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The Longer Life Foundation (LLF), a cooperative effort between the School of Medicine and the Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), recently celebrated 10 years of independent research into improving methods for predicting long-term mortality from various diseases and promoting quality and quantity of life. So far, LLF has funded more than 48 research grants, awarding […]

Snow Way Drive on the Danforth Campus will become one way heading west from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 11. Drivers will not be able to enter Snow Way Drive from Big Bend Boulevard.

Alison M. Lang, a master’s candidate in architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, was part of a team that recently took two prizes in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Second Annual Green Building Design Competition. Open to architects, reuse experts, engineers, designers, planners, contractors, builders, educators, environmental advocates and students […]

Younan Xia, Ph.D., professor of biomedical engineering, was installed as the inaugural James M. McKelvey Professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science in a Sept. 2 ceremony in Uncas A. Whitaker Hall. The McKelvey professorship is named in honor of the school’s dean from 1964-1991 and is one of three professorships established in […]

The top-ranked men’s basketball team won the 25th Annual Lopata Classic with two victories last weekend at home. The Bears have now won 20 straight Lopata Classic games and 10 overall tournament titles. Five Bears scored in double figures to lead the team to an 85-57 victory over Hamilton College in the first game Dec. […]

Kelly Bishop, Ph.D., and Chad Larson, Ph.D.

Photo by Robert BostonSome families in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood will have a brighter holiday thanks to the generosity of School of Medicine employees.

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.

Photo by Mary ButkusJunior Mitchell Shanklin, freshman Brian Duddy and junior Matt Barker play Super Smash Brothers Brawl during a video game tournament as part of the grand opening of the Fun Room in the Danforth University Center Dec. 6.

This is the final issue of the Record this calendar year. We will resume publication Jan. 15, 2009. The Record staff wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season.