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George Warren Brown School of Social Work students from various countries will offer a taste of their homelands through traditional foods and lively entertainment.
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Siteman Cancer Center benefits from televised fundraiser
Photo by Robert BostonEmployees from Brown Shoe Company and physicians and staff from the Siteman Cancer CenterSiteman Cancer Center got quite a bargain when Brown Shoe Company, QVC and the Fashion Footwear Association of New York (FFANY) teamed up to offer half-price shoes at the 12th Annual QVC Presents “FFANY Shoes on Sale” event during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The net proceeds benefit breast cancer research and education programs across the country.
Linguistic profiling conference on campus
The Linguistic Profiling and Linguistic Human Rights conference will be held on campus April 28-29.
Sponsored by African and African American Studies in Arts & Sciences and the Ford Foundation, the conference will explore issues surrounding legal considerations of linguistic profiling, fair housing, language restriction on the job and racial, sexual and deaf discrimination, among others.
Mutated gene may hold key to emphysema, rare skin disease
The discovery by researchers at the School of Medicine of a mutated gene associated with a rare skin disorder should provide insight into more common diseases such as emphysema and aortic aneurysms.
Washington University and Cinema St. Louis to present Second Annual Children’s Film Symposium May 5 and 6
Warner Bros. Entertainment*Duma*Washington University’s Center for the Humanities and Program in Film and Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host a two-day symposium on Children’s Films and their audiences. Presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis, the event will feature a keynote address by Nicholas Sammond, author of Babes in Tomorrowland: Walt Disney and the Making of the American Child, 1930-1960 (2005), as well as screenings of the films Duma (2005) and Saving Shiloh (2006), the latter of which was shot in St. Louis last year.
Research must put science above agenda
The recent court ruling that allowed the School of Medicine to maintain control of tissue samples vital to cancer research was a victory for science as well as research participants’ rights, said Medical School Dean Larry Shapiro in a letter to the editors of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Washington University named one of best places to work
Washington University in St. Louis was named one of the top three Best Places to Work in the St. Louis Business Journal’s annual survey of area employees.
At a dinner and reception April 20 at The Westin Hotel, Washington University was named the best workplace in the large employer category.
Research programs for undergraduates evaluated nationally
The majority of students who responded to a survey said the summer experience confirmed their desire to pursue a career in science.
Solutions sought for carbon sequestration, hydrogen production
The organisms that could provide answers are cyanobacteria, and the leader of the program is Himadri Pakrasi, professor of biology in Arts & Sciences.
One of a kind
Daniel Brennan, M.D., already had his foot solidly in the door when he interviewed for a job at the School of Medicine 13 years ago. Administrators from the school had, after all, recruited him to come to town for an interview. So he arguably would have received the job even if he hadn’t helped revive […]