Author: Ken Duenke

Researchers are recruiting people to participate in an international study designed to uncover the genetic basis of major depression.

The distinction is awarded each year to 100 individuals under age 35 whose innovative work in technology has a profound impact on the world.

Overcoming Apartheid: Can Truth Reconcile a Divided Nation? is a landmark survey documenting South Africa’s peaceful transition to democracy.

The project will bring together researchers from 13 departments at the University and from elsewhere in Missouri.

Results from the first reported clinical trial testing the procedure appeared in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

Photo by Tim ParkerDavid Goodwin wrote the book Ghosts of Jefferson Barracks, which traces the history and hauntings of the supernatural at the military post.

Photo by Joe AngelesThe National Association of Secretaries of State unveiled a plaque in Brookings Hall as part of its 100th-anniversary celebration.

Photo by Kevin LowderJohn C. Danforth, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, visits with his brother, Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth.

Severe calorie restriction prevents certain aging-related changes in the brain, including the accumulation of free radicals and impairments in coordination and strength, according to a WUSM mouse study. However, the dietary changes did not seem to prevent mice from developing some cognitive deficits associated with age, such as declines in memory.

A great range of social, political and economic issues hang in the balance of the imminent presidential election outcome. These issues, and their significance to the American public, will be explored in a “Town Hall” style meeting with Washington University faculty members for the Nov. 3 Assembly Series. The event, to be held at 11 a.m. in Graham Chapel on the Washington University campus, is free and open to the public.