A firsthand look
Photo by Joe AngelesApril 27 was the annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day; the University offered several programs for children ages 8-12.
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Campus Watch
The following incidents were reported to University Police April 26-May 3. 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. April 28 12:24 p.m. — A […]
Honoring a legacy
Photo by Joe AngelesAn environmentally friendly picnic table in the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Butterfly Garden was recently dedicated to honor the University’s former first lady.
Entrepreneurship proposals sought from all faculty
Funding will be made available over two years for single or multiyear projects through a grant program to be administered & coordinated by the CRIE.
Sports
Tennis teams head to Division III tournament The men’s and women’s tennis teams are headed to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the seventh consecutive season. The No. 8 men and No. 19 women will travel to Greencastle, Ind., for the NCAA Central Regional May 5-7. The men (18-2) will take on No. 13 Kalamazoo […]
Valente leads development of national adult hearing-aid fitting guidelines
A new national guideline on how hearing aids should be fit for adults will soon be launched thanks to a School of Medicine professor.
Smokers seven times more likely to receive jolt from heart devices
If some patients with heart disease don’t take their doctor’s advice to quit smoking, they are probably going to get “shocking” reminders. A study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that heart patients who had implanted defibrillators and also smoked were seven times more likely to have the devices jolt their hearts back into normal rhythm than nonsmokers with the devices.
WUSTL conference explores U.S.-China business relations, intellectual property issues, May 11-13
“U.S.-China Business Relations” is the focus of a three-day academic symposium that kicks off with a public conference from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. May 11 in Room 311, Anheuser-Busch Hall. U.S.-China commercial relations and intellectual property rights are among topics to be covered.
Washington University to award five honorary degrees at Commencement
Washington University in St. Louis will award honorary degrees to five prominent people, including a 2004 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry and a pioneering scholar of African and African-American literature, during the university’s 145th Commencement ceremony May 19. During the ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle, the university will also bestow academic degrees on more than 2,300 students.
Smokers seven times more likely to receive jolt from heart devices
If some patients with heart disease don’t take their doctor’s advice to quit smoking, they are probably going to get “shocking” reminders. A study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that heart patients who had implanted defibrillators and also smoked were seven times more likely to have the devices jolt their hearts back into normal rhythm than nonsmokers with the devices. More…