An international team of Alzheimer’s disease experts, led by the School of Medicine, has uncovered a gene variation that appears to predict the rate at which Alzheimer’s disease will progress. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21142.aspx

WUSTL installed automatic external defibrillators in seven high-traffic areas across the Danforth Campus Sept. 16. The computerized medical devices can monitor a heart rhythm and can recognize when a distressed person requires a shock to re-establish a normal rhythm. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21173.aspx

A strong work ethic and the importance of family for Terrie E. Inder, MD, PhD, have fueled her passion for determining the impact of premature birth on brain injury and development. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21027.aspx

Kevin Washburn, JD, professor and law dean at the University of New Mexico, will deliver a lecture, titled “Improving Criminal Justice for American Indians,” at noon Thursday, Sept. 23, for the Assembly Series. The program — free and open to the public — will be held in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21168.aspx

A search is under way to fill a new vice provost position in the Office of the Provost whose initial focus will be on diversity and faculty development, among other areas of university-wide importance. An advisory committee has been formed that will identify and recommend candidates from within the WUSTL community. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21179.aspx

• 8 p.m. Concert. Danforth University Center Chamber Series. “The Golden Age: Music for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord,” featuring Elizabeth Macdonald and Charles Metz. Free. Goldberg Formal Lounge, Danforth University Center. kschultz@artsci.wustl.edu or (314) 935-5566.

• Public Service Fair. The Gephardt Institute will host a Public Service Fair from 4:30-6 p.m. tomorrow in the Danforth University Center Tisch Commons and Edison Family Courtyard. The event features more than 40 nonprofit organizations offering a variety of community service and internship opportunities and is open to students, faculty and staff as well as the local community.

• Tournament renamed in honor of Imergoot. The first annual Lynn Imergoot Invitational took place this past weekend, Sept. 17-19, at the Tao Tennis Center and Dwight Davis Tennis Center in Forest Park. The annual fall invitational was renamed in memory of former women’s tennis coach Lynn Imergoot, who died in a car accident July 24, 2009. She retired from coaching in 2005 and spent 37 years on the Danforth Campus.