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Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013

 
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Bayly, engineering team get $2M grant to study traumatic brain injuries

WUSTL engineering researchers have received a five-year $2.25 million grant to better understand traumatic brain injuries and improve prevention and treatment. Philip Bayly, PhD, chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, is principal investigator for the National Institutes of Health grant.

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Fragile X makes brain cells talk too much

The most common inherited form of mental retardation and autism, fragile X syndrome, turns some brain cells into chatterboxes, School of Medicine scientists report. The extra chatter may make it harder for brain cells to identify and attend to important signals, potentially establishing a parallel at the cellular level to the attention problems seen in autism.

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Behavioral economist Ariely explains why some of us can't handle the truth — about ourselves

In his first two books, Dan Ariely, PhD, showed how we often fail to act in our own best interests. With his third book, The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves, Ariely examines dishonesty in American culture. He will share his surprising findings at an Assembly Series presentation next week.

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Knight Center chef wins national competition

Move over, Iron Chef. The winner of the Copper Skillet chef competition is in the kitchen at WUSTL’s Knight Executive Education and Conference Center, and he’s cooking up some award-winning dishes. Executive Chef Shane Brassel smoked the competition at the recent International Association of Conference Centers competition in Chicago.

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Internship ‘slam’ brings together WUSTL students and employers

Employers made “open mic” pitches to WUSTL students looking for summer internships Feb. 22 in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge. Here, alumnus Alan Paradise, center, of Mercy, makes his pitch during the internship “slam.”

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Stay up-to-date on WUSTL’s Code of Conduct

The WUSTL Code of Conduct governs members of the university community: employees, volunteers and those who do business with the university. The code spells out the ethical and legal standards that must guide community members’ decisions and actions.

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Calendar Highlights

4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28

Center for the Humanities  guest lecture 

“Defacing Race, Rethinking the Skin: The Role of the Gaze in Black Masculine Performance” by Michelle Stephens, assoc. prof. in English and Latino and Hispanic studies, Rutgers U., New Brunswick. Free and open to the public. Event details. Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge. Contact: (314) 935-5576.

6 p.m. Friday, March 1

Friday Nights at the Kemper

Live music by The Woo Daddies; 7 p.m. gallery talk by Karen K. Butler, asst. curator, on Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928-1945; 8 p.m. screening of Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies, Steinberg Hall Aud. Free and open to the public. Event details. Kemper Art Museum and Steinberg Hall. (314) 935-4523.

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WUSTL moves up Peace Corps rankings; info sessions on tap

WUSTL has moved up three spots on the Peace Corps’ annual list of the top volunteer-producing mid-sized colleges and universities nationally. With 23 alumni serving overseas as Peace Corps volunteers, WUSTL ranks No. 18. Information sessions are planned for prospective volunteers in March and April.

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