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Rate College News

Original at Pioneer Press Online external link    Thu, Aug 20

Matthew Stork of Western Springs was named to the spring semester dean's list at Washington University, St. Louis. To qualify for the dean's list in the ...

Rate Restless legs are linked to bacteria

Original at Belleville News-Democrat external link    Thu, Aug 20

It also may be a new way of treating restless leg syndrome (RLS), says Dr. Leonard Weinstock, a gastroenterologist at Washington University in St. Louis. ...

Rate Illness forces longtime ICWA advocate to leave program she started

Original at indiancountrytoday.com external link    Wed, Aug 19

She received the Master of Social Work from Washington University and an undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University. Bigpond is an alumna of the ...

Rate University flirts with top spot in Victoria's Secret contest

Original at Student Life external link    Wed, Aug 19

To boost the University's rankings, the Facebook group “Washington University in St. Louis for Victoria Secret” sent out a mass message to group members ...

Rate Volleyball Ranked No. 5 in AVCA Preseason Top-25 Poll

Original at Washington University in St. Louis external link    Wed, Aug 19

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St. Louis, Mo., August 19, 2009 – The Washington University in St. Louis volleyball team will begin the 2009 season ranked No. 5 in the American Volleyball ... and more »

Rate FDA Opens New Center to Regulate Tobacco

Original at MedPage Today external link    Wed, Aug 19

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New York Times A graduate of Kansas University, the Harvard School of Public Health and the George Washington University School of Medicine. "He is the rare combination of ... FDA starts new Center for Tobacco ProductsUnited Press International

Rate Fourth generation to head Grote

Original at Fleet Owner external link    Wed, Aug 19

Grote holds a BA from Southern Methodist University, an MBA from George Washington University and he is a graduate of Wharton's advanced management program. ... and more »

Rate Western Washington University rowing champ maps her future

Original at Issaquah Press external link    Tue, Aug 18

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Hilary Gastwirth (sunglasses), a Liberty High School graduate rowing with Western Washington University, practices with teammates (from ...

Rate Campus notes

Original at Marietta Times external link    Tue, Aug 18

Kathleen Kafka of Vienna, W.Va., was named to the dean's list for the spring 2009 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Kafka is a graduate of ...

Rate Case assistant professor scores in Beachwood

Original at cleveland.blockshopper.com external link    Tue, Aug 18

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He has a BA from University of Delhi, an MBA from Indian Institute of Management and a Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.

Rate Neurosurgeon unloads University City 4BD

Original at Blockshopper external link    Tue, Aug 18

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Delston is a graduate student in the department of ophthalmology and visual sciences at Washington University School of Medicine. Previously, she worked at ...

Rate Novelist, non-profit org. exec take in Cardozo/Shaw 3BD

Original at dc.blockshopper.com external link    Tue, Aug 18

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Previously, she taught at George Washington University, Bennington College and Princeton University. Earlier, she was an essayist at the nightly news ...

Rate Foundation supports Parkinson's study

Original at bcbr.com external link    Tue, Aug 18

The University of Utah, Boston University and Washington University in St. Louis have been selected to receive grant money from the Davis Phinney Foundation ... Davis Phinney Foundation Announces New US Study to Evaluate the ...PR Newswire (press release) (press release)

Rate State Sen. Jeff Smith considering resigning, sources say

Original at St. Louis Post-Dispatch external link    Sat, Aug 15

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A graduate of Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, Smith has a doctorate in political science from Washington University, where he has taught courses on ... and more »

Rate Women's Soccer Ranked No. 8 in NSCAA Preseason Poll

Original at Washington University in St. Louis external link    Thu, Aug 13

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St. Louis, Mo., August 13, 2009 – Washington University's women's soccer team is ranked No. 8 in the NSCAA/adidas preseason top-25 poll, as announced ... and more »

Rate Campus Notes

Original at Pioneer Press Online external link    Mon, Aug 10

Annette Dean, of Park Ridge, has been studying international affairs at George Washington University in Washington, DC, for the past two years. ...

Rate UM-St. Louis, Zoo team up for new course on global climate change

Original at The Current external link    Mon, Aug 10

It can also be taken as a 2-hour credit course, undergraduate or graduate, by students of UM-St. Louis, Washington University and St. Louis University. ...

Rate WU backs countywide smoking ban bill

Original at Student Life external link    Fri, Aug 7

Nearly four months after announcing a tobacco ban for all of its campuses, Washington University backed a St. Louis County Council bill ... and more »

Rate New Injury Control Research Center at Washington University in St ...

Original at Washington University in St. Louis external link    Tue, Aug 4

The Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis is honored to be the first school of social work selected to host one of the CDC's Injury Control ...

