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Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013

 
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A message from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton shares his thoughts with the community about achieving WUSTL’s goals of quality, diversity and affordability.

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University of Michigan IT leader John Gohsman named WUSTL’s first chief information officer

University of Michigan IT innovator John Gohsman will serve as WUSTL’s first chief information officer. During his 30-year career, Gohsman found new ways to use information technology to help in the classroom and laboratory.

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Energy efficiency analysis goes high-tech
in I-CARES project

A team of researchers received a one-year grant from WUSTL’s International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy & Sustainability (I-CARES) to take an interdisciplinary, “human-centered” approach to making buildings more energy-efficient. The team will work with Quadrangle Housing’s Green Rehab project, an effort to retrofit student apartments.

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Librarian Trevor Dawes leads Association
of College & Research Libraries

Trevor A. Dawes, associate university librarian at WUSTL, recently was installed as president of the Association of College and Research Libraries, an international organization. He hopes to expand the role of academic libraries.

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Daydreaming simulated by computer model

Scientists have created a virtual model of the brain that daydreams like humans do. They hope the model will help them understand why certain portions of the brain work together when a person daydreams or is mentally idle. Shown is the study’s senior author, Maurizio Corbetta, MD.

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  Maurizio Corbetta

Study emphasizes birth control education, helps pay for IUDs and implants

School of Medicine researchers want to know whether they can reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies at community clinics by providing  contraceptive counseling that emphasizes the benefits of long-acting birth control, like IUDs and implants, and by making these methods available to women at sharply reduced costs or free of charge. Pictured is principal investigator Tessa Madden, MD.

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Successful dry run for the 2020 Mars Mission

A rover named Zoe set out into the Atacama Desert, on the South American coast, in June to test a suite of instruments intended for future missions to Mars under Mars-like conditions. One of the instruments aboard Zoe was a Raman spectrometer designed by a team led by WUSTL scientist Alian Wang. A fragile lab instrument that was ruggedized to survive the desert, the Raman spectrometer is expected to fly on the 2020 Mars mission.

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Children with ear deformity may need intervention to improve school performance

Children born with a complete absence of the external ear canal, even if only one ear is affected, are more likely than their peers to struggle in school, according to new research at the School of Medicine.

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Calendar Highlights

9:15 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9

Dept. of Pediatrics Grand Rounds

Thirteenth Julio V. Santiago, MD, Memorial Lecture.
“Dr. Julio Santiago’s Prophecy: Diabetes and Family Functioning,” Barbara Anderson, assoc. head, psychology section, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. Free and open to the public. Wohl Clinic, Clopton Aud.
(314) 454-6006.

Noon Monday, Aug. 12

WUSTL Libraries Small Group Book Discussion

The First Year Reading Program, WUSTL’s popular book club for incoming students, is expanding to include the entire WUSTL community. Discussion of Notes From No Man’s Land. Meets at noon daily through Aug. 16. Co-sponsored by Office of Human Resources. Record story/event details. Olin Library, Room 142.

Announcements

Emergency communications project wins award

WUSTL received a prestigious award from ACUTA, a nonprofit group serving information technology professionals at higher education institutions. ACUTA awarded WUSTL an Institutional Excellence in Communications Technology Award this year.

Public event introduces latest photosynthesis research

Three internationally renowned scientists will speak about photosynthesis and its relevance to the global energy crisis. Intended for the general public, “Photosynthesis in our Lives” will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at the Hyatt Regency at the Arch. Reservations are encouraged by today.

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