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Photo by Mary ButkusFour facilities workers receive empty pill bottles — their “medication” — from volunteers during the University’s Strategic National Stockpile drill March 18, which was supervised by the St. Louis County Department of Health and simulated the department’s and WUSTL’s responses to an anthrax release in St. Louis.

Photo by Joe AngelesSenior Troy Ruths scored 33 points to lead the Bears to their first NCAA Division III men’s basketball national championship. The title gave WUSTL its second national championship this academic year — along with women’s volleyball — and its first-ever men’s team national title in any sport.

An American Indian Pow Wow, a traditional food tasting and a discussion on the therapeutic benefits of tribal ceremonies are among the highlights of the University’s American Indian Awareness Week March 31-April 5. All events are free and open to the public. The celebration culminates April 5 in the Field House with the 18th annual Pow Wow, a festival of American Indian dancing, singing, drumming, arts, crafts and food.

Richard J. Parvis, professor emeritus at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and leader in the area of international social development, died Sunday, Feb. 24. He was 92.

A national review has revealed that positron emission tomography (PET) scans of cancer patients led clinicians to change treatment plans for more than a third of the patients, scientists report this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

The Olin Business School now offers a major in healthcare management. Professors from both the medical and business schools will teach courses to both business and non-business majors. The degree will help develop a strong grounding in all aspects of the health care industry as well as in the science behind medicine.

Researchers have produced the most accurate mouse model to date of inflammatory bowel disease, a cluster of conditions that afflicts about 1.4 million Americans.

Photo by Robert BostonThe School of Medicine unveiled the Gerty Cori U.S. Postal Service stamp March 17 in Moore Auditorium.

The School of Engineering Alumni Achievement Awards Dinner will be held April 1, at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. A reception will start at 6:30 p.m., with the dinner following at 7 p.m. Five alumni will receive Alumni Achievement Awards, one will be the recipient of the Young Alumni Award and one will be honored with the Dean’s Award.

School of Medicine research suggests that inactivating platelets could slow down or prevent metastasis of cancer.