Fireworks safety? There’s no such thing says emergency medicine specialist

Medical experts suggest leaving fireworks to professionals.Fireworks can be beautiful against the night sky on July 4th, but a Washington University emergency medicine specialist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital says, for safety’s sake, parents and children should leave the fireworks to professionals. All fireworks are dangerous, especially to children. Typically, about two-thirds of all fireworks injuries occur in the days around the July 4th holiday.

Byrnes wins prestigious Reid Prize

One of the most prestigious awards in the field of differential equations and control theory, the Reid Prize was established in 1993.

A lifesaving leader

Richard D. Wetzel, Ph.D., first came to St. Louis to attend Concordia Seminary. But when he arrived at the seminary, he wasn’t dreaming of a small country church. He wanted to become a college professor. He comes from an extended family that includes nine college professors, and almost all of them taught at Lutheran colleges. […]