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Brown School helps bring first Family Impact Seminar to Missouri

Missouri’s first Family Impact Seminar, a national program aimed at educating lawmakers on family policy issues, was held Jan. 16 in Jefferson City for legislators and aides, and the Brown School took a lead role in bringing the forum to the state.

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Gene in eye melanomas linked to good prognosis

Melanomas that develop in the eye often are fatal. Now, WUSTL scientists report they have identified a mutated gene in melanoma tumors of the eye that appears to predict a good outcome.

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Kemper Braque Film Challenge Feb. 15-18

With its fractured spaces and multiple viewpoints, Cubism marked a radical break from Western painting’s long tradition of naturalistic depiction. But even Cubism had its influences — among them, the visual techniques of early cinema. In February, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and KDHX Media Arts will help contemporary filmmakers return the favor with the Kemper Braque Film Challenge.

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Shen receives prestigious NSF early career award

Jung-Tsung Shen, PhD, assistant professor of electrical and systems engineering, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation.

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Bringing nanotech to middle school

Students from Brittany Woods Middle School in the University City School District and Hixson Middle School in the Webster Groves School District came to WUSTL Jan. 29 to participate in the “Investigating Nanotechnology” program.

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Noon Wednesday, Feb. 6

Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities Lecture

“Europeans in Polynesia/
Polynesians in Europe: Discovering Eros in the South Pacific,” Anthony Pagden, prof. of political science and history, University of California, Los Angeles. Free and open to the public. Event details. Women’s Bldg. Formal Lounge. Contact: (314) 935-4200.

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7

Jazz at Holmes Spring 2013 Concert Series

Ben Thigpen Group performs straight-ahead modern jazz.  Event details. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. (Holmes Lounge Café open from 7-9:15 p.m.)

Announcements

Olin Sustainability Case Competition Feb. 8

The fourth annual Olin Sustainability Case Competition will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in Simon Hall’s May Auditorium. Titled “Blight, Plight and Urban Flight,” the competition encourages students to find creative solutions to real problems affecting the community.

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