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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.

She did a practicum as an adviser with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Office in Thailand.

Jessica Friedman and Matt Klasen won Udall Scholarships; Goldwater Scholarships went to Jeff Marlow, Katie Schwarz and Amy Liu.

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.

The old fat stored in the body’s peripheral tissues can’t be burned efficiently unless new fat is eaten or made in the liver. More medical news