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Photo by Joe Angeles(Front row from left) McDonnell International Scholars Academy scholars Woosung Kim, Ryotaro Kato, Hong Min Park, Ziyan Zhang, Qing Nian and others walk past the U.S. Capitol Building during a recent tour of Washington. The group of 18 recent graduates from Asia’s top research universities now pursuing advanced academic work at WUSTL visited the nation’s capital March 22-25.

Belly fat may be an important promoter of the inflammation that plays a role in diabetes, heart disease and other disorders, School of Medicine researchers find.

The baseball team went 4-0 last week at home. WUSTL (17-4) swept Clarke College in a doubleheader March 23, taking Game 1, 8-6, before wrapping up the day with a 9-4 win. Senior Andy Shields moved up to fifth place on the Bears’ career- wins list with his fifth complete game of the year in […]

Nearly all of the 51 residents of Millbrook Building Two have returned to their apartments after a grease fire broke out in a kitchen about 1:40 p.m. March 24 forcing their evacuation. The only apartment still unoccupied is the one in which the fire occurred.

The first round of Washington University’s Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition is complete and six semi-finalists are now in the running for $120,000 in funding. Also, three additional teams remain to compete for the $5,000 prize awarded to a student who has founded or supported a team. Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on May 3, 2007.

Eating fish may help reduce the risk for dementia.Nutritionists have long endorsed fish as part of a heart-healthy diet, and now some studies suggest that omega-3 fatty acids found in the oil of certain fish may also benefit the brain by lowering the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In order to test whether docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid, can impact the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at the School of Medicine and Saint Louis University School of Medicine will evaluate DHA in a clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA).

Courtesy photo*Fremde Haut (Unveiled)*The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present “A Festival of Contemporary German Film” April 11 to 15. Screenings will include four recent critically acclaimed films: Vier Minuten (Four Minutes), Alles auf Zucker! (Go for Zucker!), Fremde Haut (Unveiled) and Sommer vorm Balkon (Summer in Berlin). In addition, the Kemper Art Museum will host a panel discussion exploring contemporary German film within the artistic and socio-political context of post-unification Germany.

Leonard Berg, M.D., was a pioneer in the assessment and detection of Alzheimer’s disease, the founder and former director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and professor emeritus of neurology. In honor of his distinguished careers both as a clinician and researcher, a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. March 31 in the Connor Auditorium of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. A reception will follow. Berg died Monday, January 15, 2007, at age 79 following a stroke.

A grease fire broke out in an apartment kitchen in Millbrook Building Two on Saturday, March 24, forcing the evacuation of the building. The Clayton Fire Department coordinated the fire response, which included emergency crews and vehicles from six surrounding municipalities. Millbrook Two, which is part of the Millbrook Square Apartments located in the northwest corner of the Danforth Campus, houses 51 students. No students were injured, but some are still not able to return to their apartments and are being housed temporarily at the Knight Center on campus.

This image combines three MRI scans of a mouse: one is a typical scan showing internal organs, and the second two are scans tuned to the frequency of fluorine-laced nanoparticles (colored red and green).Nanoparticles developed by Washington University scientists in the Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence could soon allow researchers and physicians to directly track cells used in medical treatments using unique signatures from the ingested nanoparticle beacons. The nanoparticles contain a compound that can be detected by MRI scanners, and the researchers believe nanoparticle-labeled cells could be used to evaluate cancerous tumors and many medical therapies.