Author: Ken Duenke

Undergraduates and student groups who have demonstrated outstanding leadership on campus and in the community were presented with Excellence in Leadership Awards by the Office of Student Activities April 27 in Holmes Lounge. The award categories were student programming, progressive leadership, social justice and values congruence. The awards and their recipients follow: • Best Collaboration: […]

Scientists at the School of Medicine working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes. Researchers were able to examine the immune cells from isolated insulin-making structures in the pancreas known as the islets of Langerhans.

Nicole Duplaix/Getty ImagesThe platypus genome explains the creature’s fascinating features, from mammals, reptiles and birds.The duck-billed platypus: part bird, part reptile, part mammal — and the genome to prove it. An international consortium of scientists, led by the School of Medicine, has decoded the genome of the platypus, showing that the animal’s peculiar mix of features is reflected in its DNA. An analysis of the genome, published today in the journal Nature, can help scientists piece together a more complete picture of the evolution of all mammals, including humans.

A report on the May 2, 2008 meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Undergraduates and student groups who have demonstrated outstanding leadership on campus and in the community were presented with Excellence in Leadership Awards by the Office of Student Affairs April 27 in Holmes Lounge.

The top-seeded tennis team advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2008 NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championship with a 6-0 victory over No. 2 seed DePauw University May 4 at the Tao Tennis Center. After a bye in the first round, WUSTL defeated Grinnell College, 5-1, May 3. This marks the fifth time in school […]

Tumors have a unique vulnerability that can be exploited to make them more sensitive to heat and radiation, researchers at the School of Medicine report. The University radiation oncology researchers found that tumors have a built-in mechanism that protects them from heat (hyperthermia) damage and most likely decreases the benefit of hyperthermia and radiation as a combined therapy.

A pair of women’s track and field records were broken at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Twilight Meet in Edwardsville, Ill., April 26. Senior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman won the pole vault at the 20-team meet, clearing an NCAA provisional and school-record breaking height of 3.75 meters. She broke her own school record of 3.72 meters, set […]

Photo by Mary ButkusMore than 100 students performed music of Ottorino Respighi, Alexander Borodin and Antonin Dvorak April 27 as part of the 2008 Chancellor’s Concert in the 560 Music Center’s E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall.

DNA sequencing has led scientists to map the human genome and could take them to huge advancements in medicine — possibly diagnosing and preventing disease. But Alex Heerman just wanted to create some deadly fruit. Heerman and his fellow McKinley Middle School sixth-graders learned how to extract DNA from strawberries during a demonstration by Latricia Wallace, outreach coordinator for the Genome Center at Washington University.