Fisher explains crazy little thing called love

If, like millions of people, you scratch your head in amazement when an Eliot Spitzer-type scandal becomes public, perhaps Helen Fisher, Ph.D., can enlighten you. The Rutgers University anthropologist will give the Assembly Series/Women’s Society of Washington University talk at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, in Graham Chapel. Her address, “The Drive to Love: The Biology, Evolution and Future of Romantic Love,” is free and open to the public. This is the final lecture of the 2007-08 Assembly Series.

WUSTL Flag at half-staff in honor of Eric van Cleve

The WUSTL flag is at half-staff in honor of Eric Van Cleve, a member of this year’s graduating MFA class, who died in his sleep on Thursday night at his parents’ home in Dublin, Ohio.

Psychiatric expert advocates tolerance and diversity

Co-author of Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors, Alvin Poussaint, will present the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial lecture for the Assembly Series. The talk will be held at 4 p.m., on Tuesday, April 15 in the Laboratory Sciences Auditorium. Poussaint co-wrote Come on People with activist comedian Bill Cosby […]

World’s oldest novel celebrates 1,000th birthday

One thousand years ago this year, a Japanese court lady put the finishing touches on what would become the world’s oldest novel. Spanning 75 years, more than 350 characters and brimming with romantic poems, “The Tale of Genji” tells the story of an emperor’s son, his quest for love and the many women he meets […]

Measuring up

Photo by Robert BostonMaplewood-Richmond Heights Elementary School fourth-grader Zackery Kottkamp’s posture and flexibility is monitored by physical therapy students under the supervision of Suzanne Cornbleet (center).

Tango provides fancy footwork for therapy

Despite a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease years ago, Wilfried Ute regularly dances the Argentine tango with his wife Adelt. Dancing has always been an integral part of their lives, and the couple jumped at the chance to participate in a Washington University study evaluating the therapeutic benefits of the tango for Parkinson’s patients.

Barch named new director of Conte Center

The Silvio Conte Center for Neuroscience Research has a new director. Deanna M. Barch, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, of psychiatry and of radiology, takes over leadership of the center from John G. Csernansky, M.D., the former Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry, who has become the chairman of psychiatry at […]