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Is depression rooted in our genes?Researchers at the School of Medicine are recruiting volunteers as part of an international study designed to uncover the genetic basis of major depression. Identification of susceptibility genes could revolutionize the current understanding of the disease and guide the design of new drugs to prevent or treat this debilitating disorder.

President Bush and Senator John Kerry take the stage at WUSTL tonight in the second presidential debate. This will be the first time Bush and Kerry will face each other directly on economic and domestic issues. But, the main topic is likely to be the war in Iraq, as discussed below in this article by Jon Sawyer of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

A weeklong series of events starting Oct. 11 honors the center in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.

Mezzo soprano Mary Ann Hart and pianist Dennis Helmrich will present Washington University’s annual Liederabend at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10. Literally translated as “evening of song,” Liederabend is a German term referring to a recital given by a singer and pianist, particularly of works by 19th-century Austrian or German composers. The program will include lieder by Johannes Brahms, Antonín Dvorák, Edvard Grieg, Charles Ives, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Hugo Wolf.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Oct. 1-5. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Oct. 1 12:25 a.m. — A person […]

Orlow did his undergraduate work at Columbia University and spent two years in Israel studying in a yeshiva.

Photo by Joe AngelesBeata Grant receives a Distinguished Faculty Award from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton at the Founders Day event Oct. 2.

“Never imagine problems before they happen,” advises Ming You, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Chemoprevention Program at the Siteman Cancer Center. “Just start in, deal with problems as they come and many times they will be much simpler to solve than you thought.” His pragmatic philosophy may explain how You rapidly rose from a turbulent […]

Photo by David KilperRonald B. DeMattoes and David M. Holtzman examine brain tissues of mice with Alzheimers-like plaques.14,000 square feet in the McMillan and Irene Walter Johnson buildings are being renovated for the Neuroclinical Research Unit.

The Center for Social Development (CSD), part of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, will mark its 10th year as an innovative academic research and policy center with a weeklong series of events beginning Oct. 11 in Brown Lounge. “Ten years goes by very quickly,” said Michael Sherraden, Ph.D., center director and the […]