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Deans and top administrators from Missouri’s seven medical higher education institutions have joined to urge the passage of the Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative.

Kim Donica, research administrator of pediatrics infectious disease, has received a one-year, $11,000 grant from the Joseph H. and Florence A. Roblee Foundation for Project Ark. … Amy Davis McBee, M.D., neonatal fellow, has received a one-year, $10,000 grant from DiscoveryLabs for research titled “The Frequency of Variation in the Surfactant Protein-C Gene (SFTPC).” … Ramaswamy Govindan, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $5,250 grant from the American College of Radiology for research titled “Phase III Randomized Trial of Preoperative Chemotherapy VS Preoperative Concurrent Chemotherapy.” … Charles Canter, M.D., professor of pediatrics, has received a one-year, $3,000 grant from the University of Miami for the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry/PCMR.

Photo by David KilperA leading authority on prisons and inmate litigation, Margo Schlanger, J.D., (left), professor of law, teamed with colleagues and students to create an electronic library of documents related to civil rights injunctive cases.The School of Law’s new, free online Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse puts important documents a click away.

Award-winning School of Social Work professor and scholar will serve four-year term.

Promising public-sector career and internship opportunities await undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students.

Photo by Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotoThe Kemper Art Museum, designed by Fumihiko Maki, is both the centerpiece and the public face of the university’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. The five-building, $56.8 million complex also features Maki’s new Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall, which will house studios, classrooms and offices for art students and faculty. Click to see photos from the Oct. 25 dedication of both buildings.

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The annual Dance Marathon charity fund-raising event will be held Nov. 4-5 at the Athletic Complex. Dance Marathon is a year-long effort to raise funds and awareness for Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) of Greater St. Louis. Planned and executed entirely by undergraduate students at WUSTL, all proceeds go directly to St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. While fund-raising events take place throughout the entire year, the main event is the 12-hour dance-a-thon.

The football team notched its third consecutive victory with a 13-6 win over Case Western Reserve University Oct. 21 at Francis Field.

New research from WUSTL economists offers strong evidence that Soviet chess masters very likely engaged in collusion.