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BBC News Iapetus moon’s mighty ridge stirs debate 12/16/2010 The mountainous ridge that circles the equator on the Saturnian moon Iapetus is both weird and spectacular. No explanation for its existence has yet won total support, but a new study argues that the ridge could then have come from debris that once orbited the moon. […]

The student group Stand United for Veterans at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis hosted the annual Toys for Tots campaign on campus this year. The group held a final drive for toys and a cookie reception Dec. 15 to thank the United States Marine Corps Reservists who work tirelessly every holiday season to help underprivileged youth have toys during the holidays.

The award-winning Brauer Hall basks in sunshine. In December, Brauer Hall and contractors Clayco Inc. and Murphy Co. received the 2010 Design-Build Institute of America/Mid-America Region (DBIA-MAR) Design-Build Award for Best Project.

The Campus Store began renovations in December to expand the store, add a new entrance, update interior space and create a more open floor plan. The Campus Store will remain open during construction and continue to offer general books, academic course material, clothing, gifts and convenience items. The renovations are scheduled to be complete in August 2011.

Scientific American
 Hydrogen production comes naturally to ocean microbe
 12/14/2010 A seemingly unremarkable ocean microbe turns out to be a multi-tasker — not only can it photosynthesize, but it can also produce large amounts of hydrogen, opening up a potential way to make the gas cheaply for fuel. The single-celled cyanobacterium Cyanothece 51142 can make […]

Robert Wiltenburg, PhD (right), dean of University College, speaks with Alicia Mack at University College Preview Night Dec. 9 in Holmes Lounge. University College — Washington University’s adult, evening and continuing education division in Arts & Sciences — hosted a preview night to provide community members with information about University College classes, programs, admissions requirements and financial aid.

International Business Times HK 64 percent of elderly black Americans face risk of poverty 12/14/2010 As many as 50 percent of Americans between the ages of 60 and 90 will face at least one year of poverty or near poverty going forward and that poverty will not be evenly distributed across the population, according to […]

Jack Ladenson, PhD (left), the Oree M. Carroll and Lillian B. Ladenson Professor of Clinical Chemistry in Pathology and Immunology and professor of clinical chemistry in medicine and the inaugural recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, talks with Faculty Achievement Award winners John C. Morris, MD (center), the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Professor of Neurology, and Gary J. Miller, PhD, professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, before the awards ceremony Dec. 4 at Moore Auditorium on the Medical Campus.

Asian News International Media may face legal issues for publishing Wikileaks cables 12/11/2010 The controversy created after the release of hundreds of US secret diplomatic cables have raised many important legal issues about national security and freedom of the press under U.S. law, according to Neil Richards, JD, professor of law at Washington University in […]