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Photo by Kevin LowderEngineering student council members constructed birdhouses that will be sold at Thurtene Carnival; proceeds go to WashU Build.

His groundbreaking research on the survival of cancer cells has helped scientists devise new ways to treat cancer.

Because nanoparticles can be engineered to carry a variety of substances, they also may be able to deliver cancer-fighting drugs.

A group of undergraduate students began a sit-in in areas of South Brookings Hall and Brookings Quadrangle April 4.

University scientists have identified an important link between kidney damage and cardiac problems, creating new treatment possibilities.

Vice Chancellor for Students Jim McLeod and Dr. Alan Glass, director of Student Health and Counseling, met with the sit-in students late yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon in another attempt to discourage them from participating in a hunger strike. Dr. Glass advised the students on the serious health implications of their actions and provided increased warnings to any students who might have a chronic health condition or be taking certain medications. Dr. Glass plans to visit the students each day to assess their condition.

On April 4, 2005, a group of Washington University undergraduate students known as the Student Worker Alliance (SWA) occupied the admissions office in Brookings Hall in an effort to support a campaign for living wages. Media seeking information on the University’s response to demonstration can find the latest updates online, including an April 12 letter on this issue from Chancellor Wrighton.

He’ll speak Jan. 28 in Graham Chapel; he and the other spring speakers reflect the depth and breadth of academic endeavors at the University.

Drosophila melanoFor years, two schools of thought have dominated neurobiologists’ theories about how early nerve cells develop specialties that allow the assembly of a mature brain. One theory suggests master regulators trigger the development, while the other attributes the development to interactions between local factors. In a new study of developing fruit fly brain cells, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine and Harvard University showed that both models are valid.

Yellowing of the eye due to age-related cataractResearchers at the School of Medicine may be a step closer to understanding what causes cataracts and what may help to prevent them. In a new study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, the researchers report oxygen may be the culprit.