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Photo by Ray MarklinSchool of Medicine students teach area high-schoolers about preventing HIV and AIDS at an annual Wellness Day.

Photo by Kevin LowderDespite a low temperature that reached 19 degrees, the annual Relay For Life all-night walk around Bushyhead Track at Francis Field drew more than 2,000 participants March 3 to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Photo by Mary ButkusDred and Harriet Scott’s great-great granddaughter Lynne Jackson (center) and her father John Madison (left), Scott’s great-grandson, attend a reception March 1 at the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis, where their ancestors sued for their freedom from slavery in 1847.

The University’s Board of Trustees met March 2 at the School of Medicine, where they heard a special presentation by internationally recognized scientist Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D., according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

In addition to the four major construction projects on the Danforth Campus right now, additions, renovations and construction to roadways and walkways are forthcoming.

The University program to help qualified employees secure housing in areas near the University through forgivable mortgage loans has been extended for 10 years, with some modifications.

A memorial service will be held for Oscar Chilson, Ph.D., adjunct instructor and professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences, at 4 p.m. March 19 in the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building.

The Faculty Associates program is celebrating 10 years of connecting faculty members with students living on the South 40. The program, sponsored by the Office of Residential Life, started during the 1996-97 academic year in response to the realization that there was a growing gap between faculty members and undergraduate students.

If you’re particularly good with puzzles or chess, the reason may be in your genes, a team of scientists led by School of Medicine psychiatric geneticists finds.

School of Medicine research raises hopes for a new drug that could prevent small aortic aneurysms from enlarging to the point where surgery is necessary.