Two important factors seem to explain black American adolescents’ experiences with teacher-based racial discrimination — religiosity and racial pride, finds a new study from the Brown School’s Sheretta Butler-Barnes.
A new program funded by the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Moonshot initiative will help patients at Siteman Cancer Center quit smoking. The national smoking rate is about 15 percent, but some 23 percent of Siteman patients smoke.
Teresa Williams has been appointed director of TRiO Student Support Services at the university. The federally funded program supports students who are low-income, first in their families to attend college or have a disability.
The Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award recognizes members of the university community who exemplify service and contribution to the St. Louis region. The nomination deadline is Feb. 2.
Lindsay Kuroki, MD, of the School of Medicine, writes in a guest column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the importance of vaccinating preteens against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection that has been shown to cause some cancers.
Edward Tjaden (left), a third-year student at the School of Law, has been awarded a Veterans of Foreign Wars-Student Veterans of America Legislative Fellowship, a semester-long academic experience.
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Edward Tjaden (left), a third-year student at the School of Law, has been awarded a Veterans of Foreign Wars-Student Veterans of America Legislative Fellowship, a semester-long academic experience.