The ceremonial song "Hail to the Chief" that followed President Barack Obama's oath of office was inaudible in Kingsbury Hall on Tuesday morning over the thunderous applause from audience members who gathered to watch the inaugural address of the 44th president.

Next fall, first-year medical students can expect changes in how soon they practice giving physicals and working with patients.

The U marching band paid tribute to the newly sworn-in president Tuesday as it marched along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House playing "God Bless America."

According to Obama's Web site, he plans to make higher education more affordable for all Americans. Obama has offered to give a $4,000 tax credit to all students to pay for educational costs in exchange for community service.

U students are returning to the RecycleMania competition with hopes for significant improvement over last year's placement.

In Washington D.C., U interns with the Hinckley Institute of Politics had the chance to be among those packed into hotels, buses, sidewalks and streets to see the inauguration of the country's first black president.

Today's inauguration's theme will be "A New Birth of Freedom," chosen by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. It is designed to also celebrate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday and to invoke the spirit of Lincoln into the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.

A new U study suggests that researchers can save thousands of lives by using a cholesterol-treatment drug for patients with blood vessel disorders that cause sometimes-fatal seizures and strokes.

Students waving hand-held signs and touting 20-foot banners took to the streets on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the life of the reverend as an international symbol for peace and human rights.

After being spread out among five buildings for the past few years, the faculty in the department of geology and geophysics now has a single building to call its own.