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March 2007
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March 12,
2007 -- Pathway to poverty reduction
 Mother's education empirically tied to her family's economic well-being, latest study shows


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March 12,
2007 -- Can African-American theater survive?
 Regional companies facing tough times, says St. Louis' Black Rep founder


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March 12,
2007 -- Following fads
 New technologies coming too fast for Indian farmers in key cotton-growing area


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March 12,
2007 -- What's the matter with Grandpa?
 Online book helps children understand the effects of stroke


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March 8,
2007 -- Sound prescription
 Anti-epileptic drugs may help prevent and treat noise-induced hearing loss


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March 8,
2007 -- Toxic tummy
 Belly fat may drive inflammatory processes associated with disease


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March 8,
2007 -- Hitting a moving target
 Measuring lung motion leads to better radiation treatment for lung cancer


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March 5,
2007 -- Getting a leg up
 Anthropologist develops model to determine locomotor cost in animals


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March 5,
2007 -- Surprise: No tsunami
 Tonga quake not conducive to tsunami


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March 5,
2007 -- Like Tom and Huck
 Caves of St. Louis County: a tale of loss


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March 5,
2007 -- Former Enron prosecutor available to discuss Conrad Black trial
 Looting case will hinge on Hollinger board of directors and possibly Black


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March 5,
2007 -- Making R&D more cost effective
 New framework for developing and supporting products could improve profitability as much as 30 percent


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March 5,
2007 -- What happens in the boardroom doesn't stay in the boardroom
 Transgressions in corporate governance resonate throughout the enterprise


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March 5,
2007 -- Advertising high end products without compromising status is a delicate game
 Marketing professor advocates appealing to the emotions when promoting luxury goods


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Feb. 12,
2007 -- Another brick from the wall
 Apple's bid to end music piracy protection may signal end to copyright system


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Feb. 12,
2007 -- Dred Scott 150 years later
 Landmark case isn't a ghost; stereotypes of inferiority are still felt in the courts


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Feb. 12,
2007 -- Reality Bites
 Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to present Reality Bites: Making Avant-garde Art in Post-Wall Germany Feb. 9 to April 29


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Feb. 12,
2007 -- Waiting for the pay off
 Psychologists show that 'money changes everything'


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Feb. 12,
2007 -- Healthful habits, longer life
 Eat well, get fit, stop smoking — prevent cancer


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Feb. 9,
2007 -- Socialist revolution?
 Chavez's nationalization of foreign-owned industries is part of global pattern


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Feb. 8,
2007 -- New weapon against cancer
 HIV protein enlisted to help kill cancer cells


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Feb. 8,
2007 -- Baby's breath
 Newborns with respiratory distress potentially have rare genetic disease


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Feb. 8,
2007 -- Hooked by genes
 Studies identify DNA regions linked to nicotine dependence


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Feb. 7,
2007 -- Will China be the next India?
 Business professor explains the evolving global economic landscape


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Feb. 7,
2007 -- No such thing as risky business for entrepreneurs
 New business owners actually avoid risks as much as anyone, it's overconfidence that makes them take the leap


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Feb. 7,
2007 -- Many moons
 Space scientists ponder which Jupiter moon will reveal the most


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Feb. 7,
2007 -- Synchronized
 Protein coordinates biological clock in mice


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Feb. 7,
2007 -- Big as the Arctic Ocean
 Model shows big body of water in Earth's mantle


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- Auto ban
 Physicians enlisted in efforts to keep demented drivers off the road


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- Hearing aid
 Clinical simulation technology used to improve communication of medical teams


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- Diagnosing a killer
 Gene chip technology shows potential for identifying life-threatening blood infection


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- Nair for germs
 Treatments for urinary infections leave bacteria bald, happy and vulnerable


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- Earnings statements can trigger reactions in a company's supply chain
 New research confirms the market's link of suppliers and customers across industries


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- Universities face a challenge when hawking innovations
 The ease of selling inventions depends on more than just having a patent


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- Smelling good!
 Mice have biological clock for smell


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- Stangelets in the night
 Nuclear leftovers could form strange stars


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- Crop mimic
 Biologists examine candidate genes of rice and red rice


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- 'Greater price for a greater good?'
 eBay auction items affiliated with a cause command higher prices, study shows


