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Sponsored by the Association of Black Students, the talk also serves as the keynote address for the “Documenting Change” symposium.

The Atkins chair is the first professorship in the United States specifically devoted to supporting the study of obesity.

Courtesy PhotoNeurology postdoctoral researcher Yan Hu, Ph.D. (right), discusses her poster presentation at the Inaugural Postdoc Scientific Symposium Feb. 23.In The Scientist magazine’s third annual “Best Places for Postdocs to Work” survey, WUSTL was No. 2 for U.S. academic institutions.

With significant contributions from the Genome Sequencing Center, the sequence of the human X chromosome has been published.

The fund-raiser is considered a vital source of support for the center; more than 300 items are being auctioned.

The University’s Project ARK will sponsor the Journey of Hope AIDS Awareness Tour’s St. Louis stop April 13.

DanforthElizabeth Gray Danforth, wife of Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth and first lady of Washington University for nearly a quarter century, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2005, of cancer. She was 75. Known as “Ibby” to her friends and to the campus community, she became a tireless ambassador for the university when her husband was named vice chancellor for medical affairs in 1965 and then chancellor in 1971.

The Center for Social Development (CSD) at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis recently announced the 2005 grant recipients of its Civic Service Small Research Grants and Fellows Program. This program is part of the Global Service Institute (GSI) research initiative funded by the Ford Foundation.

The grant will establish a University center that will develop better ways to prevent and treat heart disease in diabetics.

Slam dunk, 3-point contest here March 31 In conjunction with the NCAA Final Four at the Edward Jones Dome April 2-4, the University will host the 17th Annual Mountain Dew College Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championships at 6:30 p.m. March 31 at the Field House. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students or […]