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Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Ph.D., D. Craig Allred, M.D., Todd Braver, Ph.D., and more …

Photo by David KilperLiz Peterson, associate director of The Teaching Center, is an integral member of the Classroom Monitoring Committee, a group that manages the nearly 100 University-pooled classrooms. Peterson helps design and renovate classrooms to accommodate technology such as projectors, SMART boards, computers and GIS software.

The Chinese government’s recent decision to scrap controversial plans for a huge dam at Tiger Leaping Gorge on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River represents a milestone for growing grassroots political movements in China, said Andrew C. Mertha, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, in his upcoming book on the politics behind China’s epic dam-building campaign.

Elizabeth Brunt, M.D., Dengfeng Cao, M.D., Ph.D., Nabeel R. Yaseen, M.D., Ph.D.

Washington University has been named to the 2007 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The Honor Roll, launched in 2006, recognizes colleges and universities nationwide that support innovative and effective community service and service-learning programs.

The complete collection of genes — the genome — of a moss has been sequenced, providing scientists an important evolutionary link between single-celled algae and flowering plants.

The Olin Young Leaders Association launched onto the WUSTL scene this week with an inaugural event designed to demonstrate the richness the organization brings to the Olin Business School’s MBA program.

A common human parasite uses a hormone lifted from the plant world to decide when to increase its numbers and when to remain dormant.

Medical professionals from Washington University and Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College are helping older adults in underserved areas of St. Louis address health problems.

Photo by Robert BostonChris Stander, who manages the lab of Andrey Shaw, M.D., in the Department of Pathology and Immunology, gives blood in the Clinical Sciences Research Building link at the recent blood drive.