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The largest U.S. epidemiological study of Parkinson’s disease has found that the disease is more prevalent in the Midwest and the Northeast and is twice as likely to strike whites and Hispanics as blacks and Asians. Researchers analyzed data on more than 36 million Medicare recipients.

More than 40 books have been written about the investing strategies of business tycoon Warren Buffett. However, most people fail to recognize that Buffett’s skills as a business executive and manager are just as impressive as his investing prowess, said Richard J. Connors, J.D. Connors’ book, “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha,” brings Buffett’s managerial principles and practices to the attention of the business world.

Sustainability is a complicated and pressing topic that spans many fields and has many implications — personal, social, national and global. The 2010 MLA Saturday Lecture Series, sponsored by the master of liberal arts program of University College in Arts & Sciences, will explore topics relating to sustainability, a key element in Washington University’s education and research agenda.

Christopher Wilson (left), a freshman in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, demonstrates a musical instrument he built from found and recycled materials for members of ScrapArtsMusic, the acclaimed Vancouver percussion ensemble, in Edison Theatre Jan. 22. Wilson was one of four finalists in the Sounds of Sustainability competition, held in conjunction with a Jan. 23 concert by ScrapArtsMusic.

Entrepreneurs with business plans to make the world a better place will have 90 seconds to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges at 6 p.m. tonight in the next-to-final round of the annual YouthBridge SEIC (Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Competition) in May Auditorium, Simon Hall, on the Danforth Campus.

Paul Bridgman, Ph.D., Barry Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., and Mort Smith, M.D., have been chosen to receive the Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Awards in Medical Student Education for 2009.

Faculty and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest in labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are invited to take part in a series of Monday brown-bag luncheon seminars to be held biweekly through April 26.

C.J. Larkin, J.D., senior lecturer and administrative director of the School of Law’s Dispute Resolution Program, and several law students were instrumental in helping a team-oriented mediation address issues of perceived citizen disenfranchisement in Kirkwood, Mo.

Younan Xia, Ph.D., the James M. McKelvey Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been ranked as one of the top 10 chemists in the world by The Times Higher Education, a magazine based in London. 

Do you know a Washington University staff member who goes above and beyond to help students, faculty or others in the WUSTL community? Help the University recognize that staff member’s efforts by nominating him or her for the Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award.