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Faculty fellows open their doors to South 40 residents looking for advice, friendship — and brownies. Veteran fellow Brian Carpenter, PhD, of the Department of Psychology in Arts & Sciences, said the 15-year-old program builds trust and relationships between students and professors and has fundamentally changed the South 40 experience.

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As part of ongoing efforts to bolster pediatric research and lead to new discoveries, Children’s Discovery Institute plans to award more than $2.4 million to research initiatives at the School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

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Samer S. Shehata, PhD, a leading Arab-American expert on Middle East politics, will deliver the keynote address at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at a WUSTL symposium titled “The Crisis in Egypt.” The symposium, in Umrath Lounge, also will feature a roundtable discussion on the latest developments in Egypt. It is free and open to the public.

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Agriculture is very rare in nonhumans, perhaps because animals that invest energy in growing crops run the risk the crops will be stolen from them. An amoeba has an ingenious solution to this problem, WUSTL researchers have found. Not only does it engage in a primitive kind of farming, it also carries bacteria that poison would-be freeloaders.

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WUSTL students, staff and faculty are invited to tour the new Harvey Media Center during an open house from 4-6 p.m. today at its space in the Danforth University Center. Available services include video and audio recording and Polycom video conferencing.

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4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19
Learn about idea generation from the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Free and open to the public. (IdeaBounce at 6 p.m.) Registration/event details. Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, Medical Campus. (314) 935-9134.
4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19
The School of Law hosts International Law Weekend —
Midwest Regional Conference, “The Legal Challenges of Globalization: A View from the Heartland.” (Through Saturday, Sept. 21.) Record story. Event details. Anheuser-Busch Hall. harris@wulaw.wustl.edu or (314) 935-7988.
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19
“Trichotomy of One Architect” by Richard Franklin, principal of Franklin Associates, Architects/
Planners. Free and open to the public. (Reception at 6 p.m.) Event details. Steinberg Hall Aud. (314) 935-9300.
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Inkstand is a writing workshop for people who serve (such as volunteers, veterans and public service professionals) and want to reflect on their experiences through writing. The workshop, sponsored by the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, seeks applicants for the session that begins Oct. 8. The registration deadline is Sept. 30.
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