Standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) involves alternating chest compressions with rescue breaths. But heart attack patients who receive CPR from bystanders fare better if their resuscitators skip the rescue breaths and do only chest compression, according to a study led by researchers at the School of Medicine. FULL STORY

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Oh the shark has pretty teeth dear/And he shows them pearly white. So is introduced Macheath, the dapper bandit and notorious womanizer better known as “Mack the Knife.” Thus begins The Threepenny Opera, a merciless send-up of operatic conventions presented by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences Oct. 22 through 31. FULL STORY

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When Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, went to medical school, he was struck by the kinds of patients he saw in the hospital. Too many were suffering from heart attacks or lung cancer — conditions linked to smoking. “It made me wonder: Couldn’t we do a better job at prevention?” he says. FULL STORY

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The world was captivated by the amazing rescue of 33 miners trapped underground for 69 days in Chile. The miners’ survival and rescue were made possible by collaboration, says R. Keith Sawyer, PhD, associate professor of education and of psychology, both in Arts & Sciences, and an expert on the science of creativity and collaboration. FULL STORY

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Klaus R. G. Hein, PhD, of the University of Stuttgart, Germany, gives a European perspective on the future of global energy at the “McDonnell International Scholars Academy Symposium: Global Energy Future” held Oct. 1-5. For a slideshow presentation of the symposium, click here: FULL STORY

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• 4 p.m. American Culture Studies Workshop Series. “Working at the Crossroads Between Media Studies & American Studies.” Susan Douglas, the Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor and Chair, Dept. of Communication Studies, U. of Michigan. Co-sponsored by Film and Media Studies. Danforth University Center, Rm. 234. (314) 935-5216.

• Take an arbor tour of Danforth Campus. Kent Theiling Jr., grounds and landscape design manager for the Danforth Campus, will lead the Second Annual Fall Arbor Tour at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 21. Meet in front of Brookings Hall. To reserve a spot, e-mail Kim Shilling at KShilling@wustl.edu.

• Find out if the volleyball team remained unbeaten. The women’s volleyball team was 21-0 heading into its second University Athletic Association round robin of the season last weekend at Brandeis University. Find out how they fared at bearsports.wustl.edu.