The role of biological indicators, or biomarkers, in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease will be discussed at the annual Alzheimer’s Research Update at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at the Jewish Community Center in Creve Coeur. Local...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published August 15, 2012
Microsurgery certainly can be challenging — but Dr. Martin Boyer contends that tending to the organic garden in his backyard in 107-degree weather also is difficult. “I’ve managed to keep it watered, keep it going,” said Boyer, 48. “I have...
I have to admit that I didn’t understand most of the pieces in the 2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition at Washington University’s Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. But I also know that knowledge of art comes slowly. I studied the artwork, made notes, and eventually...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published June 20, 2012
In May, Dr. William A. Peck was presented with the William Greenleaf Eliot Society’s Search Award at the organization’s 45th annual dinner. Peck, a professor of medicine and director of the Center for Health Policy at Washington University, was honored...
Young professionals, families with children, couples, and college students have an opportunity to make a difference in the St. Louis community during a Sunday afternoon volunteer project. Jewish Federation’s Young Professionals Division, St. Louis Hillel...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 19, 2012
When Max LaVictoire returned to the Zeta Beta Tau house at Washington University Friday evening after a week of skiing over the school’s spring break, he was greeted by an unwelcome — and extremely upsetting — surprise: All four tires on his Dodge...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published August 24, 2011
Mark your calendars to visit Washington University between October 18 and 22 when a city of sukkahs take over the campus. You can even vote for your favorite. Better yet, you might want to build one yourself and take part in "Sukkah City STL," a St. Louis-based...
Just as every member of the student body at Washington University is a member of Student Union, every person on campus who identifies as a Jew is technically part of an umbrella organization for Jewish students called the Jewish Student Union (JSU).The...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published May 25, 2011
Dr. Gustav Schonfeld, a survivor of the Holocaust who went on to a successful and admired career as a physician, professor and former head of the Washington University Department of Medicine, died Saturday, May 21, at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 21, 2011
You may know that Dr. Ira J. Kodner founded the Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. You may know that he was named Physician of the Year by the St. Louis Crohn's and Colitis Foundation....
