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| Ramesh Raghavan Assistant professor of Social Work (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/794.html) Ramesh Raghavan's clinical, policy and administrative expertise in public health and psychiatry fuel his research interests in mental health services and policies for children in the child welfare system. Prior to joining the faculty at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the School of ... Expertise: public health, mental health services, children in the child welfare system, health policy, Medicaid Direct contact: 314-935-4469 / raghavan@wustl.edu |
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| Carl Minzner Associate Professor of Law (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/782.html) Carl Minzner is well known for his work in Chinese law and politics. Before joining the law faculty, he served as senior counsel on the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Minzner's experiences abroad while working ... Direct contact: (314) 935-6273 / cminzner@wulaw.wustl.edu |
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| Cheryl Block Professor of Law (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/779.html)
Cheryl Block is an expert in tax law and policy. Author of a leading book on corporate taxation, she has also written numerous articles on taxation, public policy relating to federal bailouts, legislative voting rules, social choice theory, federal budget process, and the interplay between tax and ... Expertise: tax law and policy, corporate taxation, federal bailouts Direct contact: (314) 935-6444 / cblock@wulaw.wustl.edu |
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| Steven Gunn Associate Professor of Law (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/745.html) Gunn, an expert on American Indian law, has extensive experience in public interest litigation and has written numerous articles on Indian law and on the intersection of poverty and law and economics. Prior to becoming a professor, Gunn was a staff attorney for the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the ... Expertise: American Indian law, Federal Indian law, tribal courts, tribal law Direct contact: (314) 935-6413 / sjgunn@wulaw.wustl.edu |
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| Margo Schlanger Professor of law (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/729.html)
Schlanger is a leading authority on prisons and inmate litigation. In addition to her teaching and research in this field, she is currently a member of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons. She served as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and was an attorney ... Expertise: prison reform, Constitutional law of incarceration, civil litigation, torts Direct contact: (314) 935-8242 / mschlanger@wulaw.wustl.edu |
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| More than 1,000 Okla. babies receive $1,000 for college savings Okla. State Treasurer and Washington University in St. Louis partner through new study on children's savings accounts (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11842.html) June 3, 2008 -- More than 1,000 Oklahoma babies are receiving a $1,000 jumpstart on saving for college thanks to SEED for Oklahoma Kids (SEED OK), a seven-year study designed to determine the economic and educational impact of "seeding" a college savings account for children at birth. SEED OK, announced June 3 by Governor Brad Henry and State Treasurer Scott Meacham, is a collaboration between the Oklahoma State Treasurer and the Center for Social Development (CSD) at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. |
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| Ignoring 'geologic reality' Geologist decries floodplain development (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/11395.html) April 1, 2008 --
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| Is this any way to elect a president? Iowa's special role in primaries may end in 2008, expert suggests (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/10757.html) Jan. 3, 2008 --
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| Republicans tense as voter disillusionment sets in
USA Today May 20, 2008 -- Iraq is one of several tides running against GOP candidates, driving away independent voters and some party faithful. Except for Missouri, independent voters in five Senate races polled by USA Today were swinging toward the Democrat. Party loyalty was stronger among Democrats than Republicans in every state but Ohio. Michael Minta, professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, comments on how the stem cell research issue is dividing Republicans in Missouri. |
| A few tips to lead a 'greener' lifestyle
DailyIndia.com (FL) and 3 others Jan. 14, 2008 -- Matt Malten, WUSTL assistant vice chancellor for campus sustainability, offers a few tips on how to lessen your impact on the environment without spending a lot of bucks. "The old adage of reduce, reuse, recycle remains apropos. We must remind ourselves that the first step is always to reduce our demand of natural resources," Malten said. |
| Houston area schools don't expect ruling to have major impact
Houston Chronicle July 2, 2007 -- School leaders in the Houston area said Thursday they're not expecting a shake-up in how they assign students to campuses after a Supreme Court decision that limits the use of race. WUSTL law professor Samuel Bagenstos comments on the ruling. |
| Scientists Look to Vaccines in the War on E. Coli
The New York Times and 1 others May 1, 2007 -- Vaccines for people and for cattle are just two approaches under development to prevent or treat food poisoning by the strain E. coli O157:H7. Right now, scientists can do little medically to fight the pathogen, which was responsible for two severe outbreaks last fall. WUSTL pediatrics professor Phillip Tarr, a gastroenterology specialist, comments on the difficulty of treatment. |
| Hopes for a Renaissance After Exodus in St. Louis
The New York Times and 3 others April 17, 2007 -- Article looks at St. Louis' effort to rebuild its image in the face of population loss and public school accreditation problems. WUSTL architecture professor John Hoal, who has been involved in numerous municipal planning projects, comments on the redevelopment effort. |
| Former Supreme Court justice to hear cases in St. Louis
Associated Press State & Local Wire and 2 others Feb. 14, 2007 -- Friday story on retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor who will be part of a three-judge appellate court panel in St. Louis hearing two high-profile cases this week. One case she'll hear involves a challenge to Missouri election law that opponents say denies voting rights to some who are mentally ill. WUSTL law professor and anti-discrimination law expert Samuel Bagenstos says a dozen states allow for individual assessments of mentally ill people under guardianship. |
| Diabetes, obesity can increase your Alzheimer's risk
