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Photo by Mary ButkusKim Norwood, J.D., professor of law, addresses Soldan High School students as part of a new collaboration between law students and Mound City Bar Association lawyers to encourage juniors and seniors at Soldan to pursue a legal education.

Courtesy photoSchool of Medicine physicians are testing an investigational device that allows them to insert replacement aortic valves without opening the chest.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Jan. 16-22. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Jan. 17 5:00 p.m. — A person […]

Faculty and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest in labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are being invited to take part in a series of Monday brown-bag luncheon seminars to be held on campus biweekly through April 14. Now in its 12th year, the “Work, Families and Public Policy” series […]

Thomas De Fer, M.D., James Fehr III, M.D., and Mary Klingensmith, M.D., have received the 2008-09 Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellowships at the School of Medicine.

The Residential Life Office is making several changes to the housing selection process for the 2008-09 academic year — changes aimed at streamlining the process and encouraging underclassmen to remain residing in a residential college on the South 40 and upperclassmen to transition into apartment living.

Photo by Whitney CurtisSnowboarder Mike Barthel of Minneapolis, along with five other extreme winter sports professionals, traveled to the University’s North Campus to entertain revelers during the third annual Loop Ice Carnival Jan. 19.

Carla A. Hills, J.D., former U.S. Trade Representative, will deliver the School of Law’s Tyrrell Williams Lecture on “Trade and the 2008 Elections” at 4 p.m. Feb. 7 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom at Anheuser-Busch Hall.

School of Medicine metabolism researchers have found that activating a protein in muscle tissue increases average lifespan and prevents some age-related diseases.

Photo by Mary ButkusMichele Boldrin, Ph.D., was installed as the first Joseph Gibson Hoyt Distinguished Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences at a formal ceremony December 11, 2007, in Holmes Lounge.