Heart patient survival varies greatly with genetic variation
“We were able to associate risk of death with the characteristics of the patients’ beta-adrenergic receptor genes,” says study co-author Howard McLeod.
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Rigden receives Millikan Award for physics teaching
The recipient of the award gives the Robert A. Millikan Lecture at the American Association of Physics Teachers’ summer meeting.
Shining star
Photo by Robert BostonNurse Jill Bokern was presented with the Guiding Star Award, an annual honor for a clinical staff member at the School of Medicine.
Class addresses career counseling, academic guidance
“Managing Your Business Career Strategy” is the first class of its kind at the University and maybe the first of its kind in the nation.
University’s Greeks form community service initiative
Greek community members will run the “Loop in Motion” parade and fund-raising booths, and also will volunteer throughout the year.
Atlas provides brain fold maps
It’s already helping scientists understand how an inherited disorder changes the brain and how brain function adjusts in response to blindness.
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Special honors
Photo by Kevin LowderSix WUSTL chemistry professors were recently honored for their significant contributions to the Manhattan Project.
‘Really a beautiful dormitory’
Photo by David KilperKoenig House on the South 40 opened in August and is home to 160 first-year students.The 45,000-square-foot structure is located just north of the Wohl Parking Garage off Shepley Drive and houses 160 freshmen.
English, music and PAD aim to help Katrina victims
“New Orleans is such an important home for the arts in the United States,” said PAD Chair Henry I. Schvey.
Sounds of the South: School of Social Work’s Katrina benefit concert today
Graduate students, faculty and staff are invited to the Lopata Courtyard between Goldfarb and Brown halls today for “Sounds of the South,” a hurricane-relief benefit concert featuring the Zydeco Crawdaddys. The event, hosted by the George Warren Brown School of Social Work student body, will kick off with a happy hour at 6 p.m. The […]