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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
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Incoming medical students took part last week in the Washington University Medical Plunge, or WUMP, a weeklong crash course in public health, diversity and health-care disparities. Here, students Ally Schelble (left) and Harleen Grewal help prepare instructional materials for the upcoming school year at Epworth Children & Family Services. WUMP introduces students to myriad opportunities to volunteer.
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WUSTL students still can enroll in one of 11 online courses offered this fall through Semester Online, a consortium of top peer universities. Students must register by Aug. 26. Courses include a live weekly class plus pre-produced online content that engages students, such as guest interviews and panel discussions.
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Sophomore Kevin Hays is considered one of the globe’s best Rubik’s Cube solvers, but he’s not the only master on campus. Provost Holden Thorp also won Rubik’s Cube competitions as a teenager. Check out a video of the record-setting Hays, who is studying math, in Arts & Sciences, and computer science.
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A research career development program in obstetrics and gynecology is moving to the School of Medicine from the University of California, San Francisco. The Reproductive Scientist Development Program will support the salaries and training of 15 MD or MD/PhD fellows who want to become physician scientists in OB/GYN. Pictured is Kelle Moley, MD, who received the grant that funds the program.
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Through a special partnership between the city of St. Louis and WUSTL, four winning projects are testing innovative, sustainable solutions — including sunflower plantings, a compact restaurant, a chess park and a modern agricultural model — to address the problem of vacant land in the city. Check out a video about the Sunflower+ Project, led by Don Koster, of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
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The American public looks to the federal government to successfully respond to and solve our “wicked” problems. A new book co-edited by Jackson Nickerson, PhD, professor of strategy at Olin Business School, suggests government leaders must collaborate better. The book is Tackling Wicked Government Problems: A Practical Guide for Developing Enterprise Leaders.
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Researchers have found that seeing well as we age depends, at least in part, on a recycling process in the eye that mops up cellular debris and recycles light-sensitive proteins. The findings suggest that disruptions in the process may harm vision and play a key role in the development of age-related eye diseases. Pictured are retinal pigment epithelium cells, with structures used for recycling (green) that engulf and digest spent parts of photoreceptor cells (red).
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Noon Wednesday, Aug. 14
The First Year Reading Program, WUSTL’s popular book club for incoming students, is expanding to include the entire WUSTL community. Discussion of Notes From No Man’s Land. (Also meets at noon Thursday and Friday, Aug. 15 and 16.) Co-sponsored by Office of Human Resources. Record story/event details. Olin Library, Room 142.
4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18
New WUSTL students who will participate in one of 15 different Pre-Orientation Programs arrive on campus. Programs range from service work such as building homes to learning about improvisational comedy.
Program details.
6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21
The Alumni Association holds a 2014 Travel Program preview event. Hear from travel operators about upcoming destinations and taste samples from regions the group will be visiting. Whitaker Hall. Contact/RSVP to Kathy Lewis, (314) 935-7378 or alumni.travel@wustl.edu.
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The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will institute new public hours beginning Wednesday, Aug. 21. The museum generally will be open daily from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
As part of WUSTL’s ongoing commitment to providing a safe and secure environment for employees and students, the university is offering workplace safety training sessions. The one-hour free class for employees and students will be offered six times this fall semester, starting Monday, Aug. 19.
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Three decades as an athletic trainer at WUSTL FULL STORY
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