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Record: News for the WUSTL Campus & Community February 12, 2010  
 
Iran's Ahmadinejad uses Western media to quell opposition, WUSTL scholar says

As Iran celebrates the 31st anniversary of its Islamic revolution, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ph.D., professor of Persian language and literature and a native of Iran, suggests that the Feb. 11 anniversary offers yet another example of how Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad skillfully manipulates the Western media into providing unwitting support for his campaign to stifle the nation's opposition movement. Her commentary appears online at CounterPunch.

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20246.aspx
 
Presenting the sustainability plan

A series of forums and poster sessions was held throughout the university in January and February promoting the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Operations.

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20222.aspx
 
Noted astronomer Marcy next up for Assembly Series

Geoff Marcy, popular “planet hunter” and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the Ferguson Lecture for the Assembly Series at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, in Graham Chapel. The lecture is free and open to the public.

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20230.aspx
 
Holobaugh recipients honored at reception

Recipients of the annual James M. Holobaugh Honor were recognized at a reception Feb. 10 in Holmes Lounge. The honor recognizes individuals and organizations that live and lead with integrity and engage diverse communities on issues relevant to the LGBT community at WUSTL and throughout the St. Louis area.

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20250.aspx
 
Altria’s push to promote smokeless tobacco latest route around regulations

Don't be fooled by a company's recent attempt to market smokeless tobacco as "harmless," says Douglas Luke, Ph.D., professor and director of the Center for Tobacco Policy Research at the Brown School. “Part of what we're seeing here is the tobacco industry trying to position smokeless tobacco products so that they either do not come under the new Food and Drug Administration regulations or they come under weaker regulations,” Luke says.

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20197.aspx
 

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