An estimated one million smokers will attempt to kick the habit this month as part of the annual Great American Smokeout. The Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital will offer its annual “Siteman Smokeout for Life,” Thursday, November 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Center for Advanced Medicine at the corner of Euclid and Forest Park.
Researchers at the School of Medicine are seeking volunteers who are slightly overweight or who have elevated blood pressure. They want to see whether it’s possible to reduce the progression of atherosclerosis in healthy people by giving low doses of the malaria drug chloroquine.
Go to BearSports The No. 10 women’s soccer team closed the regular season with a 2-1 loss at the University of Chicago Nov. 3 at Stagg Field in Chicago. Despite the loss, WUSTL finished at 15-3 overall and won the University Athletic Association title, earning its second consecutive postseason berth. The 2007 NCAA Division III […]
The following incidents were reported to University Police Nov. 1-6. 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. Nov. 1 5:57 p.m. — Victim had […]
Katherine Goldwasser, J.D., professor of law and a longtime teacher in the School of Law’s Clinical Education Program, has been named acting director of the Civil Justice Clinic.
Novelist Brock Clarke, Ph.D., author of the darkly comic “An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England” (2007), will read from his work at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences.