Tango!
The Tango Group at Washington University will begin its fall season of dances and workshops Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17, 18 and 19.
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Political pundit and satirist Arianna Huffington to replace Seymour Hersh for Assembly Series lecture
Arianna Huffington combines humor with intelligence to expose what she sees as fanatics, fools, and pigs at the trough. When she speaks at Washington University on Sept. 15 for the Assembly Series, she will be “Handicapping the presidential race.”
WUSTL alumnuss new novel draws upon her exploits behind the Iron Curtain
Most students who go abroad to study have many interesting tales to tell when they get home. But few, if any, also come back with fantastic stories of smuggling and spying. Fewer still parlay those stories into a Cold War thriller.
Heavy backpacks cause thousands of injuries to children each year
Backpacks are intended for convenience, but they can also be a source of pain for children who lug them around. Thousands of kids report injuries due to backpacks each year. Overloaded packs and improper usage are often the culprits in these injuries. Matthew Dobbs, a WUSM pediatrician at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, outlines the risks of wearing a backpack and preventative measures that can be taken in the following St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.
Excess levels of nitrogen, phosphorus causing deformed frogs
Copyright Pieter JohnsonEutrophication is caused by higher phosphorous and nitrogen that create a profound impact on the food web, threatening the frogs’ existence.A collaboration involving ecologists at WUSTL and the University of Wisconsin strongly points to farming practices and development, two factors that create a condition called eutrophication in ponds and wetlands, as factors behind the high incidence of deformed frogs. Eutrophication is caused by higher phosphorus and nitrogen (prime components of agricultural fertilizer) levels in wet ecosystems. Higher levels of these nutrients cause a profound impact on the food web that imperils the frogs’ existence.
Gene linked to both alcoholism and depression
A national team of investigators led by psychiatric geneticists at the School of Medicine has identified a gene that appears to be linked to both alcoholism and depression. The study, published in the September issue of the journal Human Molecular Genetics, is the first to identify a specific gene associated with both depression and alcoholism.
Stuart Greenbaum to step down as Olin School of Business dean
GreenbaumStuart I. Greenbaum, Ph.D., dean of the John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, has announced his intention to step down as dean effective June 30, 2005, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. Greenbaum has served as dean since 1995 and was named the Bank of America Professor in July 2000.
Sports
There is no sports news page for the Sept. 3, 2004 issue of the Record.
Cowsik elected to National Academy of Sciences
Ramanath Cowsik, Ph.D., professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, recently became the 25th member of the Washington University faculty to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He joined 71 other new members and 18 foreign associates from 13 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Sam Fox Arts Center begins construction
A portion of Parking Lot No. 2 — at the southeast corner of the Hilltop Campus — will be closed through August 2006.