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The annual Dance Marathon charity fund-raising event will be held Nov. 4-5 at the Athletic Complex. Dance Marathon is a year-long effort to raise funds and awareness for Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) of Greater St. Louis. Planned and executed entirely by undergraduate students at WUSTL, all proceeds go directly to St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. While fund-raising events take place throughout the entire year, the main event is the 12-hour dance-a-thon.

The football team notched its third consecutive victory with a 13-6 win over Case Western Reserve University Oct. 21 at Francis Field.

New research from WUSTL economists offers strong evidence that Soviet chess masters very likely engaged in collusion.

Using radiofrequency devices, School of Medicine heart surgeons have shortened atrial fibrillation surgery and made it easier to perform.

James C. Sisk, M.D., a retired assistant professor of medicine in dermatology at the School of Medicine, died Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, of cancer. He was 83.

At the School of Medicine “smokeout” Nov. 16, employees who smoke will receive a special gift in exchange for their cigarettes.

Alfred Kahn, an instructor in urban planning and land utilization from 1963-66, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006, in Chesterfield, Mo., of complications from leukemia. He was 82.

A new device used at Siteman Cancer Center will protect staff from the possibility of incidental exposure to trace amounts of chemotherapy drugs generated during administration.

Photo by Kevin LowderThe Aristocats perform Oct. 12 in Graham Chapel as part of a concert to benefit Gulf Coast rebuilding efforts.