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Fumihiko MakiPress biography of Fumihiko Maki, architect of two new buildings for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.

Pamella A. Henson has been promoted to associate vice chancellor for alumni & development programs, it was announced by David T. Blasingame, executive vice chancellor for alumni & development programs.

Histamine in the small intestine responds to bacteria.Mice infected with a bacterium related to the plague sharply increase production of an enzyme that makes the inflammatory hormone histamine, researchers at the School of Medicine have found. The increased production, which occurs in the intestine, appears to be an important part of the mouse’s successful efforts to control the infection.

Charles Huddleston performs a pediatric lung transplant.A team of researchers at the School of Medicine has found that using lobes of lungs from living donors improves the chances of short-term survival for children who require a second lung transplant. Living-donor lung retransplantation involves removing a lower lobe, or about one-third of a lung, from each of two healthy adult donors and then transplanting the lobes as replacement lungs into a child.

John Klein announced that Roloff will become vice chancellor for capital projects; Hoffner will become assistant vice chancellor for real estate.

“His value to the University has been well-reflected in his numerous honors and awards,” Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton says.

Graduate-student winners are Ryan Shirey and Benjamin Cawthra; undergraduate winners are Jennifer Feder and Wendy Xin.

Photo by David KilperNearly 100 researchers, students and faculty across disciplines attended the all-day Cardiac Bioelectricity & Arrhythmia Center retreat.

He assists colleagues outside of chemistry on a regular basis, and there are numerous accounts of him stepping in to take care of problems.

“Learning continues well beyond academia. In the university of life, it never stops,” he said; later, he warned, “Never accept sound-byte government.”