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A lecturer from Rwanda is at the School of Medicine learning how to improve care for Rwandans who suffer from the metabolic syndromes associated with HIV/AIDS.

Women’s cross country finishes fourth at the NCAA tournament, backed by Beth Herndon’s fifth-place finish in her final WUSTL meet.

Photo by David KilperLong-overlooked research from the 19th-century explorers provides a benchmark that helped create a composite record of the Missouri River that could aid in flood control.

Photo by Mary ButkusMore than 150 people attended a Thanksgiving dinner at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.

A 1993 graduate, Wild says he is “thrilled” about the new opportunity to work with Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, effective Jan. 1.

Active in health policy and education, Michael M. Karl, M.D., professor of clinical medicine, embodied “the finest ideals of medicine.”

Through Dec. 3, the WUPD office on Shepley Drive in the South 40 will serve as a drop-off location to donate new or gently used winter coats for disadvantaged St. Louisans.

Bollywood film star Shabana Azmi will talk about South Asian social issues filtered through her perspective as an actress and a social justice advocate at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 29, in Graham Chapel. The program is free and open to the public. Her husband, Bollywood scriptwriter Javed Akhtar, will also give remarks.

More than 80,000 people in the U.S. are on waiting lists for organ transplants. Some will have to wait for the death of a matching donor, but more and more people are receiving organs from living donors. In an effort to close the gap between organ supply and demand, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, the University of Michigan and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons are studying ways to reimburse living donors for some of their out-of-pocket expenses when they choose to donate an organ.