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Monday, March 4, 2013

 
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Medical center enhances security on and off campus

Ninety-one security cameras are being installed in the Central West End, 60 of which will be funded by the WUSTL Medical Center. An additional 42 such cameras will be installed throughout the Medical Campus. The cameras are part of ongoing security efforts that also include more bike patrols.?

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Trustees meet, hear presentations on orthopedic surgery developments ?

At the WUSTL Board of Trustees meeting Feb. 28 and March 1, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton reported on a number of recent developments on the Medical and Danforth campuses. Trustees also heard special reports on innovations and developments in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the School of Medicine. ?

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New book explores productive aging in the world  ?

As the aging population grows, the world is in the midst of a demographic revolution. WUSTL’s Center for Social Development seeks to advance global innovation and research to involve older adults in work, volunteerism, caregiving, education and other activities. A new book on productive aging is the result of a 2011 conference at Peking University that was co-organized by the CSD, among other institutions.

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Modern Literature Collection adds archival material from two celebrated authors

A pair of extensive, unique collections arrived at Washington University Libraries in recent weeks, their wide-ranging contents anticipated to be of much interest to scholars and others wishing to explore the remarkable literary career of either David Wagoner or Alexander Trocchi. ?

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Noon Monday, March 4

Work, Families and Public Policy brown bag seminar

“The Family After a Natural Disaster,” Duncan Thomas, Robert F. Durden Professor of Economics, Duke U. Open to faculty and graduate students from area universities. Event details. Seigle Hall, Room 348. Contact: (314) 935-4918 or pollak@wustl.edu.

2-6 p.m. Monday, March 4

Energy seminar

“A Workshop on Clean Energy Research and Education.” Features presentations by faculty from WUSTL and Technion University. Free and open to the public. Event details. Brauer Hall, Room 12. (314) 935-5548.

4:30 p.m. Monday, March 4

Danforth Center on Religion & Politics lecture

“Why Are U.S. Prisons so Religious? The Ascendance of Faith-based Programs in an Age of Punitive Incarceration,” Tanya Erzen, Catherine Gould Chism Scholar, Dept. of Religion, U. of Puget Sound. Free and open to the public. Event details. Umrath Hall Lounge. rap@wustl.edu.

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WUSTL to test emergency sirens today, tomorrow

WUSTL will test its emergency siren systems at 11 a.m. Monday, March 4, and again at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. The tests will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather or some other emergency at that time.

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