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Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, delivered “A Comparative Overview of Primate Social Organization” during the 2009 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Feb. 15 in Chicago.

Fiction writer Kate Bernheimer will read from her work at 8 p.m. Feb. 26 in Duncker Hall, Room 201, Hurst Lounge for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences’ spring Reading Series. She is the author of a trilogy of novels: “The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold” (2001); “The Complete Tales of Merry Gold” (2006) […]

A set of 50 genes can be used to reliably identify the four known types of breast cancer, according to research conducted at the School of Medicine.

WUSTL will host a national meeting March 4-6 on behalf of the National Institutes of Health on research priorities in women’s health.

Patrick Geraghty, M.D., went to Germany in Janury to lend his expertise as a vascular surgeon working on soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Children’s Discovery Institute has awarded 15 new research grants totaling $4 million toward finding cures and treatments for devastating childhood diseases.

Courtesy PhotoA group of 40 students and faculty from Washington University went to Honduras in January as part of the University’s first trip with Global Medical Brigades.

The Clinical Research Training Center KL2 Career Development Awards Program has selected its new KL2 Scholars, who will begin July 1.

Photo by Herb WeitmanHaving undergone a renovation, Steinberg Hall will take the spotlight at a rededication celebration Monday, Feb. 23, that includes renaming Steinberg Auditorium after Etta Eiseman Steinberg (left).

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences has announced its spring 2010 Faculty Fellows.