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Working with Emil Unanue, one of the world’s masters of pathology and immunology, helped him become captivated by the field.

Photo by Joe AngelesThough Rob Collins has a strong passion for art, his passion for helping others is even stronger — he plans to train to become a firefighter.The advertising design major from the School of Art plans to pursue a career as a firefighter after today’s Commencement.

The visual communications major has emerged as an outstanding performer, starring as Laura in The Glass Menagerie, among many other roles.

The next-generation DNA sequencer acquired by the University represents only the second installation of this new instrument anywhere in the world.

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work honored three individuals with Outstanding Alumni Awards at the 2005 Outstanding Social Work Awards Banquet May 12 at the Forest Park Visitor Center. The school also presented an Outstanding Faculty Award to Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare. Outstanding Alumni Awards were presented to the Rev. Cynthia S. Bumb, Ruth Greene Richardson and Frank S. Seever.

Scientists have learned that a temporal “window of opportunity” was critical to their earlier successes in treating diabetic rats with embryonic pig tissues.

The Buenos Aires, Argentina, native successfully negotiates balance restrictions to create environments that are both functional & stirring.

File Photo – David KilperAt the University’s 144th Commencement, more than 2,500 students will be recognized for their scholastic achievements.Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will confer degrees during the ceremony, which will start at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle; Richard Gephardt will give the address.

Helen Pfeifer plans to pursue a doctorate in intellectual history at either Columbia University or at the University of California, Berkeley.

The series highlights the interdisciplinary, the multicultural and the experimental; the season will open Oct. 21-22 with Slanguage.