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The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences has announced its spring 2010 Faculty Fellows.

Fiction writer Kate Bernheimer will read from her work at 8 p.m. Feb. 26 in Duncker Hall, Room 201, Hurst Lounge for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences’ spring Reading Series. She is the author of a trilogy of novels: “The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold” (2001); “The Complete Tales of Merry Gold” (2006) […]

A set of 50 genes can be used to reliably identify the four known types of breast cancer, according to research conducted at the School of Medicine.

WUSTL will host a national meeting March 4-6 on behalf of the National Institutes of Health on research priorities in women’s health.

Patrick Geraghty, M.D., went to Germany in Janury to lend his expertise as a vascular surgeon working on soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

To commemorate the 277th anniversary of George Washington’s birth, Washington University in St. Louis scholars will examine the legend versus the real man, and consider whether the philosophical and moral ambiguities he wrestled with during his lifetime have modern connotations.

The School of Engineering & Applied Science will host a week of special events beginning Monday, Feb. 16, to inspire current and future engineers at WUSTL. On-campus events will include several student outreach projects and the presentation of the Alumni Achievement Awards. The National Engineers Week Foundation — a formal coalition of more than 100 […]

The Bear Necessities store in Wohl Student Center on the South 40 will be holding a week-long Washington Week sale, starting Feb. 16.

The annual George Washington Week, beginning today, will feature horse and buggy rides, birthday cake, appearances by a George Washington look-alike, cherry pie and tricorn hats. It is sponsored by the sophomore honorary Lock & Chain.

A new Weight Watchers at Work program is beginning March 2 on the Danforth Campus. Payment of $156 is due Feb. 23. The program will run for 12 weeks, through May 25.