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Construction Update is published periodically and provides information about the progress of major building and renovation projects. Information is provided to the Record by facilities management.

Faculty and staff must register by Friday, Dec. 11, to win one of 20 season PassPorts to The Black Rep. A season PassPort contains five ticket vouchers, which are redeemable at any time during the 2010 season.

A gold nanocage devised in the laboratory of Younan Xia, Ph.D, the James M. McKelvey Professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, responds to light, opening to empty its contents and then resealing when the light is turned off. The discovery could make a big difference in treating diseases.

The No. 4 volleyball team swept Carthage College to win the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Nov. 14. WUSTL improved to 82-14 all-time in the NCAA tournament, and the Bears advanced to the quarterfinals for the 20th time in school history and the first since 2007, which was the last time they beat Carthage in […]

Photo by Michael JacobThat’s the advice given by Vikram Pandit (right), CEO of Citigroup, to students at the Olin Business School gathered at the Knight Center Nov. 9. Pandit offered career advice and thoughts on the finance industry to an audience of more than 300 Olin students, faculty and alumni.

Photo by Robert BostonAmy Lawson, M.D. (center), accepts congratulations for receiving the Practice of Medicine Preceptor of the Year award from the School of Medicine Class of 2012.

At 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, the Washington University Symphony Orchestra will highlight a series of rarely heard works originally composed for Sarah Bernhardt, who commissioned and revived dozens of musical scores to accompany her plays.

The Prevention Research Center in St. Louis is launching a multinational research project focused on preventing the leading causes of death in Hispanics.

Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar leads to obesity-linked microbes in the gut.

Results from assessments of diabetes’ effects on cell metabolism may aid efforts to reduce diabetic damage to nerves, blood vessels and other tissues.