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Lützeler to receive German Cross of Merit

Paul Michael Lützeler, Ph.D., the Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, will receive the German Cross of Merit, First Class, at the University May 10. Full story

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Pluto mission
William B. McKinnon, Ph.D. is a team member of New Horizons, a group proposing a mission to Pluto and the nearby Kuiper Belt.

Pluto mission proposed to launch in 2006

Design/build, you might say,is the most basic, hands-on form of architecture -- no expensive consultants, no parceling out jobs, no headaches with subcontractors. Just plan it, pick up some tools and get to work.

A handful of studios from the School of Architecture is doing just that. In recent weeks, students have completed a permanent shade pavilion in the University City Loop; designed a soon-to-be-assembled summer pavilion for the south lawn by Givens Hall; installed a temporary memorial to St. Louis abolitionist Mary Meachum and the Underground Railroad; and created a series of projects for the Missouri School for the Blind (MSB) and the Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments. Full story


While you were sleeping;
Nocturnal dialysis improves patients' health, quality of life


Brent W. Miller, M.D.
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Thousands of people with kidney disease must receive dialysis treatments several times a week to stay alive. That means spending hours at a dialysis center, away from work, school and hobbies.

But researchers in the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital are training some of those people to receive dialysis treatments at home while they sleep.Full story


Disaster
Mike Smiley (far left) of the Office of Emergency Management for St. Louis makes introductory remarks at the recent Weapons of Mass Destruction Table Top Exercise.

Ensuring preparedness; Disaster drill May 19 hosted by University Ensuring preparedness; Parking and other restrictions to be in place on Hilltop

The University will host a disaster preparedness exercise from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. May 19.

The event will be staged on the eastern end of the Hilltop Campus and access to certain areas will be limited during the event. This exercise is a regional effort involving agencies representing law enforcement, firefighters and hospitals. Full story


Neurobiologist Sanes elected to National Academy of Sciences

Joshua R. Sanes, Ph.D.
Sanes
Joshua R. Sanes, Ph.D., the Alumni Endowed Professor of Neurobiology in the School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on an American scientist or engineer. Sanes was one of 72 new members chosen April 30, bringing the total number of active members to 1,907. Full story


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