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Record: News for the WUSTL Campus & Community July 21, 2010  
 
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Baby brain study reveals evolution's imprint

A study undertaken at the School of Medicine to help scientists concerned with abnormal brain development in premature babies has serendipitously revealed evolution’s imprint on the human brain. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20921.aspx

Brain expansion comparison
 
 
Law faculty Fulbright awards offer many firsts

Four School of Law faculty members have received Fulbright awards for 2010 and 2011, including WUSTL's first faculty member to receive the Distinguished Alexis de Tocqueville Chair, Leila N. Sadat, JD. The other Fulbright recipients are Dorsey D. Ellis Jr., JD; David Law, JD, PhD; and Jo Ellen Lewis, JD. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20942.aspx

 
 
Picture this: A sobering demonstration

Occupational therapy students get a firsthand look at the powerful effect of alcohol on an egg in a demonstration of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20919.aspx

 
 
Stretch department funds — hire a student

Student Financial Services can help departments locate and hire part-time student workers for the 2010-11 academic year and, at the same time, help departments stretch their budgets. Approximately 1,000 students are eligible for work-study this academic year. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20896.aspx

 
 
Gabel awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Matthew J. Gabel, PhD, professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The award will support his work on judicial decision-making in the European Union. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20943.aspx

 
  TODAY'S CALENDAR HIGHLIGHT (http://news.wustl.edu/Pages/Calendar.aspx)
  • Sunday, July 25, 7:30 p.m. Summer Concerts: Gateway Festival Orchestra. “Gotta Dance.” The public is encouraged to bring lawn seating. Brookings Quadrangle. (314) 569-0371.
 
  ANNOUNCEMENTS (http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20115.aspx)
  • Millbrook Garage ramp closed through Aug. 1. The south ramp entrance to the Millbrook Garage from Throop Drive, the parking areas below the ramp on the first level and the southeast staircase on the first level will be closed through Aug. 1. There will be no access through the south ramp at Throop Drive. Repairs are being made to the concrete beams and the ramp, as well as ramp resurfacing.
 
  NOTABLES: Faculty, staff and student news and achievements (http://news.wustl.edu/CC/Pages/Notables.aspx)
 
  WASHINGTON PEOPLE: George Macones (http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20917.aspx)
 
  SPORTS (http://news.wustl.edu/CC/Pages/sports.aspx)
  • Ryback named head crew coach. Director of athletics John Schael has named Rudy Ryback head coach of the men’s and women’s club crew teams. Ryback spent the past four seasons as an assistant under Cameron Carter, who resigned after leading the Bears for 15 seasons.
 
 
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