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A St. Louis based company has developed a nanotechnology process to reduce artery-clogging plaque, which causes heart attacks. Drs. Samuel Wickline and Gregory Lanza made the discovery at the School of Medicine.

The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will mark the centennial year of the birth of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) with a concert Oct. 15. The program includes several of his most popular chamber works, cinclude Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40; Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57; and two scenes from the opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.

The Office of Government and Community Relations wants to remind members of the Washington University community that the voter registration deadline is approaching. To be eligible to vote in Missouri’s upcoming November election, you must be registered by Wednesday, Oct.11, 2006. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006.

A team of researchers led by School of Medicine scientists has found that parents often don’t know when their children are using alcohol, nicotine or other drugs. In addition, the study, published in the October issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, found that for cocaine or other illicit drugs, the number of parents who know is even lower.

Temple Grandin transforms our views of how animals and autistic people perceive the world and how they connect. Her Assembly Series talk “The Boundaries of Humanity” is at 11 a.m. on Oct. 4 in Graham Chapel.

The WUSTL community has enthusiastically adopted the program and almost 17,000 U-Passes have been issued since July 1.

One of only 10 NEH Summer Institutes for 2007, “Teaching Jazz” also has been designated part of “We the People,” an NEH initiative designed to explore significant events and themes in American history and culture.

Photo by David KilperFrom left, WUSTL scientists Bradley Joliff, Ph.D., Raymond Arvidson, Ph.D., and Alian Wang, Ph.D., observe the giant South Pole-Aitken Basin on the Moon.The agreement comes less than a year away from the planned launch of Chang’e-1, the Chinese lunar probe project, in April 2007.

Courtesy photoBruce LindseyBruce Lindsey, the Paul Rudolph Professor of Architecture at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., has been named dean of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, both part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. The appointment — effective Nov. 10 — was announced today by Carmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School as well as the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration in the Arts.

The Sonic hedgehog, discovered by School of Medicine researchers, could benefit patients suffering from ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarctions.