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Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the tomb of Lady K’abel, a seventh-century Maya Holy Snake Lord considered one of the great queens of Classic Maya civilization. The tomb was discovered during excavations of the Maya city of El Perú-Waka’ in Guatemala by a team of archaeologists led by Arts & Sciences’ David Freidel, PhD.
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Deep research into sustainability, memory and other compelling topics becomes clearer with the launch of Hold That Thought, a podcast series from Arts & Sciences. The Hold That Thought website debuted Oct. 1 to make in-depth faculty research and overarching ideas more accessible to the general public.
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The School of Medicine is one of five U.S. medical schools to receive a $250,000 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Faculty Career Flexibility. Diana Gray, MD, led the team that applied for and received the grant on behalf of WUSTL.
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International economic forecaster and social observer Jeremy Rifkin will talk about preparing for the “third industrial revolution” at noon Thursday, Oct. 11, in Graham Chapel. A book signing will precede the lecture.
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Barry Commoner, a WUSTL biologist from 1947-1981, died Sept. 30. He was 95. Commoner was “a founder of modern ecology and one of its most provocative thinkers and mobilizers in making environmentalism a people’s political cause,” according to The New York Times.
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5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4
“LGBT Rights: Beyond Gay Marriage.” Co-sponsored by Gephardt Institute for Public Service. Free and open to the public. In conjunction with “Issues and Ideas in Election 2012” events Oct. 1-5. Danforth University Center, Room 276. gephardtinstitute@wustl.edu or (314) 935-8628.
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The Institute for Public Health will host its fifth annual conference, titled “Rising to the Challenge: Public Health in the 21st Century,” from 12:30-5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Medical Campus. The keynote speaker is James S. Marks, MD, senior vice president and director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Keeping pediatrics department research on track FULL STORY
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Sophomore Anna Zambricki recorded the second hat trick of her career to lead the No. 11 women’s soccer team to a 3-0 victory in the University Athletic Association (UAA) conference opener at Carnegie Mellon Sept. 30. The shutout for WUSTL was its third-straight and fourth in the past five games. WUSTL continues conference play at home at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, against No. 1 Emory University.
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