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Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., and Paul G. Kirk, Jr., co-chairmen of the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), today announced moderators for the 2004 general election debates. The moderator for the debate to be held Friday, October 8 on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis will be Charles Gibson, Co-Anchor of ABC News “Good Morning America”.

MacKeithPeter MacKeith has been appointed associate director of the Sam Fox Arts Center at Washington University in St. Louis. MacKeith, who also serves as associate dean for the School of Architecture, will be responsible for public programming; collaborative teaching and research; and organization of the planned Whitaker Foundation Learning Lab.

The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, a non-profit organization working to protect the rights and welfare of research participants, recently awarded full accreditation to Washington University in St. Louis, one of only a few organizations in the nation to gain this recognition.

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The John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis will serve as the exclusive local host for a one-day leadership teleconference for business executives and entrepreneurs and other current or aspiring leaders. Top business leaders from around the globe will join former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, renowned business author Dr. Stephen Covey, business icon Donald Trump and former GE leader Jack Welch for the Tenth Annual Worldwide Luminary Series Conference, to be broadcast live Oct. 13 to the Marriott Pavilion Downtown.

Cervical cancer is one of the easiest cancers to detect early. It’s also one of the easiest to treat, if caught early. WUSM researchers even developed a method for gauging the effectiveness of treatment to determine the best therapy for each patient, but many insurance companies and Medicaid won’t pay for the process – a routine PET scan. Kay Quinn provides more details in the following St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.

Washington University in St. Louis — consistently ranked among America’s 20 best national universities — is now ranked 12th in the best value category titled “Great schools, great prices,” an increase of two spots over last year, according to new undergraduate rankings released by U.S. News & World Report magazine. The university is tied with Northwestern University for 11th place in undergraduate programs among the nation’s best national universities.

Extending supervised outpatient rehabilitation by six months helps elderly patients more fully recover from hip fractures, according to the first controlled study of its kind. The study also showed for the first time that these patients, previously thought to be too frail for weight training, can benefit from progressive resistance exercise training.

It wasn’t a fashion show, but more than 120 incoming students donned new attire Aug. 13 during the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine’s annual White Coat Ceremony. The ceremony welcomes incoming medical students, and the white coat is symbolic of their transition into the study of medicine and their role as care givers.