CNN.com Nov. 7, 2006 -- November is National Alzheimer's Disease month. CNN medical correspondent Judy Fortin talked about the illness with John Morris, director of WUSTL's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. He said besides old age, diabetes and obesity are also risk factors for developing Alzheimer's. |
| Commentary: Laureate Phelps
The Wall Street Journal Oct. 18, 2006 -- Hoover Institution research fellow David Henderson writes about the work of Edmund Phelps, this year's Nobel laureate in economics. Phelps collaborated with Robert Pollak on his capital formation research. Pollak is now an economics professor at WUSTL. |
| Parents often naive about children's drug use
Atlanta Journal-Constitution and 16 others Sept. 27, 2006 -- Parents are largely unaware of their children's alcohol and drug use, according to new WUSTL research published in the October issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experiemental Research. WUSTL psychiatry professor and study researcher Jean Bierut comments. |
| Search for an E. coli defense
Los Angeles Times and 1 others Sept. 25, 2006 -- Part of the alarm over cases of E. coli poisoning, such as the current spinach-linked outbreak, has been the difficulty in treating the most severe cases -- when toxins produced by the bacterium cause kidney failure. But researchers have been working for two decades to learn more about the illness and now think they will eventually have ways to limit the damage. WUSTL pediatrics professor Phillip Tarr comments. Tarr treated many of the children who fell ill in 1993 in the Pacific Northwest from E. coli poisoning involving contaminated, under-cooked meat. |
| Judge again blocks flight attendants from striking against Northwest Airlines
Associated Press, Chicago Tribune and 5 others Sept. 22, 2006 -- Northwest Airlines Corp. flight attendants on Thursday asked to be released from federal mediation so they can strike the carrier after a federal judge ruled they couldn't walk off the job. WUSTL law professor and labor relations expert Neil Bernstein comments. |
| U.S. to Deploy Proven Technology on Borders
NPR - Morning Edition Sept. 22, 2006 -- The Department of Homeland Security today awards a multi-billion dollar contract to beef up border security. The anticipated winner is Boeing. Despite the aerospace giant's background, Boeing's border security plan is less high tech than you might expect. WUSTL computer science professor Robert Pless comments on surveillance technology. He is assistant director of WUSTL's Center for Security Technologies. |
| Political pros sharpen their knives in press release wars
Associated Press State & Local Wire and 5 others July 26, 2006 -- Article on the increasingly common attack fare in news releases from political operatives desperate to spin news coverage to their advantage. WUSTL political rhetoric expert Wayne Fields, who directs the American Culture Studies program, says these tactics threaten to drain the substance out of political debate. |
| Editorial: Young Latinas and a cry for help
The New York Times July 21, 2006 -- Editorial responds to a recent series in the Spanish-language New York newspaper El Diario/La Prensa sheds some light on a mostly overlooked national phenomenon, the misunderstood and endangered young Latina, who represents one of the fastest-growing segments of the American population. Hispanic teenage girls attempt suicide more often than any other group. A five-year study now in its second year in New York is being led by WUSTL social work and psychiatry professor Luis Zayas, who says the self-destructive behavior seems to affect Latinas of every origin and every region of the country. |
| Live mike captures Bush's tough talk at G8 summit
USA Today July 18, 2006 -- President Bush got bit again Monday by the open-microphone bug. Apparently unaware that his words were being broadcast, Bush offered an unvarnished assessment of Syria's alleged support for Hezbollah's attacks on Israel. He also criticized United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, teased British Prime Minister Tony Blair about a sweater he recently gave the president, and joked about the long-windedness of some unnamed world leaders. Wayne Fields, a political scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, said Bush is unlikely to take heat at home for his remarks. |
| Secularism, the French & Alfred Dreyfus
The New York Sun July 7, 2006 -- Several hundred Parisians gathered at City Hall yesterday to pay tribute to a French army captain, Alfred Dreyfus,who was convicted wrongly of treason in a trial that divided France more than a century ago. Anti-Semitism and assimilation are still controversial subjects in France today. WUSTL anthropology professor John Bowen comments. |
| Bird extinction pace worries scientists
Kansas City Star and 19 others July 5, 2006 -- New research shows that birds are becoming extinct faster than scientists have thought. A group of scientists that included WUSTL biology professor and conservationist Peter Raven, president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, revised the existing extinction estimate to take into account ongoing fossil discoveries of extinct species and missing birds not yet classified as extinct. The results of their study appear this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
| Funding for Alzheimer's research is key, scientists say
Kansas City Star and 17 others July 5, 2006 -- Scientists who study Alzheimer's disease say they are on the brink of finding treatments to slow or stop it. A few weeks ago, Congress voted to reduce funding for research on Alzheimer's disease. WUSTL scientists commenting are neurology professor Anne Fagan Niven, neurology professor and chair David Holtzman, and Tom Meuser, director of education and rural outreach at WUSTL's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. |
| Outbreak has bird-flu experts stumped
Chicago Tribune and 11 others May 25, 2006 -- Seven members of one family in a remote village in Indonesia have died of bird flu, and disease detectives from around the world are trying to determine the facts surrounding the case. It remains unclear if the family members transmitted the deadly illness to one another or if all were infected by a source yet to be identified. WUSTL molecular microbiology professor Andrew Pekosz comments. |
| The rehabilitation of the Cold-War liberal
The New York Times May 1, 2006 -- Peter Beinart, editor at large of The New Republic, discusses the complex issue of American liberals and foreign policy, including the Democrats' attitude towards radical Islam and jihadists. Today, in a historic shift, polls show liberals no more inclined to prioritize foreign aid than conservatives. And this shift, combined with the perception that Iraq has drained Americans of their willingness to spend money trying to solve other countries' problems, has left Democratic politicians virtually mute on the subject of economic assistance. This can have serious repercussions. After examining data on terrorists and would-be terrorists, Ethan Bueno de Mesquita of WUSTL concluded that ''individuals with low ability or little education are most likely to volunteer to join the terrorist organization." |
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