Rate Preschoolers' depression can linger; adults opt for meds

Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com external link    Mon, Aug 3

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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis followed 306 children ages 3 to 6 for 24 months and found that the lives of the naive ... Preschool DepressionPsychCentral.com Bartlesville Live -WFIE-TV -Modern Medicine

Rate New Benefits Help Veterans Go to College

Original at U.S. News & World Report external link    Mon, Aug 3

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New York Times U.S. News & World Report Brian Hawthorne, 24, regional director of Student Veterans of America and an undergraduate at George Washington University in Washington, says that good ... Hawaii schools part of post-9/11 GI bill programHonolulu Advertiser

Year 2009

 

Rate Kharasch named interim vice chancellor for research

Original at Washington University in St. Louis external link    Wed, Jul 22

I want to thank Ed Macias for moving so quickly to identify such an outstanding candidate," said Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. ... and more »

Rate Apollo lunar rocks still offer clues to scientists

Original at google.com external link    Mon, Jul 20

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It all started with Apollo 11," said Randy Korotev, a lunar geochemist at Washington University in St. Louis, where hundreds of moon rocks are still stored ... Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Still Hold SecretsAHN St. Louis Post-Dispatch -Wired News -The Associated Press

Rate First-timers lead the pack

Original at TheNewsTribune.com external link    Sun, Jun 14

 WA Trevor Kulvi, a 2003 Sumner High graduate who just finished up at Central Washington University, was third in 41:19. University of Puget Sound standout Francis Reynolds was fourth at 42:01, and Courtney Jaworski, one of best 800-meter runners in ...

Rate VHHS's last valedictorian, salutatorian bids adieu

Original at Pioneer Press Online external link    Thu, Jun 11

GS: Next fall I will attend Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. I want to major in either biology or the school's philosophy-neuroscience-psychology ... and more »

Rate Survivor, scholar

Original at The Spokesman Review external link    Mon, Jun 8

 WA Among the nearly 2400 students expected to receive undergraduate degrees from Eastern Washington University on Saturday is one whose survival did not seem likely 20 years ago, much less his graduation from an American college. ...

Rate Washington University opens green building

Original at Fort Mills Times external link    Fri, May 29

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Washington University is unveiling what it hopes will be one of North America's greenest buildings. The newly built Living Learning Center at the university's Tyson Research Center is designed to be a zero net energy and zero wastewater building. ...

Rate Webster University to Honor NCIS Star, Monsanto Chairman and St ... - PR Newswire

Original at prnewswire.com external link    Mon, May 4

Grant is a member of the board of directors of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; a director of PPG Industries, Inc.; Washington University in St. Louis . He also is a member of the President's Advisory Group of CropLife International and of the ...

Rate CD Review of “Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella,” by ...

Original at Steamboat Pilot external link    Thu, Apr 30

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The Mosaic Whispers, from Washington University in St. Louis, lend a stirring, well-balanced version of the semi-depressing coming-of-age story “Still Fighting It.” “The Luckiest” becomes a musical theater ballad under another Washington University ...

Rate Opinion: Gallery listings

Original at The Spokesman Review external link    Thu, Apr 16

 WA by Bernadette Vielbig, on display at Eastern Washington University's Gallery of Art. Courtesy of Eastern Washington University Arbor Crest Wine Cellars - Photography by Lisa Dittmar. River Park Square, third level, 808 W. Main Ave. ...

Rate Opinion: Tuition likely to jump at public colleges, universities

Original at Lynnwood Enterprise external link    Fri, Apr 10

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Jon Slater, who works part time as a deckhand for the Hat Island ferry, is poised to graduate from both Lake Stevens High School and EvCC this spring with plans of transferring to Western Washington University. He's glad to have two years of college ...

Rate Opinion: Washington Legislature should let universities increase tuition

Original at Seattle Times external link    Wed, Apr 8

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KMAS  United States Students attending the University of Washington, Washington State University and Western Washington University would experience tuition hikes of about $1300 to nearly $2000 over two years. Under normal circumstances, such a number would be unimaginable ...

Rate Business School Hailed by Princeton Review

Original at Daily Colonial external link    Thu, Mar 26

 DC “For many aspiring business school students, The George Washington University School of Business is simply too good to pass up. First, there’s hometown Washington, DC, with its international flavor and job opportunities. ...

Rate Opinion: Lucy 2.0: Famous Fossil Hominid Goes Digital

Original at Wired News external link    Thu, Feb 5

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Ethiopian Review  - Feb 5, 2009 “Your bones respond to how you use them,” explained paleobiologist Brian Richmond of George Washington University. “We know that spongy bone is especially ... Famous fossil Lucy scanned at the University of Texas at Austin EurekAlert (press release)

Rate Liberty on Campus in 2008: FIRE’s Year in Review

Original at FIRE external link    Tue, Dec 30

FIRE also informs prospective students and their parents about threats to rights on campus through Spotlight: The Campus Freedom Resource, a database with information on speech codes at over 400 colleges and universities, and through the Red Alert list of campuses that represent the...

Rate The D Plan- An Economic Advantage?

Original at Dartblog external link    Mon, Dec 15

By Jennifer Bandy an unused campus isn't free. While college facilities sit idle, they continue to generate maintenance, energy, and debt-service expenses that contribute to the high cost of running a college. Those costs are borne by students, taxpayers, and donors. Such inefficiency is not affordable...

