The Olin Business School is introducing a new course in sports management that will feature several luminaries in the field. Executives in league management, television rights, media coverage and corporate sponsorship will be guest speakers in the class. All speakers are available for media interviews.
The following incidents were reported to University Police Feb. 27-March 4. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Feb. 28 3:08 p.m. — A […]
Shelves weigh heavy with the anatomical art of the past thousand years. Plate by plate, detail by detail, artists rendered the three-dimensional anatomy of human figures on two-dimensional surfaces. Such works reveal more than meets the eye, according to artist Libby Reuter. Her works are on display at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center through May 15.
Depressed heart attack patients have a higher risk for sudden death in the months following a heart attack. Now a team led by researchers from the School of Medicine has found that the risk continues for many years. “There’s a two- to four-fold increase in a person’s risk of dying following a heart attack if they also happen to be depressed,” says Robert. M. Carney, lead author of the new study.
Emotional concerns are a serious consideration with the diagnosis of dementia.When it comes to a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, what you don’t know may not kill you, but knowing the truth as soon as possible appears to be the better approach — one that may improve the emotional well-being of both patients and their caregivers, suggests new research from Washington University in St. Louis.
Lemur population has declined sharply since the 1950s. Through education and conservation, a WUSTL expert hopes the trend will be reversed.Using satellite imagery, GIS and ecological and demographic data from the field, Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has studied the effects of deforestation on the ringtailed lemur population in Madagascar during the last forty years. He has determined that while causes of deforestation vary in different parts of the African island nation, the total lemur population has dropped by more than half since the 1950s.
Frustrated by the slow pace of new drug development for a condition that causes pediatric brain tumors, a neurologist at the School of Medicine decided to try to fine-tune the animal models used to test new drugs. Instead of studying one mouse model of the disease causing the brain tumors, the laboratory of David Gutmann, M.D., Ph.D., the Donald O. Schnuck Family Professor of Neurology, evaluated three and found that one of most closely mimicked what is seen in children who develop brain tumors.
The Interfaculty Initiative for American Indian Affairs is sponsoring Witaya Lecture Series, a program that focuses on topics related to American Indian and Alaskan Native studies. Witaya means coming together as a community in the Lakota language. The series begins at noon March 4 with a lecture by Puneet Sahota, Washington University M.D./Ph.D. candidate, on […]
Parking Services will be offering parking placards to students, faculty and staff who wish to store their vehicles on campus during spring break, March 7-16.
Charles J. Ogletree Jr.: A civil rights pioneer Legendary civil rights pioneer Charles J. Ogletree Jr., J.D., will present his views on the Roberts court at noon Tuesday, March 4, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The talk, part of the School of Law Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series, is […]