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Photo by Robert BostonEd Walter was among more than 70 employees honored for their years of service to WUSM.

The ECG in Multiple Myocardial Infarction and the Progression of Ischemic Heart Disease presents a unique view of the use of electrocardiograms.

The goal was set at $535,000, the highest in school history; money raised as of March 24 totaled $533,022 — less than $2,000 short.

Topics to be addressed include government benefit eligibility, guardianship/conservatorship, and financial security and funding options.

Long considered a “choreographer’s choreographer,” Varone captures the nuances of human interaction in works of extraordinary physical daring and vivid musicality.

For the first time, biological sciences at Washington University has cracked the top 10 of the U.S. News & World Report rankings of graduate and professional programs, to be released April 3. Biological sciences — which includes biology in Arts & Sciences, biomedical sciences in the School of Medicine, and biomedical engineering — jumped five places, from a tie for 14th to a 9th-place tie with Princeton University and the University of California-San Francisco.

Winnebago Tribe member John Snowball performs during last year’s powwow.An American Indian powwow, traditional cuisine, storytelling, music and crafts will be among the highlights of the University’s American Indian Awareness Week April 4-9. The annual awareness week and powwow allow the University’s American Indian students to share their unique cultures with the rest of the campus and the St. Louis community. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

The University’s — Office of Human Resources has launched a ‘benefits initiative’ called the “Benefits Plan for the Future,” or simply “the Plan’s plan.” “The Plan is a ’80s combination of & benefit changes over a three-year period that will improve the University’s cost-containment position, provide a more flexible and complete benefits program and preserve […]

Breast cancer patients taking the drug Arimidex to prevent recurrence of their disease sometimes suffer from bone, muscle or joint pains. Giving these patients vitamin D supplements can make the pain go away in some cases, according to Washington University physicians who treat cancer patients at the Siteman Cancer Center and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Cervical cancers that take up a lot of blood sugar, or glucose, are more resistant to treatment than those that are less glucose-hungry, according to research at the School of Medicine. The researchers also found that the high glucose-uptake tumors can be identified with PET scans, which are already routinely used to determine tumor size and lymph node involvement in cervical cancer patients.