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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a five-year, $13 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve efforts to eliminate two parasitic diseases, elephantiasis and river blindness. The award is believed to be the largest global health grant so far to the University.

More than 230 guests at the School of Medicine’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 18 gathered to hear Johnnetta Cole, Ph.D., director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, speak on diversity in the medical field.

Nominations are being accepted through Friday, Feb. 5, for the 2010 Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award.

The Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC) is seeking applications for Postdoctoral Program Scholars to begin July 1.

“The strongest man in the world is the man who stands most alone.” So argues Dr. Thomas Stockmann, the beleaguered hero of Henrik Ibsen’s darkly funny thriller “An Enemy of the People.” New York’s Aquila Theatre Company returns to Edison Theatre Feb. 12 and 13 with a new production of Ibsen’s drama as well as William Shakespeare’s delirious, gender-bending comedy “As You Like It.”

The Gephardt Institute for Public Service has announced the recipients of its Community-Based Teaching and Learning Faculty Grants Program. The grants are intended to provide faculty members with financial support for curriculum development and implementation.

A type of antibiotic that can cause hearing loss in people has been found to paradoxically protect the ears when given in extended low doses in very young mice. The surprise finding came from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis who looked to see if loud noise and the antibiotic kanamycin together would produce a bigger hearing loss than either factor by itself.

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.