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“Super Size Me” documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who was scheduled to give an Assembly Series presentation on Wednesday, March 29, has cancelled his appearance due to a production schedule change. At this time there is no plan to reschedule his appearance. The next Assembly Series lecture will feature acclaimed writer and essayist William Gass on Thursday, March 30. This talk is on “Metaphor.” For the most up-to-date information on the University’s Assembly Series, check the Web site at http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu

Reporting in the journal Science, Washington University researchers have reaffirmed a method for curing Type 1 diabetes in mice. They try to stop the immune system before it kills off all of the insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas. Read more of this article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The new Health & Wellness Center has been named for the Habif family, in honor of their dedication to and support of the University’s health and wellness initiative. The Center is located on the garden level of Forsyth House at the corner of Big Bend and Shepley Drive.

Organizers of a 20-year global effort to eliminate a parasitic infection that is a leading cause of disability have an early victory to savor: a five-year Egyptian elimination campaign has mostly succeeded, according to a new report in the March 25 issue of The Lancet. Infection with the parasites, threadlike filarial worms, can lead to the dramatic, disfiguring swelling known as elephantiasis.

David Kilper/WUSTL Photo ServicesMartin KennedyMartin Kennedy, assistant professor of theory & composition in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, will present a concert of original chamber music at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 9, in Steinberg Auditorium. The program will include four works performed by members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, students and faculty from the music department, and Kennedy himself.

He came to the University in 1947 and retired in 1979; he was nationally known for his work in science education.

Students traveled over spring break to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to clear trash, repair homes, prepare food and provide help to those hardest hit.

The contest is designed to encourage students to read for enjoyment and to develop personal libraries or book collections throughout their lives.

Photo by Mary ButkusThe Rape Aggression Defense Systems for Women defense course is sponsored by the Office of Career Development and WUSTL Police.

The event provides graduate students with an opportunity to present their work to a broad audience of diverse academic backgrounds.