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Arts & Culture

Washington University Dance Theatre to present Transmotion Dec. 4-6

Washington University Dance Theatre (WUDT), the annual showcase of professionally choreographed works performed by student dancers, will present Transmotion, its 2009 concert, Dec. 4 to 6 in Edison Theatre. Performances — sponsored by the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences — will feature more than three dozen student dancers, selected by audition, in seven original works by faculty and guest choreographers. Pieces range from ballet and contemporary dance to works drawing on Chinese and Native American traditions.

$37 million to extend biodefense research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has extended funding for the Midwest Regional Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (MRCE), anchored at the School of Medicine. The center received a five-year, $37 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to continue to support basic and translational research […]
Medicine & Health

Against expectations, genetic variation does not alter asthma treatment response

Studies have suggested that asthma patients with a specific genetic variation might not respond as well to certain treatments as those with a different variation. But a new study in this week’s edition of The Lancet shows that patients with either variation respond to combination treatment, and that this treatment should be continued, School of Medicine researchers report.
Medicine & Health

Amaizeing: Corn genome decoded

Iowa StateIn recent years, scientists have decoded the DNA of humans and a menagerie of creatures but none with genes as complex as a stalk of corn, the latest genome to be unraveled. A team of scientists led by The Genome Center at the School of Medicine published the completed corn genome in the Nov. 20 journal Science, an accomplishment that will speed efforts to develop better crop varieties to meet the world’s growing demands for food, livestock feed and fuel.

Order Thanksgiving dinner from WUSTL Dining Services Thursday, Nov. 19

WUSTL faculty, staff and students hosting Thanksgiving dinners in their homes can avoid preparations and mess by ordering a Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings from WUSTL Dining Services. Meals for six ($78) and 12 ($156) include a turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry relish, turkey gravy, cornbread muffins and pumpkin pie. Turkeys can be ordered […]

WUSTL to help Marine Corps collect Toys for Tots

Student veterans, faculty and staff from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, the School of Law and Olin Business School are working together to help less fortunate children through the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program.

Free HIV testing

The Washington University Infectious Diseases Clinic will offer free, confidential HIV testing. In conjunction with National HIV Testing Day, testing is available from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 30-Dec. 3.

Register to win a 2010 season PassPort to The Black Rep

Faculty and staff can register to win one of 20 season PassPorts to The Black Rep. A season PassPort contains five ticket vouchers, which are redeemable at any time during the 2010 season. Winners will be chosen in a drawing in December 2009.

Of note

Nathan A. Baker, Ph.D., Bernard Becker, M.D., Peter M. Burgers, Ph.D., and more…