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- A Holocaust drama for kids
 Stage adaptation of acclaimed children's book 'Hana's Suitcase' gets U.S. premiere Jan. 11-21


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Dec. 14,
2006 -- Headscarves? Non!
 Why the French government banned headscarves in schools


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Dec. 7,
2006 -- 'Tis the season
 From tips on stress-free gift buying, toy shopping, healthful holiday eating or dealing with grief, WUSTL experts offer timely advice


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Dec. 6,
2006 -- A toy story
 Finding educational toys is not hard; key is keeping child's age in mind


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Dec. 6,
2006 -- Facing the holidays after losing a loved one
 For those in grief, psychologist offers strategies to make it through the season


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Dec. 6,
2006 -- Better to wait for post-holiday sales to indulge in your own present
 Discovering a holiday discount for an impromptu gift may not be a great deal


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Dec. 6,
2006 -- Holiday stress
 Psychology research offers 20 strategies for staying upbeat, coping with stress during holidays


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Dec. 6,
2006 -- Home for the holidays
 When college kids come home for the winter break, stress and tension can mount


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Dec. 1,
2006 -- MORE TIPS
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Nov. 9,
2006 -- Due recognition
 Native American Indian Heritage month comes and goes with little fanfare


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Nov. 9,
2006 -- Who's your ancestor?
 More human-Neandertal mixing evidence uncovered


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Nov. 9,
2006 -- Birth-order advantage
 Firstborns under the right circumstances more likely to be creative


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Nov. 9,
2006 -- 'Playbook of Champions'
 Football coach solicits words of wisdom from famous, successful people to motivate his team


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Nov. 9,
2006 -- Narrower, flashy river height
 Geologists resurrect Lewis and Clark river data


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Nov. 9,
2006 -- Business school students work out plan for biofuels in undeveloped countries
 Using the jatropha plant in African villages could help stabilize local economies


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Nov. 9,
2006 -- Cloning agents
 Software agents now in touch via network sensors


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Nov. 9,
2006 -- Crucial clearinghouse
 Elusive civil rights court records now just a click away with new online database


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Nov. 9,
2006 -- Over-the-counter drug danger
 NSAID increases liver damage in mice carrying mutant human gene


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Nov. 9,
2006 -- Measuring risk
 Seven-point system gauges seriousness of heart failure in elderly


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Nov. 9,
2006 -- Second look
 Surgical biopsy may reveal cancer in women with rare but benign breast condition


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Nov. 9,
2006 -- Indebted donors
 Researchers study reimbursing living organ donors for out-of-pocket expenses


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Still wary of spinach?
 Dietitian offers substitutes for spinach's nutrients


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Advancing competitively requires firms to be self-aware and capable to implement plans, business professors say
 Business innovation is not dependent on creative people


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Study finds both drug makers and F.D.A. could run a tighter ship
 Pharmaceutical industry wastes $50 billion a year due to inefficient manufacturing


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Using game theory to understand eldercare
 Understanding choices adult children make to care for elderly parents should help policymakers


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Fat delivery
 Engineers desiqn method to avoid blood clotting


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Sugar in the morning
 Biologist finds cell wall construction pathway


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Soviets had Cold War chess cartel
 Cheating in world chess championships is nothing new, study suggests


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Bacteria to run our cars, warm our homes
 Energy-producing bacteria will be studied here


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Net gains
 Web video contest reaches college students on their level


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Imagine that
 Teenager first to play video game by brain only


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Healing sight
 Innovative surgery corrects vision in kids with neurological disorders


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Faster and easier
 High-energy clamp simplifies heart surgery for atrial fibrillation


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Oct. 9,
2006 -- Shouldering the burden
 Cigarette smoking impedes tendon-to-bone healing


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Sept. 22,
2006 -- Weird Science
 Modern Humans, not Neandertals, may be evolution's "odd man out"


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Sept. 8,
2006 -- Offering alternative, culturally relevant services
 Traditional healers are legitimate resources for youth in American Indian communities, says mental health expert


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Self-help for students
 Knowing campus resources key to staying healthy at college


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- WUSTL business professors available for comment as backdating scandal grows
 Options backdating is part of a tradition of boosting executive pay by bending the rules.


