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School of Medicine researchers have identified the mechanism by which a specific protein called Sirt1 (shown in green) operates in the brain to bring about a significant delay in aging and an increase in longevity.
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Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks opens Friday at the Kemper Art Museum. It’s the first major solo museum exhibition to survey the career of this New York-based artist. His work confronts old assumptions about the African-American experience while exploring the complexities and contradictions that comprise black identity today.
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A blue-green algae called Synechocystis 6803 harbors great potential. Fuzhong Zhang, PhD, assistant professor of engineering, is working to figure out how the cyanobacterium can deliver — such as turning carbon dioxide into useful chemicals that could help tame global warming and sustain our energy supply.
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Eula Biss, First Year Reading Program author, recently visited the Danforth campus and had many opportunities to discuss her book of essays, Notes from No Man’s Land, with students. Here, she leads an informal discussion at Ursa’s Fireside on the South 40.
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The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research announced the six winners of the 2013 University Research Strategic Alliance (URSA) grants. URSA grants provide one-year, $25,000 seed funding to WUSTL faculty. The program aims to encourage researchers to collaborate across disciplines and schools.
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4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17
“Grand Simplification: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America” by Khalil Muhammad, PhD, director of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Free and open to the public. Event details. Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall. (314)
935-8556.
5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17
“A Conversation with Grace Hill Health Centers.” Guest speaker Alan Freeman, Grace Hill president and CEO. Free and open to the public. Event details. Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall. Contact: elisa.wang@wustl.edu.
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The Gephardt Institute for Public Service invites students, faculty and staff to apply for the Civic Engagement Fund. The fund supports civic engagement, community service and community-based teaching and learning projects. The deadline for the next funding round is Oct. 4.
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