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In 1934, WUSTL constructed Brown Hall — the world’s first “brick-and-mortar” social work school. Nearly 80 years later, the Brown School, an international leader in educating students in social work and public health, is taking steps to ensure it remains a catalyst for change as it launches a $60 million expansion of its facilities. At the centerpiece is an innovative new building — east of Brown and Goldfarb halls — for which site excavation began this week.
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School of Medicine researchers have found that a popular artificial sweetener can modify how the body handles sugar. They analyzed the sweetener sucralose in 17 severely obese people and found it can influence how the body reacts to glucose.
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In an effort to learn why some viruses such as influenza, Ebola and West Nile are so lethal, a team of U.S. researchers plans an $18.3 million comprehensive effort to model how humans respond to these viral pathogens. Participants include WUSTL’s Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, a West Nile expert.
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The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, the debut novel of Anton DiSclafani, writer in residence in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences, recently was released. The book is a result of a reported seven-figure publisher bidding war, which includes foreign rights in 12 countries, and finds itself on scores of “must-read” summer book lists.
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Shelby Jordan, a 1974 WUSTL graduate and an 11-year National Football League veteran, was selected into the 2013 Divisional College Football Hall of Fame Class, as announced by the National Football Foundation.
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Doctors at the School of Medicine have shown that testing cervical tumors before treatment for vulnerability to chemotherapy predicts whether patients will do well or poorly with standard treatment. The study supports the future possibility of personalized medicine for cervical cancer, a tumor normally addressed with a one-size-fits-all approach. Pictured is a cervical tumor visible on a PET/CT scan.
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Tae Seok Moon, PhD, assistant professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering, has been named a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Moon will pursue an innovative global health and development research project titled “Programmed Killing of Parasite Eggs by Probiotic Organisms.”
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12:10 p.m. Thursday, June 13
Holistic Fitness will talk about the health and stress-relief benefits of massage therapy and aromatherapy. Sponsored by the Office of Human Resources. Event details. Mallinckrodt Center Multipurpose Room (lower level). (314) 935-3188 or elizabeth.pautler@wustl.edu.
2 p.m. Thursday, June 13
“Twitter 101: A Hands-on Exploration of the Basics.” This class is for the Twitter novice. Registration limited to WUSTL students, faculty and staff. Event details. Olin Library Arc. (314) 935-5714 or jfazelia@wustl.edu.
6 p.m. Friday, June 14
Gallery Talk on the exhibit Contemporary German Art: Selections From the Permanent Collection; live music at 7 p.m. by Pretty Little Empire; and
8 p.m. film screening of The Lives of Others (2006). Free and open to the public. Event details. Kemper Art Museum and Steinberg Hall Aud.
(314) 935-4523.
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WUSTL is participating in St. Louis PrideFest, held June 29–30 at Soldiers’ Memorial in Downtown St. Louis. Faculty, staff and students are invited to join the celebration by marching in the Pride STL LGBT Parade June 30.
Two events focused on disparities in health care will be held on the WUSTL Medical Campus — a symposium Saturday, June 15, and a fast-paced “Ignite” event July 11.
Join Joel Minor, curator of the Modern Literature Collection/
Manuscripts, for a guided tour of the exhibit William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 20, or 9 a.m. July 19 in Olin Library.
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Chief of breast imaging enjoys daily patient interaction
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