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Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in the United States in people over the age of 50.

Some Washington University orthopaedic surgery patients will soon be treated at a new $13 million outpatient facility in Chesterfield, Mo.

Muldoon is “the most significant English-language poet born since the second World War” according to The Times Literary Supplement.

School of Medicine researchers are investigating why high-dose cortisone is the second most common cause of osteoporosis.

Photo by Joe AngelesJim McLeod, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and vice chancellor for students, was one of many volunteers who helped direct new students to their classes.

There is no Campus Watch for this issue of the Record.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics celebrates the contributions of former department head and longtime professor Carl Frieden, Ph.D.

Football wins season opener.

There is no Notables section in this issue of the Record.

WUSTL ArchivesWilliam H. (Bill) Danforth, his late wife, Elizabeth (Ibby), and John C. Danforth at the 1995 Commencement. On that day — May 19 — Bill presided over his last Commencement; Ibby received an honorary doctor of humanities; and John delivered the Commencement address.In recognition of the role that Chancellor Emeritus William H. “Bill” Danforth, the late Elizabeth (Ibby) Gray Danforth, the Danforth family and the Danforth Foundation have played in the evolution of Washington University in St. Louis, the Hilltop Campus — home to six of the university’s seven schools — will be named the Danforth Campus. An official dedication ceremony will be held in Graham Chapel from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 17, when the new name takes effect. Update 9-17 8pm • Photos of the event • Audio of the event