Pioneers sought ‘healthy’ places to live, writings reveal
Assessments of the “sickliness” or “health” of land pervade 19th-century settlers’ letters, journals, newspapers and literature.
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AAAS adds Balota, Pakrasi
The professors of psychology and biology, respectively, are among the 348 individuals elected as fellows for 2003.
Time to take it back
Photo by Doug MinerThe Take Back the Night march Oct. 21 was part of a national campaign to call attention to issues of rape, sexual assault and sexual violence.
Here’s to your health
Photo by Mary ButkusFreshman Catherine L. Kupiec takes the blood pressure of Mary Most at the recent Health and Wellness Fair.
Architecture’s Hoal, Luchini win AIA awards
And winning a St. Louis interiors awards was the University’s Small Group Housing, designed by local firm Mackey Mitchell Associates.
New periodic chart slanted toward astronomers
“The idea was to combine everything for easy comparison and quick reference,” says table designer Katharina Lodders.
Volleyball team stretches streak to 15
The No. 2 volleyball team extended its winning streak to a season-high 15 matches Oct. 22 at the Field House, as it knocked off Division II Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 3-0. With the win, the Bears, who have not lost since Sept. 19, upped their record to 25-3. The Bears took the match in straight games, […]
Obituary: Schneider, former University Police director
He joined the University in 1969 as director of security and campus chief of police; he retired in 1993.
International exchange
Photo by Ray MarklinChinese delegates came to the University to continue discussions on nursing and physician educational exchange programs.
Developing the future
James Herbert Williams thought he knew where he would spend his academic career. “I’m a western-U.S. kind of guy,” he says. Williams, Ph.D., the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity and associate dean for academic affairs in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, grew up in Magnolia, N.C., and Cleveland, […]