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A few years ago, when David Browman, PhD, professor of archaeology in Arts & Sciences, read his graduate student’s thesis on the early figures in Americanist archaeology, he immediately asked, “Where are all the women?” He wound up writing a book to help answer that question.

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A team led by researchers at the School of Medicine has identified variations in a gene that double a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life. Pictured are Carlos Cruchaga, PhD (left), and Alison M. Goate, DPhil, who led the research effort.

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Four WUSTL faculty members were recognized for their accomplishments during the Faculty Achievement Awards ceremony Dec. 7 in Simon Hall. (From left) David M. Holtzman, MD, and Randall J. Bateman, MD, received the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. James V. Wertsch, PhD, and Richard H. Gelberman, MD, also received awards.

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Robert (BS ’60, MBA ’62) and Barbara Frick have made a $5 million commitment to support the Olin Business School’s new building expansion, a $90 million project for two connected buildings — Knight and Bauer halls — that will add 175,000 square feet and span five levels. The buildings will be dedicated May 2.

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Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, holder of 16 patents, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He and other new fellows will be inducted during the academy’s annual conference in March.

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WUSTL students delighted their Clayton neighbors by singing holiday carols last weekend. Afterward, they gathered for hot cocoa.

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4:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19
Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology colloquium
“Whatever Happened to the Debate About Innate Ideas?” by Stephen Laurence, U. of Sheffield. Free and open to the public. Event details. Wilson Hall, Room 214. mdanner@wustl.edu.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20
“Recent Results From the Opportunity Rover Mission to Mars,” by Edward Guinness, PhD, senior research scientist, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Co-sponsored by NASA’s Missouri Space Grant Consortium. Free and open to the public. Event details. McDonnell Hall, Room 162. (314) 935-4614.
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Today’s issue marks the last Record of the calendar year. Publication will resume in January 2014. For the latest WUSTL news, visit news.wustl.edu. The Record staff wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season.
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Giving students a front-row seat to the startup revolution
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