Weight Watchers on Danforth Campus
A Weight Watchers at Work program is beginning Nov. 17 on the Danforth Campus. The program will run for 12 weeks, through February 2, 2009.
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Pollan to receive Humanities Medal at faculty colloquium
Celebrated food writer Michael Pollan will receive the Washington University Humanities Medal as part of “Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors,” WUSTL’s seventh annual faculty book colloquium. The biannual award is given to a distinguished scholar, writer or artist whose career merits special recognition for excellence and courage. The inaugural recipient was Turkish novelist and […]
Time for tea
A new weekly “Tuesday Tea at 3” program begins Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the Danforth University Center (DUC). Faculty, staff and students are invited to come to the DUC each Tuesday afternoon from 3-5 p.m. for free tea, snacks and conversation. “I think this will be a great opportunity for members of the campus community […]
Wonderful Wednesdays sale
The “Wonderful Wednesdays” sale Nov. 19 at the Bear Necessities store in Wohl Student Center will be the last before Thanksgiving.
New gene silencing pathway found in plants
Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have made major headway in explaining a mechanism by which plant cells silence potentially harmful genes. A team led by Craig Pikaard, Ph.D., WUSTL professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has published a paper this month in Cell, that explains how RNA polymerases work together to use the non-coding region of DNA to prevent destructive, virus-derived genes from being activated.
Vitamin A deficiency influences nerve development in the bowel
In their efforts to understand the cells involved in normal bowel function, researchers at the School of Medicine have found that a common nutrient — Vitamin A, or its metabolite, retinoic acid — has a direct effect on the development of nerve cells, or neurons, in the bowel wall that control gastrointestinal function.
Scientist at heart
Photo by Robert BostonSchaffer tackles the complications of diabetes.
Trustees grant faculty promotions, tenure
At recent Board of Trustees meetings, the following faculty members were promoted with tenure, appointed with tenure or granted tenure effective July 1, 2008, unless otherwise noted. Appointment with tenure Ross C. Brownson, Ph.D., as professor of social work Kathryn Anne Dean, as associate professor of architecture, effective Aug. 1, with tenure effective Oct. 3. […]
Victorian-era comedy explores gender, class, intimacy
Photo by David KilperThe Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences showcases another side of David Mamet with “Boston Marriage,” a sharp and sometimes shocking drawing room comedy centered on a pair of genteel Victorian women. Performances take place in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre at 8 p.m. Nov. 20, 21 and 22; and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22 and 23.
Book on Biblical humor is ‘gospel according to Peters’
To most, the Bible is a somber work, full of such serious melodramas as Abraham intent on carving up his son at God’s demand, Job enduring his many burdensome troubles, and powerful, piercing language, such as the immortal line: Jesus wept. To David A. Peters, Ph.D., McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, the Bible indeed is a beautiful work that is sprinkled liberally with, at times, rollicking humor. Peters, whose academic expertise is aeronautics, particularly helicopter mechanics, has written a book, The Many Faces of Biblical Humor (Hamilton Books, 2008) that overwhelmingly backs his claim.