Let’s celebrate!
Photo by David KilperAdmissions office helpers put the finishing touches on welcome packets to be distributed to visiting students during the University’s Multicultural Celebration Weekend, which begins Thursday, April 10.
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Muscle mass maintenance differs in women
Women over age 65 have a harder time preserving muscle than men of the same age, which probably affects their ability to stay strong and fit.
Thurtene Carnival to ‘create the wonder’ April 12-13
Theatre, dance, carnival rides, dog adoptions, poetry and a capella music are just some of the attractions to be featured at Thurtene Carnival, scheduled 11 a.m.-8 p.m. April 12-13 on the Danforth Campus.
Volunteer registration for 2008 vice presidential debate to begin April 14
Beginning April 14, applications will be accepted for volunteer positions for the 2008 vice presidential debate, to be held at Washington University on Oct. 2. All full- and part-time WUSTL students, postdoctoral appointees, faculty and staff who will be on campus for the fall 2008 semester are eligible to apply.
Obituary: Merle Kling, Ph.D., 89; former provost, vice chancellor, dean and professor
Merle Kling, Ph.D., former provost, executive vice chancellor, dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis, died April 8 of esophageal cancer in St. Louis. He was 89.
WUSM clinic devoted to treating deadly, silent heart condition
Every so often we read a news report in which a young athlete collapses and dies during a competition — it’s rare, but it happens. And when it does, often the cause is a silent heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic at the School of Medicine is devoted to diagnosis and treatment of HCM.
ARCHITECT Magazine ranks Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design 5th in nation
Washington University’s Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been ranked 5th in the nation by ARCHITECT Magazine. The survey, published in the magazine’s November issue, examined all 117 programs recognized by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. Washington University was tied with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg. It was ranked first in the Midwest.
Barch named new director of Conte Center
BarchThe Silvio Conte Center for Neuroscience Research at Washington University has a new director. Deanna Barch, associate professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, of psychiatry and of radiology, takes over leadership of the center from John Csernansky, the former Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry, who has become the chairman of psychiatry at Northwestern University.
Technique traces origins of disease genes in mixed races
A team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis that includes Alan R. Templeton and the Israeli Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa has developed a technique to detect the ancestry of disease genes in hybrid, or mixed, human populations. The technique, called expected mutual information (EMI), determines how a set of DNA markers is likely to show the ancestral origin of locations on each chromosome.
Dance students take top honors at ACDFA Central Region conference
David MarchantPAD students in Cecil Slaughter’s “Grid”A group of 18 students dancers from the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences has taken top honors at the Central Region conference of the American College Dance Festival Association. The conference was held March 4 to 9 at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. The students were recognized for their performance of “Grid,” an original work choreographed by Cecil Slaughter, senior lecturer in dance.