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Washington University has awarded five Bear Cub Fund grants totaling $150,000 to support innovative research that shows commercial potential. The grants were awarded to: Zhou-Feng Chen, Ph.D., associate professor of anesthesiology, of psychiatry and of developmental biology; Dan Moran, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical engineering, of physical therapy and of neurobiology; Brian Dieckgrafe, M.D., Ph.D., […]

Photo by Robert BostonStephen Rogers, Ph.D., explains his poster to Solange Landreville, Ph.D., at the Fifth Annual Postdoc Scientific Symposium Feb. 24 in the Eric P. Newman Education Center.

A $4 million Era of Hope Scholar Award has been given to Jason Weber, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Oncology at the School of Medicine. Weber will study potential new ways to control breast cancer cell growth. Surprisingly, that’s an area of research that has been relatively neglected.

WUSTL will host the 2009 NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament first and second rounds on Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7, at the WU Field House.

Photo by Kevin LowderRaphael Njuguna, graduate student in computer science and engineering, describes his research on improving digital camera sensors with improved pixel technology during the 2009 Graduate Student Research Symposium Feb. 28 in the Lab Sciences Building.

Blue shows normal brain function, while other colors show overactivity due to depression.Neuroscientists at the School of Medicine have identified a key difference in the way the brain functions in people who are depressed compared to those who are not. The study demonstrates that brain regions, collectively known as the default mode network, behave differently in depressed people. The default network typically is active when the mind wanders. It shuts down when an individual focuses on the job at hand. But the researchers found the network stays active in people who are depressed, even when they are concentrating on specific tasks.

As the Record went to press, we were saddened to hear of the death of broadcaster and WUSTL benefactor Paul Harvey, 90. The Record will run a full obituary of Harvey in an upcoming issue.

Photo by David KilperBill Witbrodt, director of Student Financial Services, helps make it financially possible for bright, deserving students to get a WUSTL education.

The No. 8 women’s basketball team will host first- and second-round action of the 2009 NCAA Division III tournament on Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7. Washington University (21-4) will face Capital University (22-5) in the first round Friday, March 6, at 7 p.m. The winner of that contest takes on the winner of […]

Washington University School of Law and the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies will bring together leading experts for “Federal Budget and Tax Policy for a Sound Fiscal Future,” beginning at 8:45 a.m. March 20 and 21 in Anheuser-Busch Hall.