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A multicenter study has found two new genetic variants associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.

Scientists who established a link between obesity and microbes in the intestine are investigating whether the organisms can contribute to severe malnutrition.

StoryCorps is visiting the Siteman Cancer Center April 17-21 to better understand how parents with cancer discuss the diagnosis with their children.

Photo by Ray MarklinSchool of Medicine students will perform “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” at 8 p.m. April 23-25 at the Whelpley Auditorium.

The Eliot Trio will perform music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gabriel Faure and Felix Mendelssohn at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19, in the 560 Music Center’s E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall. The Eliot Trio consists of Seth Carlin, professor and director of the piano program in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences; violinist […]

The School of Law will celebrate the outstanding achievements of six individuals at the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards on Friday, April 17 in the Crowder Courtyard of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Presenting the awards will be Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. Four alumni will receive Distinguished Law Alumni Awards and two will receive Distinguished Young Law Alumni Awards.

The William H. and Elizabeth Gray Danforth University Center opened last August 11 to the joy of students, staff and visitors alike. On Friday, April 17, 2009, the University community will come together to celebrate its formal dedication and honor its namesakes.

A memorial service for Abdullah M. Nassief, M.D., associate professor of neurology, will be held at 1 p.m. May 9 in Connor Auditorium in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center at the School of Medicine. Friends, colleagues, patients and former students are all invited to remember his extraordinary life.

In an effort to provide a healthy, comfortable and productive work and learning environment for students, faculty and staff, all Washington University in St. Louis campuses will become entirely smoke- and tobacco-free by July of 2010, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

Nationally-recognized social entrepreneur Bill Strickland will be the featured guest at Washington University in St. Louis when the winners of the Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition are announced April 23, 2009. Five finalists are vying for $150,000 — the largest social entrepreneurship award pool in the U.S. — in the competition, which is sponsored by founding partners Washington University’s Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the YouthBridge Community Foundation.