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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.

An unexpected finding led School of Medicine researchers to propose a new treatment approach for a rare, deadly neurodegenerative disorder.

Lizzie Borden took an ax And gave her mother 40 whacks When she saw what she had done She gave her father 41 So goes the well-known nursery rhyme, though the victims were actually Borden’s father and stepmother. And more than 100 years after that infamous double murder, Borden — who was acquitted of the […]

Irish contemporary dance company CoisCéim (pronounced Kush Came) will make its St. Louis debut with the acclaimed “Knots” as part of the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series at 8 p.m. Feb. 29 and March 1.