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Sue Hosack was recognized with the Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award in a May 19 ceremony in Edison Theatre as part of the annual Staff Day activities. As director of the Office of Student Records, Hosack fosters an environment that encourages friendly customer service and a staff that responds quickly and professionally to requests.

Jill E. Carnaghi, Ph.D., assistant vice chancellor for students and director of campus life, and Michael G. Brown, coordinator of the Office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Student Involvement and Leadership, were recognized with awards from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) at its annual spring convention in Atlanta.

Photo by Robert BostonJulie Gerberding, M.D., director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke to School of Medicine graduates at Commencement May 16, 2008, at America’s Center.

Courtesy PhotoThe men’s tennis team captured its first NCAA Division III National Championship with a 5-3 victory over Emory University May 15 in Lewiston, Maine — WUSTL’s third national title in less than a year.

Young women who were physically active had a 23 percent lower risk of breast cancer before menopause, new research from the School of Medicine shows.

Photo by Joe AngelesBe a person of your times but also of your country, said Chris Matthews to the Class of 2008 during the 147th Commencement ceremony.

Since a stunningly successful landing of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Mission Lander May 25, mission researchers centered at the University of Arizona have rolled up their sleeves and commanded the lander to find soil and ice samples and are taking and analyzing pictures from the Red Planet’s frigid northern hemisphere.

All mental processes, including thinking, learning and memory, depend on the electrical properties of individual nerve cells in the brain and on the connections between them. In turn, the electrical responses of each nerve cell, or neuron, reflect the unique set of pores — called ion channels — that perforate its surface and allow the passage of charged particles, or ions. So researchers at the School of Medicine were a little surprised when they saw no harmful effects in mice after eliminating an important type of potassium ion channel from neurons in the brain.

John M. Doris, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy in Arts & Sciences, has been named a fellow of the National Humanities Center for the 2008-09 academic year.

Richard J. Stanton has been named associate vice chancellor for administration and finance at the School of Medicine.