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WUSTL researchers are inviting the world to take part in an online experiment that will allow participants to see how their individual scores on a face-name memory test compare with those of other test takers.
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Providing birth control to women at no cost substantially reduced unplanned pregnancies and cut abortion rates by 62 percent to 77 percent over the national rate, a new study shows. Jeff Peipert, MD, PhD, of the School of Medicine was the study’s lead author.
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At the turn of the 20th century, composer Percy Aldridge Grainger developed a fascination with folk music of the British Isles. Among the results was Molly on the Shore. On Sunday, Oct. 7, the Washington University Wind Ensemble will perform Molly at a concert marking the Wind Ensemble debut of WUSTL conductor Chris Becker (right).
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Law students and women lawyers, judges and faculty members gathered Sept. 20 to celebrate the anniversary of WUSTL’s first woman law graduate, Phoebe Couzins, who earned a degree in 1871. The event featured “speed mentoring” and networking sessions with students and women attorneys.
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Can instrumental music communicate specific information? On Monday, Oct. 8, Michael Beckerman, PhD, an NYU professor who has studied music at the Terezin concentration camp, will discuss “Terezin, Land of Invisible Texts.” The talk is in memory of Richard Stang, PhD (right), professor emeritus of English in Arts & Sciences, who passed away last year.
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10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6
“High-Energy Cosmic Gamma Rays.” James Buckley, prof. of physics. Lectures tailored for the general public. Co-sponsored by University College. Crow Hall, Hughes Lecture Room 201. (314) 935-6276.
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Participants of the 2012 Global Diversity Overseas Seminar Program will share their experiences during two brown-bag lunch presentations Oct. 9 and 11. Six staff members traveled to WUSTL study abroad locations in Paris, France, and Shanghai, China, this past summer, courtesy of the program, which seeks to encourage fuller appreciation of diversity on campus.
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Keeping pediatrics department research on track FULL STORY
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The men’s cross country team finished 19th and the women’s team 28th in the Gold Division at the Greater Louisville Classic Sept. 29. The men finished 19th of 31 teams in the division, which featured just nine non-NCAA Division I teams. In the women’s race, WUSTL finished 28th of 31 teams, of which the Bears were one of three non-Division I teams. Cross country next travels to Wisconsin for the Oshkosh Brooks Invite Saturday, Oct. 13.
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