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Men’s Health Guys, these 7 quick health checks could save your life 8/23/2010 Men don’t go to doctors unless they’re in serious pain or really spooked about something. But denial can also leave you dead. A smarter move: Regularly assess your health with a few morning inspections. Check your memory — and improve it — […]

Members of the Class of 2014 and new transfer and exchange students are arriving on campus and will be welcomed with a variety of activities during New Student Orientation, Aug. 26-30. New students will have the opportunity to try the new Bear’s Den dining facility, attend open houses, see the football team in action and connect with other new students and with members of the university community.

More than 1,400 Washington University freshmen will move into the South 40 residence halls on Thursday, Aug. 26.

About.com Brain activated when monetary opportunities arise 08/23/2010 Whether it’s sports, poker or the high-stakes world of business, there are those who always find a way to win when there’s money on the table. The findings by psychology researchers at Washington University in St. Louis may help to unravel the workings of a novel brain […]

Robert E. Blankenship, PhD, the Markey Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $38,183 subaward from the University of Washington for research titled “Thermodynamic Efficiency of Electron-Transfer Reactions in Purified Photosystem I and II Complexes in the Chlorophyll D-Containing Cyanobacterium, Acaryochloris Marina.” … David B. Gray, PhD, professor of occupational therapy and […]

Jerome J. Gilden, MD, professor emeritus of orthopedic surgery, died Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, at his Chesterfield, Mo., home after a long illness.

nature.com Woods Hole to breed Xenopus research frogs 08/17/2010 The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) today announced 
that it has received a 5-year, $3.4 million grant to establish a national resource for the aquatic frog known as Xenopus, a major model organism used in regenerative biology research. Kristen Kroll, associate professor of developmental biology at Washington […]

School of Medicine researchers have received a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to better understand the link between fetal heart decreases during labor and brain damage to newborns. The scientists will compare fetal heart rate patterns to neonatal outcomes in 7,000 term deliveries.

Scientific American A new form of chlorophyll? 08/19/2010 Researchers may have found a new form of chlorophyll, the pigment that plants, algae and cyanobacteria use to obtain energy from light through photosynthesis. Preliminary findings published August 19 in Science suggest that the newly discovered molecule, dubbed chlorophyll f, has a distinct chemical composition when compared […]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Blagojevich trial nets 1 conviction 08/18/2010 The count on which Blagojevich was found guilty included accusations that he lied to federal agents when he said he did not track campaign contributions and kept a “firewall” between political campaigns and government work. It carries a sentence of up to five years in prison. […]