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?Notes From No Man’s Land, the book selected for WUSTL’s 2013-14 First Year Reading Program, examines race in America through the unique perspective of author Eula Biss. Biss weaves her own experiences through essays about mixed families, lynchings, Americans behaving badly in Mexico, being a white reporter at an African-American newspaper, teaching at an inner-city school and much more.?
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Many medical conditions destroy nerve axons, the long wires that transmit signals to other parts of the body. Now, researchers have found a way the body can remove injured axons, identifying a potential target for new drugs that could prevent the inappropriate loss of axons and maintain nerve function.
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Renowned economists will gather Monday, May 20, for a forum highlighting the accomplishments of Murray Weidenbaum, PhD, founder and honorary chairman of WUSTL’s Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy. A highly influential economist and policy adviser, Weidenbaum (pictured with Ronald Reagan) has a legacy that began in the 1960s.
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What you see often depends on where you stand. For Sarah Theis, a senior in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, this simple truth served as the starting point for A Play of Perception. Now installed in Mooney Park, the sculpture is one of five featured in this year’s University City Sculpture Series.
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Brookings Quadrangle. Commencement homepage. In addition, each school and college holds a separate ceremony (May 15-17) recognizing individual students. See details here.
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Participate in all the activities at 2013grad.wustl.edu, a web page created just for Commencement. Watch a live streaming video of the ceremony, and see campus webcam feeds and the latest images via Flickr. Tweet using the hashtag #WUSTL2013 and post on Facebook. You can even send a personal electronic postcard to your graduate, family members or friends — or take the WUSTL trivia challenge.
The director of the U.S. Army’s Center for Army Leadership will travel from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to preside over the St. Louis-area Army ROTC commissioning ceremony for graduates from WUSTL, along with Saint Louis, Maryville, Lindenwood and Webster universities.
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