanding theatrical production, requiring almost 50 actors and at least a dozen musicians. Indeed, Ragtime is so logistically challenging — more than 150 different costumes must be designed and sewn — that it virtually precludes staging by all but the largest of regional theaters. Yet next month, The Black Rep will join forces with the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences to present this Tony Award-winning musical as the fall Mainstage production.
Harold Ford Jr. to give annual Stein Lecture in Ethics
Harold Ford Jr., once described by President Bill Clinton as “the walking, living embodiment of where America ought to go in the 21st century,” will give this year’s Elliot Stein Lecture in Ethics for the Assembly Series. His talk will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 7 in Graham Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.
Assembly Series/Leadership Lecture Series features Jason Green on the road from Washington University to the White House
Alumnus Jason Green, who now serves as Deputy Associate General Counsel to President Barack Obama, will be back on campus to give an Assembly Series/Leadership Lecture Series presentation at 4 p.m. Friday, October 9 in Wilson Hall Room 214. His talk is free and open to the public.
Green is returning to Washington University to participate in a Student Union reunion from October 9 – 11
Law’s Public Interest Law & Policy series begins with Matthew Coles
The School of Law’s 12th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 30, with nationally prominent speaker Matthew Coles, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project in New York. The yearlong series Access to Justice: The Social Responsibility of Lawyers brings to WUSTL […]
Labov to discuss inquiry-based learning
A four-part seminar series on inquiry-based methods of science teaching begins at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, with Jay Labov, Ph.D., a senior staff member of the National Research Council’s Center for Education.
Campus Watch
The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 16-22. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Sept. 16 11:08 a.m. — A teak […]