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Below is a link to the Washington University news release about the U.S. News & World Report undergraduate rankings for 2004-05: http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/3627.html To view a full listing of U.S. News magazine, book and Web-only rankings for 2004-05, please visit the U.S. News & World Report site: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

Researchers are trying to reduce the number of pills needed by AIDS patients.The public perception of AIDS treatment — a cocktail of many different pills taken several times a day — has largely been erased in the U.S. thanks to advances in drug design and delivery. Many patients are able to keep sufficiently high medication levels in their bodies with once-daily doses. Now researchers in an international collaborative that includes the WUSM Aids Clinical Trials Unit have begun an ambitious new study to see if this treatment paradigm can be implemented in Third World countries.

As the Senate prepares to consider nominees for two Supreme Court vacancies, some liberals fear that President Bush will use the opportunity to pack the High Court with conservative-leaning justices, pushing the law of the land dramatically to the right for years to come. However, a new book on the history of America’s judicial nomination process offers compelling evidence that a president’s ability to perpetuate personal political legacies through court appointments tends to be both short-lived and unpredictable. When it comes to the politics of Supreme Court nominees, president’s don’t always get what they want, suggests WUSTL Supreme Court expert Lee Epstein.

Smoking can increase the risk of death from cervical cancer.Cervical cancer patients infected with either of two strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) were twice as likely to die of their disease as patients with other common strains of HPV, according to a study at the School of Medicine. In addition, smokers with these strains increased their risk of death even further.

Photo by Robert BostonThe state-of-the-art Farrell Learning and Teaching Center will celebrate its grand opening Sept. 16 with a series of events.

Football team loses opener at Mount Union The football team dropped its season opener, falling at No. 2 Mount Union College, 33-7, Sept. 3. The Purple Raiders scored first with 3:23 left in the first quarter. Mike Zimmerman connected on a 40-yard field to put the Purple Raiders up 9-0, then he hit a 22-yarder […]

Opened to external users in June, the Open Network Laboratory has already registered users from 14 different institutions.

The chimp genome’s remarkable closeness to the human genome will make it a powerful tool for comparative genetics. More medical news

Alan Glass loves being a University administrator, but his passion is helping students. “I’m incredibly happy when the exam room door closes and it’s just me and the student and I’m their physician,” said Glass, M.D., director of the Student Health and Counseling Service. Though Glass spends much of his time managing the 50 employees […]

Photo by Kevin LowderMore than 30 people volunteered as guides on the first days of classes to help new students find their way around campus.