The inauguration of the first African-American president was a milestone in American race relations, but to most members of a minority, the judgment that the U.S. is now a post-racial society is quite premature. On February 25, at 4 p.m. in the Danforth University Center, several WUSTL students and faculty will gather to lead a conversation about race and identity. The Assembly Series event, free and open to the public, will be held in the Center’s Fun Room.
The Children’s Discovery Institute has awarded 15 new research grants, bringing the total investment in finding cures and treatments for devastating childhood diseases to more than $11.5 million since 2006. The new awards, which began Feb. 1, total just over $4 million and were given to 15 researchers in seven departments at the School of […]
Each year in the United States, doctors start about 2 million patients on warfarin (Coumadin™), an anticoagulant drug that’s notoriously hard to administer. Now a study from the International Warfarin Pharmacogenetics Consortium (IWPC), which includes researchers from the School of Medicine, confirms that using a patient’s genetic information can make it easier to get the warfarin dose right.
Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, delivered “A Comparative Overview of Primate Social Organization” during the annual AAAS meeting in Chicago.
Global warming and environmental sustainability are concerns that fit neatly within the precepts of religious naturalism, said Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago last week.
The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences has announced its spring 2010 Faculty Fellows. The recipients are Asad Ahmed, Ph.D., assistant professor of Arabic with a joint appointment in the Department of Asian & Near Eastern Languages & Literatures and in the Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies Program; Angela Miller, Ph.D., professor […]
Global warming and environmental sustainability are concerns that fit neatly within the precepts of religious naturalism, said Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago last week.
At the 1904 World’s Fair, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), an international organization of national parliaments, met at the Hall of International Congresses to issue its appeal for world peace and to adopt a resolution calling for a second Hague Peace Conference. This resolution, adopted in what is now known as Ridgley Hall, ultimately led to […]
Those attending the women’s and men’s home basketball games at 6 and 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, are encouraged to wear pink to show support for breast cancer awareness. The first 100 WUSTL students in attendance will get a free pink basketball T-shirt.
The Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering has launched a new master of engineering program that not only expands on the undergraduate program but also includes development of leadership and entrepreneurial attributes. The one-year program will train students to work toward professional pursuits in areas such as advanced energy technologies, environmental engineering, environmental health, […]