Stroke-prevention drug study compares therapies
The research shows that the stroke-prevention drug Exanta is less cost-effective for most patients than the blood thinner warfarin.
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National parks get boost from Olin School project
Over a handful of classes, M.B.A. students developed programs for selling merchandise featuring National Park System logos.
Will named McDonnell professor of physics
Will is one of the world’s leading experts in using experimental and observational data to explain Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Hundreds of college dancers to perform March 3-6
The American College Dance Festival Association event will feature student and faculty dancers from 20 universities across nine states.
Poet D.A. Powell to read from his work March 3
His Cocktails, a harrowing yet disturbingly witty collection of works, is a finalist for this year’s National Book Critics’ Circle Award in poetry.
Van Duyn & Thurston collaboration on display
When Jarvis Thurston and Mona Van Duyn moved to St. Louis in 1950, they brought the literary magazine Perspective with them; it was published for nearly 30 years.
Legislation threatens stem cell research, therapies
Missouri legislators have introduced bills that would criminalize certain kinds of research into medical uses of embryonic stem cells.
More medical news
Obituary: Lacy, 81; groundbreaking diabetes researcher
He was among the first scientists to determine the precise details of how islets of Langerhans in the pancreas produce insulin.
Improv faceoff
Photo by Mary ButkusThe Suspicious of Whistlers comedy troupe recently competed against Mama’s Pot Roast, another student improv group.
Grand gates to the 40
Photo by David KilperTwo columns — each adorned with a “WU” stone plaque — now flank the Shepley Drive-Big Bend Boulevard entrance to the Hilltop Campus.