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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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New research at the School of Medicine points to a common species of bacteria as an important contributor to bacterial vaginosis, a condition linked to preterm birth and increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases. Pictured is a single cell of the bacteria that may be causing the problem, Gardnerella vaginalis.
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The Institute for Public Health at WUSTL has announced the appointment of Richelle Simmons Clark as co-director of the Center for Community Health & Partnerships.
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Washington University Libraries recently filled two associate university librarian (AUL) positions, a leadership level reporting directly to University Librarian Jeffrey Trzeciak. The new AULs are Trevor Dawes and Christopher Freeland. Along with Trzeciak and Associate University Librarians Virginia Toliver, Gail Oltmanns and Jeffrey Huestis, they form the Libraries’ senior management team.
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In W?men (??): Contemporary Chinese Art, now on view at the Kemper Art Museum, three undergraduate students — the inaugural Arthur Greenberg Curatorial Fellows — explore the hopes, illusions and realities of China in the Reform Era.
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Olin Business School feted five of its top alumni during the 2013 Olin Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner April 4 at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton.
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7 p.m. Wednesday, April 24
“Meteorites and Moon Rocks,” Randy L. Korotev, research assoc. prof. of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences. Free and open to the public. Event details. Schlafly Bottleworks, Crown Room, 7260 Southwest Ave.
6:45 p.m. Thursday, April 25
WUSTL’s first bike-in movie. Art Hill in Forest Park. ’80s-themed ride will leave at 6:45 p.m. from two points: the Clocktower, South 40, and Brookings Hall. Food trucks available during the movie, Back to the Future, which begins at 7:45 p.m. Following the movie, the group will bike back to campus. Helmets required. Record story.
2 p.m. Friday, April 26
Two-day conference honors Prof. Schofield’s research, teaching and leadership of the Center in Political Economy. (Continues Saturday at 9:30 a.m.) Event details. Danforth University Center, Room 276. cniss@artsci.wustl.edu or
(314) 935-5068.
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This past weekend, Blackstone founder and philanthropist Stephen A. Schwarzman announced a $100 million personal gift to build and endow an elite scholarship program in China inspired by the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship program. Provost Edward S. Macias, PhD, who serves as a member of the program’s Academic Advisory Council, was on hand for the announcement.
The School of Medicine Earth Day celebration is set for 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in the BJC Institute of Health Hope Plaza. The event features free bike tune-ups, giveaways, green items for purchase and information on recycling, energy conservation and gardening, among other topics.
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