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Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013
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Public health is becoming a pressing social concern for the global community, and it’s an issue Alfredo Palacio recognized years ago as Ecuador’s president. Palacio will visit WUSTL next week as part of Global Health Week and give an Assembly Series talk, “Government and Health Care: Perspectives from a President and a Physician,” at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, in Graham Chapel on the Danforth Campus.
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A Massachusetts law criminalizes peaceful expression on public sidewalks near reproductive health clinics, and the U.S. Supreme Court soon will determine its constitutionality. John Inazu, JD, First Amendment expert and WUSTL associate professor of law, said if that law stands, “the government can prohibit expression in a wide range of circumstances.”
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The Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences offered a “speed dating” event of sorts to help graduate students meet faculty and learn about research before signing up for lab rotations. The event caters to students earning their PhDs or MD/PhDs through the Medical Scientist Training Program. Pictured, student Allyson Mayer visits with Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi, MD.
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The School of Engineering & Applied Science will host environmental engineering students and faculty from Missouri and Illinois Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-21, to learn the latest in environmental engineering technologies and to share research. The 18th Annual Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference will be held in Brauer Hall.
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WUSTL will test its emergency communication system, WUSTLAlerts, at noon Wednesday, Sept. 25. The test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather or another emergency is occurring at that time. WUSTLAlerts will send emails to @wustl.edu addresses and text messages to cellphones.
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Leigh E. Schmidt, PhD, was installed as the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor during a Sept. 3 ceremony in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall. Pictured is Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton placing a medallion on Schmidt, a historian of American religion who joined the Danforth Center on Religion & Politics in 2011.
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9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18
“Well Women Health for Every Body” by Jeanne A. Conry, pres., American Congress of Obste-tricians and Gynecologists. Record story. Free and open to the public. Medical Campus, McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Cori Aud. Contact:
(314) 747-0808 or vaningerk@wustl.edu.
1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18
The interdisciplinary program is designed to teach WUSTL undergraduates skills to thrive in today’s dynamic international landscape. Record story. Seigle Hall, Room 206. Contact: Shanon Langlie, langlie@wustl.edu.
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The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum has received a $36,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The grant will support a detailed conservation study of the 337 paintings in the museum’s permanent collection.
Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Encore.org, will deliver a lecture about the role higher education can play in supporting adults looking for a career change later in life. The talk is at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Mildred E. Bastian Theatre, St. Louis Community College, Forest Park Campus. The Brown School and the Friedman Center for Aging are among the sponsors.
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