First U.S. test for new asthma treatment seeks volunteers
A trial at the School of Medicine focuses on a procedure called bronchial thermoplasty, which may hold promise for moderate and severe asthmatic patients.
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Epilepsy drug eases symptoms of inherited disorder
A drug used to treat epilepsy has had positive effects on some adult patients with spinal muscular atrophy, School of Medicine researchers discovered.
Future geneticist?
Photo by Tim ParkerSeqwinya Stevens from Beaumont High School in St. Louis presents her research on the Jun B gene from hair cells in the chicken ear as part of the Young Scientist Program at the School of Medicine.
Colleagues, friends share recollections of Bill, Ibby
As the Danforth Campus dedication ceremony nears, longtime friends and colleagues share personal anecdotes about Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth and his late wife, Elizabeth (Ibby).
A Hilltop History: Early landscape architects charmed by ‘vantage point,’ liken it to Greece’s Acropolis
In Spring 1892, Robert S. Brookings, Edward Rowse, Henry W. Eliot and William Huse formed a committee to find a new site for the University. The following June, they located 103 acres just beyond the western limits of the city — which would cost $185,000.
Building on strength
Photo by David Kilper’Retired’ Chancellor Danforth continues to work for the community.
United Way campaign begins
Statistics show that one in three people in the bi-state region is aided by a United Way-funded program at some point in his or her life.
Football wins 61-0
The football team scored 34 first- half points en route to a 61-0 win over Westminster College.
Online Record launched, new deadlines in place
New calendar deadlines in place.
Of note
Renee M. Williams, Ph.D., visiting associate professor in the George Warren Brown School of Social work, has been nominated for inclusion in Who’s Who in Black St. Louis. The unveiling of the publication will be in November at the Ritz-Carlton. …
Jeffrey S. Crippin, M.D., professor of medicine and medical director of liver transplantation, was named the president of the American Society of Transplantation for 2006-07. …
Hilary P. Glazer, first-year medical student, was recently named a scholar in the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Program. Glazer was one of 77 recipients of the scholarship, which covers tuition, room, board, fees and books up to $50,000 a year for up to six years. She earned an undergraduate degree from Tufts University in May.