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Photo by Mary Butkus175 law students participated in a variety of service projects at seven sites throughout St. Louis Aug. 19.

Photo by Robert BostonBio Med RAP is a summertime program that prepares students for Ph.D. and M.D. programs in biomedical sciences.

Photo by Ray MarklinRams coach Mike Martz presents John C. Morris with a jersey at the dedication of a research laboratory named for Martz’s mother.

William S. Stoll has been named associate vice chancellor for development, and Pamella A. Henson and Jonathan F. Schwartz have been promoted to assistant vice chancellors. The promotions were announced by David T. Blasingame, executive vice chancellor for alumni & development programs.

Image courtesy of Benjamin Shannon, John Cirrito, and Robert Brendza Washington University in St. LouisBrain regions active during default mental tates in young adults reveal remarkable correlation with those regions showing Alzheimer’s disease pathology.Researchers who used five different medical imaging techniques to study the brain activity of 764 people, including those with Alzheimer’s disease, those on the brink of dementia, and healthy individuals, have found that the areas of the brain that young, healthy people use when daydreaming are the same areas that fail in people who have Alzheimer’s disease. Findings suggest Alzheimer’s may be due to abnormalities in regions of the brain that are active when people are musing, daydreaming, or thinking to themselves.

From laser surgery to simple eyeglasses, people of all ages now have a variety of vision correction choices available to them. WUSM ophthalmologist Michael Conners discusses today’s treatment options in the following St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.

To members of the campus community: The Assembly Series offers a service that will allow individuals to receive timely reminders of upcoming lectures, via email. Should you wish to subscribe to this service, please follow the instructions, below. If you have any questions, please email Kurt Mueller (kurt_mueller@wustl.edu) or call 935-5285. INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Go to […]

Gabriel B. Tait/P-DDoctors are using stents to manage heart disease without opening the chest.The number of open-heart surgery patients is declining for several reasons. Better drugs and healthier lifestyle choices are keeping many people out of the operating room, but even those who do require surgery are frequently opting for less invasive procedures these days. Read more in the following St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.

LaRussaThe Washington University Assembly Series will have an unorthodox start to its fall schedule with a talk by Cardinals’ manager, Tony La Russa at 11 a.m. Sept. 7 in Graham Chapel. The rest of the series features speakers on a wide range of topics including politics, economics, writing, history, religion, medicine, literature, evolution, space exploration, social justice and the Holocaust.

Camp HOPE lives up to its name. The three-day camp, part of a larger outreach called Project ARK, gives HIV-positive children a chance to swim, ride horses and simply have fun. Kim Donica, director of Project ARK and research administrator for pediatric infectious disease, discusses the project in the following interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.