An innovative procedure that can replace a diseased heart valve is effective for patients who are too frail to endure open-heart surgery, according to results of a nationwide clinical study. School of Medicine physicians helped develop the procedure. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21208.aspx

An investigation by an international consortium of scientists, including a WUSTL anthropologist, has discovered the origin of the world’s deadliest form of human malaria, Plasmodium falciparum. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21218.aspx

The Center for Empirical Research in the Law at the School of Law recently hosted a two-day symposium titled “Decision-Making on the Japanese Supreme Court.” FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21213.aspx

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts has announced the recipients of its 2010 Faculty Creative Activity Research Grants. Five art and architecture faculty members are getting support of projects ranging from reportage and publication to architectural case studies and GPS mapping of the Mekong River. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21212.aspx

The WUSTL School of Law and Saint Louis University Law School are co-hosting the “Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law” Friday and Saturday, Sept. 24 and 25. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21216.aspx

• 1 p.m. Skandalaris Center/IdeaBounce Olin Cup and YouthBridge Social Enterprise and Innovation Competition (SEIC). Overview of YouthBridge SEIC and Olin Cup competitions. Sponsored by the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Parking available for $1 per hour in the Danforth University Center garage. Simon Hall, Room 106. (314) 935-9134.

• Children’s sustainability art contest. A sustainability art contest for young family members of Danforth and Medical campus faculty, staff, students and contract employees can submit original works of art that focus on themes of sustainability. The contest runs through Sept. 30. For more, visit news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20897.aspx.

• Football looks to get back on track. The football team’s record stands at 1-2 on the season after a 37-7 loss at the hands of No. 6 Wittenberg University Sept. 18. The team hopes to even its record tomorrow in a home night game, taking on Westminster College at 7 p.m at Francis Field.