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WUSTL is launching a new pre-college program designed to help talented but underserved St. Louis high school students prepare for and complete a college education at a selective four-year college or university. Pictured is Leah Merrifield, who will head the program.
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Researchers at the School of Medicine and Imperial College London are the first to identify the site where the widely used anesthetic drug propofol binds to receptors in the brain to sedate patients during surgery. Shown is a photoanalogue of propofol to identify where it binds to receptors (indicated by small green circles).
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Think of it as reverse camouflage. In the wild, animals use color and pattern to disguise themselves from predators. But last spring, a team from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts flipped the calculus. They created an avian observatory to prevent human watchers from disturbing animals in their environments.
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Among the many principles the late administrator Jim McLeod espoused was the power of a liberal arts education for all. Scholar and academic leader Ruth J. Simmons, PhD, who also embraces that value, will deliver the second annual James E. McLeod Memorial Lecture on Higher Education, “The State of Conscience in University Life Today,” at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, in Graham Chapel.
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About a third of Missouri ponds are infected with chytrid, the notorious skin fungus that has sickened and killed amphibians in other parts of the world. Why only a third, WUSTL scientists wondered? A comprehensive study of the ponds suggests there are hidden constraints on the fungus’ survival.
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8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26
Writer in Residence Anton DiSclafani reads from her fiction. Her first novel, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, was a New York Times bestseller. Free and open to the public. Event details. Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge. (314) 935-5190.
3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29
Acclaimed baritone Ian Greenlaw will present WUSTL’s annual Liederabend concert. Pianist Sandra Geary, teacher of applied music, will accompany him. Event details. Free and open to the public. 560 Music Center, Ballroom Theater. (314) 935-5566.
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Alumni & Development will host its annual fall festival and barbecue Saturday, Sept. 28, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Danforth University Center. Tickets, which cover the barbecue and football game, are $5 for students and children ages 6-12 and $15 per adult.
Paula Rabinowitz, professor of English at the University of Minnesota, will give a lecture, “Paperbacks: Pulp Modernism, Demotic Reading and Censorship in Cold War America,” and lead a workshop during her visit to WUSTL Sept. 30–Oct. 1.
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Nephrologist is a longtime, vocal advocate for patients. FULL STORY
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