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Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, will deliver the keynote address for the Global Leadership Conference at 6 p.m., Friday, March 25, in Graham Chapel. This Assembly Series talk, “Democracy and the Internet,” is free and open to the public.

When the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 was repealed 11 years ago, financial institutions were allowed to engage in commercial and investment activities under the same roof. But a new study by a professor in Olin Business School finds it’s difficult to maintain an information firewall between those activities when they are housed in the same financial institution.

Richard Wilson, PhD, director of Washington University’s Genome Institute, was one of the most cited authors of 2010, according to Thomson Reuters Science Watch. The annual survey tracks research across various scientific disciplines to determine which papers published in the past two years were cited most often by other scientists. Wilson was listed among the […]

Last November, Missouri voters approved Proposition B, which amended state law to more strictly regulate large-scale dog breeders. Now, just four months later, Prop B is set to be repealed if the Missouri House of Representatives and Gov. Jay Nixon follow the state senate’s lead. Can this happen in every state? Only if the voters allow it, says Gregory Magarian, JD, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on constitutional law.

Scientists have identified genetic errors in women with autoimmune diseases that increase the risk of preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs in 10 percent of all pregnancies.

This year’s Thurtene Carnival is reaching out to more student groups and the community during pre-events as well as the joy-filled festival itself. Although the fair doesn’t officially kick off until Friday, April 15, organizers are holding several community and fundraising activities during Spirit Week March 27- April 2 to help raise money for this year’s charity, the Belle Center, which helps disabled children with mainstream integration.

The Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering and the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis have announced a new dual-degree program that combines a master’s degree in engineering and a master’s of business administration. Students can earn an M.Eng and MBA degree in two-and-a-half years with a focus on energy, the environment and corporate sustainability.

With $715,540 raised for the United Way by WUSTL in 2010, the university has exceeded its United Way fundraising goal for five consecutive years. In February, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton formally thanked Ann Prenatt, vice chancellor for human resources, for her excellent work leading WUSTL’s annual United Way campaign, presenting her with a certificate of recognition.

School of Medicine scientists have shown they can grow personalized collections of human intestinal microbes in the laboratory and pluck out particular microbes of interest. The research sets the stage for identifying new probiotics and evaluating whether microbe transplants can restore the natural balance of intestinal bacteria in “sick” microbial communities. 

Washington University’s graduating medical students will do their residency training at hospitals from coast to coast and even in Canada.