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Photo by Tim ParkerMedical students in the Ballroom Dance Club learn dances for the School of Medicine’s 10th annual Faculty/Student Med Ball, to be held March 11.

Courtesy PhotoESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game was edited by Michael MacCambridge, adjunct professor in University College.

Courtesy PhotoA WUSTL delegation recently visited Israel to continue the University’s ongoing interest in learning more about higher education around the world.

The rankings are according to Design Intelligence, a monthly newsletter published by the Design Futures Council; WUSTL is tied with Illinois.

Jacob Schaefer, Ph.D., Karen L. Wooley, Ph.D., Luis H. Zayas, Ph.D., Kenneth Harrington, Li Mei Chen, Ph.D., and more…

Photo by Kevin LowderChinese New Year parties at the University included a Dragon Dance, student singing and dancing performances, and a bojutsu demonstration.

Current treatments for asthma and chronic bronchitis aren’t able to address the ultimate source of the problem — they can only alleviate symptoms. But researchers at the School of Medicine have gone to the root of these disorders and found a two-drug treatment that could potentially restore patients’ troubled airways to healthy function.

Medicare Part D decisions can be confusingDuring the next six months, Medicare recipients will need to enroll in one of the new prescription drug coverage plans. But with the deluge of information about Medicare Part D, some reliable and some not, “seniors find themselves in an environment of fear and confusion,” says Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D., a Medicare expert and dean of the School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. “There is so much noise about the prescription drug program, but people are not getting clear, simple information. Many seniors aren’t even entertaining making the proper plan choice.”

Brett Bailey’s exploration of the South African psyche is based on a true story; it’s a show “about fear, how it hypnotizes society and destroys community.”

She has argued that the institution of marriage has always been dynamic, shifting to fulfill economic needs in societies or kin groups.