Author: Ken Duenke

School of Medicine research raises hopes for a new drug that could prevent small aortic aneurysms from enlarging to the point where surgery is necessary.

In May 2008, the School of Medicine will discontinue its Health Administration Program, which awards a master of health administration (MHA) degree.

The Record will not publish during next week’s spring break. The next Record Monday e-mail will arrive March 19. Additionally, daylight-saving time begins at 2 a.m. March 11.

In his third book, Howard Brick attempts to answer the specifically historical question of how to understand the debate among American (and European) social theorists in the middle of the 20th century on how significantly the modern “welfare state” had altered the character of capitalist economies since the 19th century. More…

Pianos from the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences are on sale via private appointment and at a public sale from noon-5 p.m. March 18 in Blewett Hall.

Doctors at the School of Medicine are collaborating to find treatments and cures for neurological disorders that affect millions of Americans. A cluster of labs known as the Hope Center has grown from a partnership between the School of Medicine and Hope Happens.

A compound that halts nerve cell activity when exposed to light glows in this image of two nerve cells.Brain activity has been compared to a light bulb turning on in the head. Scientists at the School of Medicine have reversed this notion, creating a drug that stops brain activity when a light shines on it. The new compound activates the same receptor used by many anesthetics and tranquilizers, making it harder for a brain cell to respond to stimulation. The drug may some day be used to treat epilepsy.

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When the Conrad Black trial gets under way in March, the argument will be similar to the case against Tyco’s Dennis Kozlowski rather than the cases against Ken Lay or Bernard Ebbers, says Samuel W. Buell, J.D., associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. “This is a case about whether an executive looted his own company, not whether he committed accounting fraud,” says Buell, a former Enron prosecutor. “In a looting case, the battle is often over the testimony and credibility of the members of the board of directors.” More…

Eminent British archaeologist Lord Colin Renfrew to speak on cognitive archaeology and how we become human, at the Assembly Series, 4 p.m., March 22 in Graham Chapel.