Rate Who yelled 'tyrant' at AG Mukasey? A judge

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Wed, Nov 26

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Attorney General Michael Mukasey, accompanied by his wife Susan, leaves George Washington University Hospital in Washington, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Judge Richard Sanders says he was speaking his conscience when he interrupted Mukasey at a black-tie dinner Thursday night in Washingt...

Rate Steroids used in preemies may kill brain cells

Original at usatoday.com external link    Mon, Nov 17

Certain drugs used in premature babies and in pregnant women at risk for preterm deliveries kill brain cells, new animal studies show.A class of steroid drugs called glucocorticoids, which is often used to beef up the underdeveloped lungs of premature infants, irreversibly damages br...

Rate Avery Meltzer: Second Chance Employment: Giving Women A Second Chance

Original at Huffington Post external link    Fri, Oct 31

By Avery Meltzer The following is an interview with Dr. Ludy Green, Founder and President of Second Chance Employment, the first organization in America to promote financial independence for victims of domestic abuse. Second Chance Employment Services is a Washington, D.C. headquartered non-profit th...

Rate Freud, International Relations Are Calling

Original at TPMCafe external link    Wed, Oct 29

By Amitai Etzioni Freud, where are you when we need you? Think tanks in Washington, DC and across the land are furiously issuing position papers in preparation for the new administration. They are full of "we need" statements. They declare: "We need to...

Rate Washington weighs lethal meds for terminally ill

Original at Albany Times Union external link    Sun, Oct 12

The measure would allow physicians in Washington state to help terminally ill patients end their lives. Oregon, where voters first approved the idea in 1994, is the only state with such a law. Todd Donovan, political scientist at Western Washington University, said he wasn't surprised t...

Rate Recent jobs posted to the Job Board: NY Times, Chronicle of Higher Education, eBay/Kijiji, TechSmith, etc.

Original at Signal vs. Noise external link    Mon, Sep 29

By 37signals The Chronicle of Higher Education is looking for a Web Developer (LAMP) in Washington, DC. The George Washington University Department of Health Policy is looking for a Web Communications Specialist (Research Associate) located in Washington, DC.

Rate Stander Tabbed All-America by Jewish Sports Review

Original at Washington University in St. Louis external link    Thu, Jul 10

 MO - St. Louis, Mo., July 10, 2008 – Senior outfielder Karli Stander of the Washington University in St. Louis softball team was named to the Jewish Sports ...

Rate Four Named to 2007 Jewish Sports Review All-America Team - Sports News from Washington University in St. Louis

Original at Washington University in St. Louis external link    Wed, Jan 9

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Sports News from Washington University in St. Louis Sports News from Washington University in St. Louis, MO - Jan 9, 2008 St. Louis, Mo., January 9, 2008 – Washington University in St. Louis had four soccer student-athletes named to the 2007 Jewish Sports Review College ...

Year 2007

 

Rate Times Review

Original at Durham external link    Sat, Sep 15

By KC Johnson From the Scottsboro Boys to Clarence Gideon, some of the most memorable legal narratives have been tales of the wrongly accused. Now “Until Proven Innocent,” a new book about the false allegations of rape against three Duke lacrosse players, can join these galvanizing cautionary tales . . ....

Year 2006

 

Rate Opinion: "Ask the Author" with David Stras: Part 2

Original at SCOTUSblog external link    Wed, Dec 27

By Jason Harrow(jharrow@akingump.com) This post is part 2 in our discussion with Professor David Stras of the University of Minnesota Law School (part 1 is here). Professor Stras has written extensively on issues surrounding the Supreme Court; in this entry, we discuss his paper about life tenure, "An Empirical Analysis of Li...

Rate Wired for safety, late-night snacks

Original at USA Today external link    Sun, Aug 27

When Rachel Hanson needs to check the bus schedule, grades or dining hall menu, the sophomore at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J., reaches for her cellphone.And when Maria Emerson needs to find washing machines for four loads of laundry, the junior at Carnegie Mellon Univers...

Rate Podcast: Lecture: "A new view for Alzheimer's"

Original at Vanderbilt University News external link    Thu, Mar 16

By news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) The use of brain scans to detect Alzheimer's disease was the topic of a lecture by Dr. John Csernansky, director of the Silvio O. Conte Center for Neuroscience Research at Washington University, St. Louis, at Vanderbilt University March 9. The lecture was part of the Brainstorm 2006 lecture...

Year 2005

 

Rate Taco Bell departs from Mallinckrodt

Original at Student Life external link    Tue, Nov 29

Students can grab their last gorditas today as Taco Bell departs from Mallinckrodt's Food Court to be replaced by Bon Appétit Asian cuisine next semester. Its departure comes after failed negotiations to renew the franchise's five-year contract and a Washington University Food Commi...

Rate The evolution of e-mail at Washington University

Original at Student Life external link    Sun, Nov 13

 MO - Nov 13, 2005 first utilized at Stanford University. Soon after, Washington University became the second school in the nation to provide RCCs. ...

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