New Livable Lives Initiative offering faculty project grants

The Livable Lives Initiative at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work invites University faculty to apply for grants to support projects that move forward the thinking, research, advocacy and policymaking directed toward achieving livable lives.

Fall sports preview

Experienced runners set sights on nationals The men’s and women’s cross country teams each return a wealth of talent. The women return all five of their top runners from last year, and the men saw just one of its top performers graduate last spring. The women’s team finished second at last year’s University Athletic Association […]

Orientation welcomes new students

Members of the Class of 2013 and new transfer and exchange students will soon be arriving on campus and will be welcomed with a variety of activities during New Student Orientation Aug. 20-25.

Law school admissions goes green

The School of Law is leading the way in green admissions practices by committing to a paperless application process.

Understanding life

Photo by David KilperRobert Blankenship, Ph.D., the Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences, seeks to better understand one of the basics of life on earth: photosynthesis, the transformation of light, carbon dioxide and water into chemical energy in plants and some bacteria.

Decoding leukemia patient genome another step forward in cancer fight

Decoding the complete DNA of cancer patients is giving School of Medicine scientists a clearer picture of the complexity of the disease and allowing them to see intriguing and unexpected genetic relationships among patients. The scientists have sequenced the genome of a second patient with acute myeloid leukemia, discovering a suite of genetic changes in the cancer cells.