Saint Louis University News

The best location for a new MetroLink station planned at the CORTEX biotech and medical research district in Midtown is between Boyle Avenue and Sarah Street, according to an Urban Land Institute St. Louis technical assistance panel, which is preparing a report for the private nonprofit Citizens for Modern Transit.

Researchers with the St. Louis University Geology Department have teamed up with NASA to use satellite technology to study the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone.

Nearly 80 percent of Saint Louis University Hospital's nearly 600 registered nurses voted in favor of a collective bargaining agreement, according to Carmen Moorehead, registered nurse at SLU Hospital, who led contract negotiations with the hospital administration.

The coronavirus is now recognized as the etiologic agent of the 2003 SARS outbreak, and appears to be behind the new SARS-like virus that has recently killed dozens in and near Saudi Arabia.

In research published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications , Saint Louis University researchers describe a technology that can detect new, previously unknown viruses.

With supplement funding to the Washington University CTSA, the Restoring Professionalism and Integrity in Research program was developed at Saint Louis University to meet the remediation needs of institutions nationwide regarding investigators who violate research regulations.

Through a $300,000 grant from Administration of Children and Families, part of Department of Health and Human Services, Debra Zand, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University, will study treatment services offered by a local community provider to St. Louis area women who abuse illegal substances, and for their infants and ... (more)

New York State Attorney General Schneiderman speaks at a press conference announcing the launch of the Secure Our Smartphones initiative in downtown Manhattan on June 13, 2013.

ST. LOUIS The Saint Louis University softball program is offering an all-skills summer day camp Wednesday, July 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Billiken Sports Center, located next to Chaifetz Arena on the SLU campus.

The Missouri Autism Center at the Knights of Columbus Developmental Center is now offering the Autism Siblings Clinic.

Through a $300,000 grant from Administration of Children and Families, part of Department of Health and Human Services, Debra Zand, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University, will study treatment services offered by a local community provider to St. Louis area women who abuse illegal substances, and for their infants and ... (more)

BRANDY PAYNE, daughter of Brad and Donna Payne, of Ottawa, recently received a master's degree in health administration from St. Louis University.

The announcement that a partnership of St. Louis County, St. Louis City and local companies will make private investments of $100 million in area startups has excited many entrepreneurs, who say the St. Louis region has needed more venture-capital dollars for a long time.

St. Louis Police are stepping up patrols in areas, mostly in the northern part of the city, where seventeen people were shot in seven different incidents overnight Monday into Tuesday.

A Wood River native will make history Monday when she is the first woman sworn in as mayor of the largest city in Nebraska.

Scott Safranski has been named interim dean of Saint Louis University's John Cook School of Business for the upcoming school year, according to a June 4 email from Ellen Harshman, former dean of the business school who is serving as the university's interim vice president of academic affairs.

Everyone older than 70 should be checked for frailty, a condition that is both easily treated and potentially deadly, according to an article by representatives from six major international and U.S. medical organizations.

Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame.

The business lunch crowd will soon have a new dining spot in downtown St. Louis.

A research team led by Theodosios Alexander, Sc.D., Dean of Parks College Engineering, Aviation and Technology at Saint Louis University, was awarded $1.4 million by the Invention for Innovation Program of the National Institute for Health Research to develop a novel mechanical circulatory support device.