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Vladimir B. Birman, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-and-a-half-year, $35,000 grant from the American Chemical Society for research titled “Total Synthesis of Kinamycin Antibiotics.” … Roberto Civitelli, M.D., the Sydney M. and Stella H. Schoenberg Professor of Medicine, professor of orthopaedic surgery and of cell biology and physiology, was elected to the board of counselors of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, and Keith Hruska, M.D., professor of medicine, of cell biology and physiology and of pediatrics, was elected secretary-treasurer. Both started serving three-year terms in September. … Gruia-Catalin Roman, Ph.D., chair and the Harold B. and Adelaide G. Wedge Professor of Computer Science, has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “NeTS-NOSS: Fluid Software Infrastructure for Wireless Sensor Networks.” In addition, he has another NSF grant, for three years and $754,000, for research titled “Adaptive Systems for Collaboration in Multi-mode Mobile Environments.” … Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received a two-year, $240,000 grant from the Coulter Foundation for research titled “Rationally Designed Delivery Systems for Nerve Injury.”

The Genome Sequencing Center has been awarded a $156 million, four-year grant to use DNA sequencing to unlock the secrets of human diseases. The grant is among the largest awarded to the University and one of only three given by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to U.S. sequencing centers.

Photo by Mary ButkusStudents volunteer to help construct a Habitat For Humanity house in St. Louis.

By counting how many of seven easy-to-obtain health factors an elderly heart-failure patient has, physicians can estimate the patient’s risk of dying.

The University is laying plans for how it would respond if a pandemic flu strikes the St. Louis region.

Nov. 15-28 Nov. 15 8:23 p.m. — A student reported the theft of his iPod and several DVDs from his locker in his workspace in Givens Hall. The incident occurred over the weekend. Total value is estimated at $470. Nov. 16 9:18 a.m. — A contractor working in the Stix International H ouse reported that a finish nail gun was taken from the basement between 3 p.m. Nov. 15 and 8:30 a.m. Nov. 16. Totall value is estimated at $350. University Police also responded to two assaults, two auto accidents, two reports of larceny and one report each of trespassing and drug possession.

Steven N. Blair, an expert in the associations between lifestyle and health, is foundation’s first visiting scholar.

Benefits-eligible employees and full-time students who have completed registration for the spring semester may request a spring 2007 U-Pass.

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.