Children’s Discovery Institute newsletter launched

The Children’s Discovery Institute, a novel research partnership between St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University, has launched a newsletter that focuses on the work of the institute’s investigators.

Undergraduate research symposium set for Saturday

How are health risks perceived internationally? How is a mother’s communication style related to depression in preschoolers? How are novel polymer systems used in antibiofueling coatings? You can find the answers to these questions and many more during the fall 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Danforth University […]

Celebrated poet to speak for reading series

Poet Jean Valentine, the Visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23. The talk — part of The Writing Program’s Fall Reading Series — is free and open to the public. The lecture takes place in Dunker […]

Scientists find new genes linked to lung cancer

Working as part of a multi-institutional collaboration, scientists at the School of Medicine have assembled the most complete catalog to date of the genetic changes underlying the most common form of lung cancer. The research, published Oct. 23 in Nature, helps lay the foundation for more personalized diagnosis and treatment of a disease that is the leading cause of U.S. cancer deaths.

Men’s basketball ranked No. 1 in preseason

The NCAA Division III defending national champion men’s basketball team is ranked No. 1 in the DIII News Preseason Top 25 poll, as announced by the publication’s special Preseason Preview issue. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (No. 2), Capital University (No. 3), Ursinus College (No. 4) and Randolph-Macon College (No. 5) round out the top five. The […]

SPOT educates area youth on HIV, STDs

Photo by Robert BostonThe first of its kind in the St. Louis area, the SPOT is a one-stop, drop-in center for youth that will provide HIV and STD services at no cost.

Addressing the intersection of art and community

Dancer, choreographer and creative/performance artist Liz Lerman, together with Washington University faculty, will participate in a panel discussion on the intersection of art and community. The Assembly Series program “Still Crossing: Expressing Identities, Building Communities” begins at 4 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge. Panelists are Sunita Parikh, Ph.D., associate professor of […]

Undergraduate research symposium set for Saturday

Slated to be the largest in the biannual event’s four-year history, the fall 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Danforth University Center.

Connecting through choreography

Photo by David MarchantAcclaimed choreographer Liz Lerman (center), founding artistic director of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and a visiting artist in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences, and senior Jackie Dodd (far right), work with residents at the Gladys & Henry Crown Center for Senior Living in University City.