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To commemorate Veterans Day Nov. 11, students in a Lifelong Learning Institute class on World War II honored their veteran classmates. Six World War II veterans are enrolled — the greatest number in a single session. In a recent class, each veteran was recognized individually and a military medley of service songs was played. The institute, part of University College in Arts & Sciences, offers classes to those age 55 or older.
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Last January, two amateur meteorite hunters dropped by Randy Korotev’s office in earth & planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences to show him their latest purchase, a 17-kilogram pallasite meteorite found in 2006 near Conception Junction in northwest Missouri. Korotev, an expert in lunar meteorites, identified the stone as a piece of an asteroid.
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Scientists exploring a potential cure for diabetes have shown that transplanting insulin-producing cells from embryonic pigs into diabetic monkeys can dramatically lower blood sugar levels, though not quite to normal levels.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin (right) delivered the keynote address at this year’s Founders Day gala Nov. 5. She was onstage during the awards presentation and joined in the robust applause for WUSTL professor and alumnus Jessie Ternberg, MD (left), a pioneer in medical research, who received a Distinguished Alumni Award.
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“A ‘Science of Religions,’ So-Called: The 19th-century Promises and Perils of a New Human Science” is the focus of the Nov. 14 Witherspoon Memorial Lecture in Religion and Science. Leigh Eric Schmidt, PhD, the Edward Mallinckrodt University Professor, will deliver the lecture at 4 p.m. in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.
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7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11
Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights, is being celebrated with a show at Edison Theatre (also Nov. 12). Festival includes dances, a fashion show and a skit. Sponsored by Ashoka. Tickets are $10. Contact: edison@wustl.edu or (314) 935-6543.
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A Locks of Love hair donation and haircut event will be held from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, in the Danforth University Center Fun Room. Donate 10 inches of hair to receive a free professional haircut or get a professional cut for a $20 donation. To learn more, visit wulol.wustl.edu.
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Love for students shows in medical school recruiting efforts. FULL STORY
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Senior Brianne Monahan scored a game-high 18 points, but it was not enough as the women’s basketball team dropped an 81-63 decision to Division I Bradley University Nov. 5 in Peoria, Ill. The women open their 2011-12 season at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Fontbonne University.
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