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Photo by Robert BostonIt seems like a contradiction: scar-free surgery. But for Brent Matthews, M.D., scar-free surgery is nearing reality. Matthews, chief of the Department of Surgery’s Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, is on the leading edge of innovations to make minimally invasive surgery even, well, less invasive.

Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Ph.D., has been chosen to head the Department of Developmental Biology at the School of Medicine.

The annual fall Undergraduate Research Symposium takes place from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Laboratory Sciences Building.

The annual health open enrollment period for the health/dental or dental-only plans, the health- and child-care flex spending plans, the Health Savings Account and the Retirement Medical Savings Account will be from Nov. 1-30.

Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr.The annual Parent & Family Weekend, which begins Friday, Oct. 23, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 25, will provide many opportunities for parents and siblings to spend time on campus with their WUSTL students.

The elective International Experience in Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering allows WUSTL undergraduates the opportunity to study energy science at a top university in another country.

The Genome Center’s new data facility has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

The annual Dean’s Update to the School of Medicine will be Oct. 29 from 2-3 p.m., and Nov. 4 from 10-11 a.m. in Connor Auditorium.

Douglass C. North, Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts & Sciences, was fielding calls from around the world after this year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in economics were announced.

Photo by Robert BostonRehan Hasan, a third-year doctoral student in the Program in Physical Therapy, sings songs he wrote about relationships at the student coffeehouse.