Photo by David KilperMary Sansalone, dean of the School of Engineering, visits with state Rep. Allen Icet (R-84th), chairman of the House Budget Committee, shortly before her presentation at the BIO Benchmarking program held Sept. 5 in the Knight Center.
Registration continues for Dance Marathon 2007, a student-run effort to raise funds for and promote awareness of the Children’s Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis.
School of Medicine researchers will head a national study of addiction, looking both at genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the problem.
Local researchers have developed an improved dosing formula for the widely prescribed anticoagulant warfarin (Coumadin) that considers variations in two key genes.
The proliferation of new and digital media — from computers and Web sites to television screens, cell phones and other handheld devices — has profoundly impacted the ways we see and interact with the world around us. It also has provided tremendous new possibilities for the creation and experience of art. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will launch several new outreach programs designed to highlight the aesthetics and expanding role of new media and digital art.
As a distinguished theoretical physicist and accomplished writer, Alan Lightman has successfully bridged the gap between science and the humanities. At 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, in Graham Chapel, Lightman will provide an understanding of one of the greatest triumphs of the human imagination with the Department of English Hurst Visiting Professorship Lecture, “Einstein and Relativity.”
Senior Gabe Murphy ran for a career-high 128 yards and sophomore Tim Machan tied a school record with three interceptions as the Bears posted a 34-3 win Sept. 8 at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.
The Bears defense, which held Lake Forest to 17 yards rushing a week ago, limited Westminster’s rushing attack to 41 yards on 30 carries in the win.
Just as rising gasoline prices are forcing many Americans to tighten their financial belts, new research suggests higher fuel costs may come with a related silver lining — trimmer waistlines. “An additional $1 in real gasoline prices would reduce obesity in the U.S. by 15 percent after three years,” said Charles Courtemanche, an economics doctoral student in Arts & Sciences.