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Keeping the character
 Neighborhoods key to rebuilding New Orleans, master planner says


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Restating earnings hurts the company itself, and its peers
 One company's statement has ripple effects throughout the industry


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Those wild ancestors
 Schaal and collaborators locate rice domestication using DNA


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Many Moons, missions, that is
 Washington University collaborates with Shandong University in upcoming Chinese Moon mission


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- It's the wave of the future: The economy thrives, but the employment rate doesn't
 Jobless recovery will be a repeat phenomenon


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Judgment at Nuremberg 60 Years Later
 Nazi war criminal trials spawned international human rights, but have the principles endured?


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Little tykes
 Biologists find pathway to gene silencing


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Faster healing
 Drug can quickly mobilize an army of cells to repair injury


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Give them a hand
 Reconstructive surgeon aims for rejection-free limb transplantation


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Not for kids
 Pediatric neurosurgeons recommend banning children from ATVs


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Exploiting tumor vulnerabilities
 Unusual three-drug combo inhibits growth of aggressive tumors


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Sept. 7,
2006 -- Pinpointing high-risk areas
 Schools need to focus on bullying 'hotspots,' not just the bullies


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Hungry hearts
 High blood pressure induces low fat metabolism in heart muscle


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Peanut butter boost
 Reversing malnutrition a spoonful at a time


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Are ADHD drugs underutilized?
 Washington University Researchers find almost half of kids with ADHD are not being treated


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Important Indian law victory
 School of Law and leading St. Louis law firm help South Dakota Indian tribe defend its sovereignty


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Forget-me-not
 Brain imaging identifies best memorization strategies, details differing parts of brain used in each


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Hot heads
 Current technology for brain cooling unlikely to help trauma patients


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Take it easy
 Epigenetics viewed as soft inheritance


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Quick study
 Motor skills study reveals different learning strategy


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Social stresses overlooked
 Quality of care varies for older adults with depression


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Engineer designs system to put wastewater to work
 Sparing the drain to power the neighborhood


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Four decades later, Maki returns
 Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts to dedicate new museum and art studios Oct. 25


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Class action securities litigation doesn't punish the responsible party
 Shareholders lose when companies are sued for inflated stock prices


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- From the cradle to college
 Smooth transition to college should start early in life


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Aug. 3,
2006 -- Teamwork: Where the weak help the strong
 Professor explains why group projects don't always mean everyone learns


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July 18,
2006 -- Freshman 15
 Time management is key to avoiding the dreaded weight gain college can bring


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July 17,
2006 -- Learning at a deeper level
 Discovering why study groups are more effective


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July 17,
2006 -- Help for 'helicopter parents'
 Letting go as children head off to college for the first time


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July 11,
2006 -- Prices at the pump
 Suspending federal gas tax a bad idea


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June 8,
2006 -- Measures and countermeasures
 Bacteria related to plague ramps up histamine production in the gut


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June 8,
2006 -- Invitation to destruction
 Central nervous system beckons attack in MS-like disease


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June 8,
2006 -- Attention grabber
 Erotic images elicit strong response from brain


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June 8,
2006 -- Second chance transplants
 Lung retransplants from living donors improve survival rate in children


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June 8,
2006 -- Why China is a threat to American companies
 Low price doesn't always mean low quality, but it could mean a challenge to high-end products


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June 8,
2006 -- Baby boomers' retirement could threaten Wall Street
 What happens when everyone pulls the plug on investments?


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June 8,
2006 -- Steps for the summer
 Preparing your child for a smooth transition to kindergarten


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June 8,
2006 -- Leave the pet snake at home
 Common sense dictates what to pack for life at college


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June 8,
2006 -- 'It is her word against theirs'
 Sexism, racism and classism in American society running through the Duke lacrosse case, says criminal procedure expert


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June 8,
2006 -- Brain surgery in the Talmud
 Article sheds light on neurosurgery, use of anesthesia nearly 2,000 years ago


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June 8,
2006 -- Play it again
 Mathematician pens sequel to popular book of mathematician anecdotes


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June 8,
2006 -- Planning for a pandemic
 Round tables address IT problems, infrastructure, workplace concerns over flu pandemic


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June 8,
2006 -- Like a sponge
 Triple threat polymer captures and releases


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May 8,
2006 -- 'Net' losses
 Student online posts can negatively affect job searches, says career expert


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