Pine forests to get help from WUSTL biologists
Photo by David KilperWUSTL biologists will play a key role in helping restore the longleaf pine communities of the southeastern United States.
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New surgery to remove gallbladder nearly scarless, less painful
Courtesy PhotoSchool of Medicine surgeons are removing patients’ gallbladders using a single small incision in the belly button that leaves only a tiny scar.
International climate change conference to examine roles of China, United States
Distinguished environmental law and policy scholars and scientists from around the country will gather at WUSTL Oct. 30 to discuss “International Climate Change: Post-Kyoto Challenges.”
Memorial service for Richard Todd Nov. 2
A memorial service will be held Nov. 2 for Richard D. Todd, Ph.D., M.D., the Blanche F. Ittleson Professor of Psychiatry and director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the School of Medicine, who died Aug. 22.
Introducing new faculty members
Hillary Anger Elfenbein, Ph.D.,
Jenny Lovell,
Frederic Moynier, Ph.D.,
Mohamed-Salah Omri, Ph.D.,
Carolyn Sargent, Ph.D.,
Alex Seidel, Ph.D., and
Yongseok Shin, Ph.D.
Population growth drives depletion of natural resources
Population growth is driving much of the world’s resource problems, and our political leaders ignore it, says Robert Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth & planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences.
Helping teachers teach
Photo by David KilperPatrick Gibbons, Ph.D. (center), professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, shows teachers how to make paper models showing differences in the sun’s rotation through the Department of Education’s Science Outreach program.
Flu shots for medical school employees
The School of Medicine again will offer free flu shots to faculty, staff and students at various locations this fall.
Arvidson to discuss Mars missions in inaugural Walker lecture series
Raymond E. Arvidson, Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, will deliver the inaugural Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 in Room 100, Brown Hall.
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.