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The No. 1-ranked and defending NCAA Division III national champion men’s tennis team will make its third straight appearance in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals following a pair of 5-0 wins over DePauw University and Carthage College in the NCAA regional. WUSTL improves its school-record winning streak to 18 straight matches. The Bears also have won […]

School of Medicine researchers are evaluating whether an iPod-sized device can help patients with hard-to-treat high blood pressure.

Dennis E. Hallahan, M.D., has been chosen to head the Department of Radiation Oncology at School of Medicine.

When Carson Emmons Smith wasn’t working in her parents’ bicycle and fitness shop in Paducah, Ky., she was dribbling a soccer ball, whacking a softball, pirouetting in a dance studio or bouncing on her trampoline. “I love the outdoors,” says Smith, who also admits to growing up a bookworm. Naturally, it was under the spell […]

Antonio Stradivari reportedly crafted some 1,100 stringed instruments in the northern Italian city of Cremona and died a celebrated artist whose creations are coveted by musicians and collectors the world over. Why has the Stradivarius continued to set the standard of musical perfection, commanding more than $3.5 million at a Christie’s auction in 2006? Chanot […]

Theater is challenging, educational and inspiring. It is also, lest we forget, fun. For its 2009-10 season, Edison Theatre will present more than a dozen events by nationally and internationally renowned performing artists.

Christina K. Ahn receives a combined master of arts and medical degree today from the School of Medicine.

Both cognitive behavior therapy and supportive stress management are more effective at reducing depression symptoms during recovery from bypass surgery.

Obesity and gallstones often go hand in hand, but not in mice developed at the School of Medicine.

Martin I. Boyer, M.D., has been named the Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery.