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This marks the second time the University has received the “Institution of the Year” award from St. Louis-based MOKAN, a company that assists minority-owned businesses.

Hilltop Campus Phase IVA Housing The interior finish work is progressing and nearing substantial completion. The permanent power is connected and the building was air-conditioned by the end of June. The masonry work progresses on the northeast corner of the building. The roof work is complete. Occupancy is scheduled for August. Sam Fox Arts Center […]

Shirley K. Baker, dean of University Libraries and vice chancellor for information technology, has been appointed for a three-year term to the National Institutes of Health’s PubMed Central National Advisory Committee. She has also agreed to serve a two-year term on the Advisory Board for the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, a collaborative program of Canadian […]

Deanna Barch (center) discusses brain imaging techniques used in the experiment, which used the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine (shown at right).When encouraged to use memorization strategies commonly employed by healthy individuals, people with schizophrenia can be helped to remember information just as well as their healthy counterparts, a process that in itself seems to spur a normalization of memory-related activities in the brains of people with schizophrenia, suggests new research from Washington University in St. Louis.

Written in a plainspoken and often humorous style, the memoir offers a fresh and engaging perspective on Reagan’s leadership style and motivations.

He joins Lee Epstein, Ph.D., professor of political science, and Murray L. Weidenbaum, Ph.D., professor of economics, as the third Mallinckrodt professor in Arts & Sciences.

The grant from Hewlett-Packard was for 21 wireless tablet PCs with docking stations, along with a digital camera, portable projector and printer.

Photo by Mary ButkusRudolph Clay receives his award from Chancellor Wrighton.”He is a strong subject specialist, and he is a superb reference librarian,” says Shirley K. Baker, vice chancellor for information technology and dean of University Libraries.

Listed below are this month’s featured news stories. • Pomegranate juice good for moms (week of July 6) • Why depression is bad for hearts (week of July 13) • Risk factors for suicide (week of July 20) • Genes affect response to alcohol (week of July 27)

Arthritis can hit harder in African- Americans.A pilot study comparing the results of treatment for rheumatoid arthritis in African-Americans and Caucasians has revealed that African-Americans are more likely to suffer pain and disability from the disorder. Researchers at the School of Medicine found that both disease activity and the resulting disabilities were worse in African-Americans. Further analysis showed this was linked primarily to socio-economic status rather than race.