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Photo by Mary ButkusEdward S. Macias was installed Dec. 1 as the inaugural Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences.

The power generators appear to remodel and consume extra internal walls or membranes in an effort to supply energy to the rest of the cell.

He has been awarded an honorary fellowship in the internationally recognized Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Photo by Robert BostonAn art show Nov. 18 at the Bernard Becker Medical Library’s King Center benefitted the Center of Creative Arts’ Urban Arts Program in St. Louis.

Courtesy photoDozens of internationally renowned artists will be featured at Island Press’ second-annual holiday sale Dec. 19 in Bixby Hall.

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Photo by Joe AngelesHundreds gathered Dec. 3 at the Renaissance Grand Hotel to mark the success of the Campaign for Washington University.

Photo by Mary ButkusAfter the December Degree Candidate Recognition Ceremony Dec. 5 in Graham Chapel, a reception was held in Mallinckrodt Student Center.

Promoting healthy marriages in African-American communities.The Bush Administration has introduced proposals to renew Temporary Assistance for Needy Families that include spending $1.5 billion over five years to create programs with the goal of promoting marriage, reducing divorce and creating incentives for fathers to be involved in their children’s lives. “Although controversial, President Bush’s plan to make marriage promotion an explicit element of the government’s anti-poverty policy sends an urgent call to African-American faith communities to increase and expand marriage promotion and building activities within their congregations,” says Stephanie Boddie, Ph.D., a noted community development expert and assistant professor in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. “Faith leaders in the African-American community need to be aware of the current vigorous debate about the definition, purpose, jurisdiction and future of marriage under way in the United States that is influencing federal welfare policy.”

The University’s cardiothoracic surgeons are dedicated to providing a second opinion within 48 hours of receiving medical records. More medical articles