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

Using radiofrequency devices, School of Medicine heart surgeons have shortened atrial fibrillation surgery and made it easier to perform.

James C. Sisk, M.D., a retired assistant professor of medicine in dermatology at the School of Medicine, died Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, of cancer. He was 83.

At the School of Medicine “smokeout” Nov. 16, employees who smoke will receive a special gift in exchange for their cigarettes.

Alfred Kahn, an instructor in urban planning and land utilization from 1963-66, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006, in Chesterfield, Mo., of complications from leukemia. He was 82.

A new device used at Siteman Cancer Center will protect staff from the possibility of incidental exposure to trace amounts of chemotherapy drugs generated during administration.

A specialist with the Barnes Retina Institute, Van Gelder also directs the Uveitis Service for the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.

Photo by Kevin LowderThe Aristocats perform Oct. 12 in Graham Chapel as part of a concert to benefit Gulf Coast rebuilding efforts.

Photo by Robert BostonThe staff at the Washington University Diabetes Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital discuss nutrition and insulin pumps at the Open House Sept. 25.

Catherine Striley, Ph.D., research instructor in psychiatry, has received a one-year, $19,979 grant from the Office of Research Integrity for research titled “Mentoring and Supervision for the Responsible Conduct of Research.” … David M. Holtzman, M.D., the Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones Professor of Neurology, has received a one-year, $17,735.38 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for spinal cord injury research. … John Dipersio, M.D., Ph.D., the Lewis T. and Rosalind B. Apple Professor of Medicine, has received a one-year, $17,635 grant from Case Western Reserve University for research titled “Phase III Trial of UCB /- MSCs in Hematologic Cancers. … Sergey Troyanovsky, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $15,000 grant from the American Skin Association for research titled “Structural and Functional Abnormalitites in Cadherin Adhesion in Melanomas.”