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Alumni from the second graduating class of the E.M.B.A.-Shanghai program donated the vessel as a symbol of the strong ties they have to WUSTL.

Photo by Joe AngelesStephanie Gallitano, a junior chemistry student in Arts & Sciences, works with postdoctoral researcher James Vonesh at the University’s Tyson Research Center.”It was pretty thrilling to discover it,” says Stephanie Gallitano, who performed 12 weeks of research this summer.

Literally translated as “evening of song,” Liederabend is a German term referring to a recital given by a singer and pianist.

Physicians from 33 sites in the United States and Canada participated in the Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial.

Courtesy PhotoSchool of Medicine students collected nearly 90 teddy bears for children affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Milbrandt has been involved in studies over the past 15 years that were peripherally related to motor neuron disease or ALS.

Included will be a new academic building, a new University Center and the addition of thousands of parking spots.

Just a quick click to eahp.wustl.edu can send you on your way into a new home in a neighborhood near the University.

Cell phone radiation doesn’t stress human cells.Weighing in on the debate about whether cell phones have adverse health effects, researchers at the School of Medicine have found that the electromagnetic radiation produced by cell phones does not activate the stress response in mouse, hamster or human cells growing in cultures. High levels of the stress response are thought to result in changes associated with malignancy.

Soumen Rakennustaiteen Museo (SRM)McDonald’s-Finland Headquarters in HelsinkiHas corporate architecture doomed the city? Over the last century, corporate headquarters — as well as churches, universities and government institutions — have been pillars of the urban environment, embodying the culture, values and aspirations of their societies. Yet today’s corporations — competing in global, open-market economies; distanced and disassociated from the means of production — have increasingly situated themselves on the suburban periphery, replacing civic engagement with simple displays of technological prowess. As a result, “corporations must be seen as potential ‘dissolving agents’ of the cities in which they have chosen to locate,” argues Peter MacKeith, associate director of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also serves as associate dean of Architecture.