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Cue
the 'cue

Blue Zone mechanics Bill Jones
(left) and Wendall Post get bratwursts
from fellow Blue Zone mechanic
Brian Gaddy during the lunch hours
at a recent United Way fundraising
barbecue sponsored by the Department
of Facilities and Planning. View in full |
Science
outreach receives grant to enhance teaching

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| Macias |
The
National Science Foundation (NSF) has
awarded the Science Outreach Office
in Arts & Sciences a five-year, $6.5
million grant to enhance science and
mathematics teaching in St. Louis schools.
The program is called the St. Louis
Inner Ring Cooperative (SIRC). Designed
to meet the challenges set forth by
President Bush in the No Child Left
Behind Act, SIRC will help teachers
meet the needs of students performing
below their peers in science and math.
Full story

Gettin'
biz(y)

Olin School of Business Dean Stuart
I. Greenbaum, Ph.D. (right), sits
down on the set of Stl Biz, a
new weekly business show on KETC-TV
Channel 9, before he gets "miked"
by a stage manager. View in full |
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Parkinson's
insight
Naturally occurring
coenzyme slows the decline, preliminary
study finds

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| Perlmutter |
A national clinical trial with 80 Parkinson's
disease patients has found that high
dosages of a naturally occurring compound,
coenzyme Q10, may slow patients' progressive
clinical deterioration by as much as
44 percent.
The greatest benefit was seen in everyday
activities such as feeding, dressing,
bathing and walking. Full story
MasterCard
considering magnetic fingerprinting
system

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| Indeck |
MasterCard
International is testing a system developed
by University engineers that is meant
to detect counterfeit credit cards by
reading a unique magnetic "fingerprint"
on the stripes of credit cards and other
objects that carry magnetic information.
The system -- called "Magneprint"
-- was invented by Ronald Indeck, Ph.D.,
the Das Family Distinguished Professor
of Electrical Engineering. Indeck is
the director of the Center for Security
Technologies at the University. Full story
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