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Increasing levels of a protein that helps the brain use cholesterol may slow the development of Alzheimer’s disease, research with mice at the School of Medicine shows.

Arguing that democratic principles do not support a strict separation of church and state in educational policy, Ian MacMullen, Ph.D., said in his latest book, “Faith in Schools? Autonomy, Citizenship, and Religious Education in the Liberal State,” that government has both the responsibility to pay for religious schools and the right to regulate what’s taught within them.

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.

Richard J. Goldstone, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and former Justice of the South African Constitutional Court, will receive the 2008 World Peace Through Law Award from the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute. Goldstone was chairperson of South Africa’s Standing Commission of Inquiry Regarding Public Violence and Intimidation Justice (the Goldstone Commission) and chairperson of the International Independent Inquiry on Kosovo. He also served on the panel investigating the U.N. “Oil for Food” program in Iraq. Goldstone is available for interviews throughout the day.

Photo by Mary ButkusMalik Ahmed and his wife DeBorah Ahmed were presented with the annual Rosa L. Parks Award for Meritorious Service to the Community during the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 21 in Graham Chapel.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected Washington University as one of 12 colleges and universities to participate in a nationwide genomics course that will involve first-year college students in genomics research with phages (bacterial viruses).

The University’s Office of Community and Governmental Relations and the Gephardt Institute for Public Service have worked with the St. Louis County Election Board to establish a new polling place on the Danforth Campus in time for the Feb. 5 presidential primary.

Marco Colonna, M.D., Eliot Fried, Ph.D., Tao Ju, Ph.D., and more…

Photo by Robert BostonEighteen School of Medicine faculty were recognized Jan. 23 for their accomplishments in clinical care, community service, education and research.