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University College students hang a fluorescent light fixture at the North Side Community School in St. Louis July 24 in a service project in conjunction with UCollege’s “Volunteer Resource Management” class. Students painted rooms, assembled furniture and hung boards and light fixtures. University College is holding a preview night for all its programs at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, in Holmes Lounge.

Outlet: LiveScience.com Title/Program: 3-D models promise better bone healing Publication Date: 07/30/2010 Extract: Bone breaks often continue to limit movement after they heal because the body repairs bones in ways that change the shape of joints. According to work presented at the SIGGRAPH computer graphics and computer animation conference, 3-D modeling soon could make those […]

Outlet: FOX2now St. Louis Title/Program: Eating Raw Crayfish Causes Mysterious Illness Publication Date: 07/29/2010 Extract: ONLINE VIDEO. Over the past year, some Missouri stream floaters have found themselves hospitalized with an illness so strange, it is difficult to diagnose. Adam Brewer’s troubles began on a float trip when he pulled a live crayfish out of […]

Outlet: GenomeWeb Title/Program: CMS to reimburse for genetic testing in Iverson’s Warfarin PGx study; Genmark to provide platform Publication Date: 07/28/2010 Extract: A five-year Genetics Informatics Trial of Warfarin, or GIFT, is being led by Brian Gage, an internist and health service researcher at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, and involves 1,600 knee […]

Two doctoral students have received Fulbright-Hays grants to conduct research abroad in the 2010-2011 academic year.

Ashley Pearson, a graduate architecture student in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, miters lumber to length for a new shade pavilion in University City’s Heman Park. The pavilion is the centerpiece of a summer design/build class led by Carl Safe, professor of architecture.

To ensure that all students have the best opportunity to learn and thrive, Washington University School of Medicine is again sponsoring its annual school supply drive to benefit Adams Elementary School in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood.

Outlet: St. Louis Business Journal Title/Program: UMSL beats $100M fundraising goal two years early Publication Date: 07/26/2010 Extract: The University of Missouri-St. Louis said Monday that its Gateway for Greatness Campaign reached its $100 million fundraising goal two years ahead of schedule and surpassed it by $2 million. As of June, Washington University was on […]

Patrick Crowley, PhD, associate professor of computer science and engineering, has received a four-year, $850,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Multicore Virtual Machines for High-Speed Networking.” … Ted Hansen, PhD, professor of pathology and immunology and of genetics, received a one-year, $150,617 Development Project grant from the Midwest Regional Center of […]

Paul Landgraf of WUSTL environmental health and safety (center) and fire officials from the University City Fire Department go over maps outlining the fire lanes on campus. Each year, fire departments from Clayton and University City drive the fire lanes on the Danforth Campus to ensure emergency vehicles can respond to WUSTL emergencies using campus roadways.