Scholars program gives high-school students a taste of the medical field
Photo by Robert BostonTwenty-five area high-school students participated in a summer program for those interested in careers in health care or biomedical research.
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Researchers team to battle childhood hunger
A School of Medicine physician has joined scientists with a vision of eradicating malnutrition in the developing world.
New paging system coming to Medical Center
A 10 million-square-foot cellular network will be built on the Medical Center campus as part of a new paging system.
Library hosts ‘Changing the Face of Medicine’ exhibit
Women doctors are the focus of a new traveling exhibition on display Aug. 10-Sept. 18 at the Bernard Becker Medical Library.
Farmer’s market at the Medical Center
Local growers will bring fresh produce to a farmer’s market on the School of Medicine campus each Thursday for five weeks.
Transformative power of live theater will be hallmark of PAD’s 2009-10 season
For its 2009-10 season, the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present a handful of works that together highlight both the boundless possibility and transformational power of the stage.
“A Challenge to Democracy”
Ethnic profiling is illegal in the United States, prohibited by the Fourth Amendment, which requires probable cause for searches and seizures, and by the Fourteenth Amendment, which calls for equal protection under the law. And yet as the recent arrest of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates demonstrates, the issue remains far from settled. This fall Washington University in St. Louis will present “Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy,” a semester-long series exploring the history, impact and ethical issues surrounding ethnic profiling through lectures, readings, performances, panel discussions and other events.
Ethnic profiling to be examined in series of events this fall
This fall, Washington University will present “Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy,” a semester-long series exploring the history, impact and ethical issues surrounding ethnic profiling through lectures, readings, performances, panel discussions and other events.
Warhol grant to support upcoming Kemper exhibit
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum has received a $50,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. to support the exhibition “Sharon Lockhart — Lunch Break.” Organized by Sabine Eckmann, Ph.D., director and chief curator of the Kemper Art Museum, the exhibition will open Feb. 10, 2010, and remain on view […]
Sleckman named Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine
SleckmanBarry P. Sleckman has been named the Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine at the School of Medicine. Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Larry Shapiro executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, announced the appointment.