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Studying the most common type of lung cancer, researchers involved in The Cancer Genome Atlas project have uncovered new mutations in a cell-signaling pathway that plays a role in forming tumors. The new knowledge may expand treatments for patients because drugs targeting some of these genetic changes already are available or are in clinical trials. Pictured is project co-chair Ramaswamy Govindan, MD. 
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| Walking, biking or taking public transportation for work and errands can increase physical activity and offers other health benefits. But adults older than 60 are much less likely to regularly use public transit, Brown School researchers find in a new study of St. Louisans.
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| Two WUSTL administrators are receiving the Campus Leader Who Cares Award, presented by the Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association. Steven P. Hoffner, associate vice chancellor for operations, and H. Holden Thorp, PhD, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, are being honored for their commitment to environmental stewardship, health and safety issues.
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| David W. Piston, PhD, has been named the new head of the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at the School of Medicine. Renowned for his groundbreaking work with fluorescent imaging techniques, Piston comes from Vanderbilt University and will begin here Jan. 1.
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