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Jan. 11, 2002 Vol. 26, No. 16
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MLK Day to be observed

Events at Graham Chapel on the Hilltop Campus and the Eric P. Newman Education Center at the Medical Campus are among this year's commemorations of King's contributions and legacy. Full story

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On the road again
On the road again

Karl Scherer of Hartmann's Towing tops off fluids of student Diana McAlpine's (left) car as her roommate, Erin Danyi, looks on. View in full

Endowed professorships in campaign top 100

Two new endowed professorships created during the $1.3 billion Campaign for Washington University put the campaign over the 100 mark, according to an announcement made at the Dec. 7 Board of Trustees meeting by campaign Chair Sam Fox, chief executive officer of Harbour Group Ltd.

Further details on the campaign's topping the 100 endowed professorships mark will be published in a future issue of the Record. Full story

Sitemans honored
Sitemans honored

Timothy J. Eberlein, M.D. (left), director of the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, honors philanthropists Ruth Siteman and Alvin J. Siteman at Siteman Cancer Center's recent grand opening celebration. View in full


Schizophrenia progress
New generation antipsychotic drug lowers risk


Csernansky
Csernansky
A second-generation antipsychotic drug lowers the risk of relapse in patients with schizophrenia by nearly half, according to a team of researchers led by psychiatrists in the School of Medicine.

Results of the two-year, multicenter study were reported in the Jan. 3 New England Journal of Medicine.

Just less than 1 percent of the general population suffers from schizophrenia. The economic burden of the disease was estimated at $33 billion per year in the early 1990s. Much of that cost can be attributed to the consequences of psychotic relapse, which is common among schizophrenic patients. Full story


Steven G. Krantz, Ph.D.
Steven G. Krantz, Ph.D.
Math Circles program presents unique perspectives

Last spring, Clayton resident Jennifer Jeffrey was searching for an extracurricular mathematics program for her son, Chris, and a small group of sixth- and seventh-graders from Wydown Middle School when it dawned on her: Try the big school next door.

Jeffrey felt comfortable looking into Washington University because her parents, the late Sterling Schoen, Ph.D., a professor in the graduate school in the Olin School of Business, and Patricia Schoen, an adjunct professor in the Olin School and later an instructor in University College in Arts & Sciences, had spent a good portion of their careers here.

Jeffrey had visited campus many times. Still, she was a bit apprehensive when she called the Department of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences and was put in touch with Steven G. Krantz, Ph.D., professor and chair of mathematics. Full story


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