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Nine months of planning, 4,000 glow sticks, 50 academic programs and 100 First 40 events make the start of the school year special for new students. Tomorrow is move-in day.
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Student volunteers helped introduce international students to college life — greeting them in the South 40, explaining U.S. currency and even taking them shopping at Target. The Office of International Students and Scholars is assisting 250 undergraduates and 600 graduate students — many of whom have never traveled to the United States. Here, students peek out windows at the Gateway Arch.
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Nineteen students took part in the Summer Associates Program, which offered WUSTL students on-campus internships and built on classroom learning. Professional development seminars were held on subjects such as networking, interviewing and résumé building. The pilot program may be expanded next year.
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A boost in the speed of brain scans is unveiling new insights into how brain regions work with each other in cooperative groups called networks, a study has found. Shown is the study’s senior researcher, Maurizio Corbetta, MD.
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As co-founder of the UNICEF Innovation Unit, Erica Kochi — one of Time magazine’s 100 “World’s Most Influential People” — leverages design and technology to solve some of the world’s most intractable problems. On Thursday, Aug. 29, she launches the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts fall Public Lecture Series.
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Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton welcomed more than 60 scholars from around the world — including WUSTL and the McDonnell International Scholars Academy partner institutions — to Seoul, South Korea, for the Global Aging Initiative. The meeting was sponsored by the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging at the Institute for Public Health.
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Obese women who use donor eggs to become pregnant through in vitro fertilization are just as likely to become pregnant as normal-weight women, according to a new report. Pictured is the study’s first author, Emily Jungheim, MD, left, observing as Mary Bade uses assisted reproductive technology to inject a single sperm into an egg.
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Incoming veterans enrolled in the MBA program at Olin Business School met recently to get to know one another and to meet other military alumni. Olin is a full partner in the Yellow Ribbon Program, which allows eligible students to attend school tuition-free. Here, Charlie Felker, MBA ’13, addresses the group.
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This native plant meadow, just northeast of the Athletic Complex, was in full bloom on a recent sunny day. The meadow is one of eight native planting sites and bioswales at the university managed by the Office of Facilities Planning and Management. Native plant areas are hearty, more sustainable and reduce the time and money spent mowing grass.
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6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21
A review of all itineraries and select trips that meet the objective of learning through travel. Event details/registration. Whitaker Hall.
2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23
All are welcome. Catholic Student Center, 6352 Forsyth Blvd. Contact: Mark Zaegel at zaegel@washucsc.org or
(314) 935-9191, ext. 230.
10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24
Learn about the audition process and theater on campus. (Auditions are Aug. 29 and 30.) Event details. Mallinckrodt Center, A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre, Room 208.
(314) 935-5858.
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Semester Online is a first-of-its-kind program offering rigorous online courses for credit from prestigious colleges and universities, including WUSTL. Students can learn more about this program Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24 and 25. The deadline for applying for Semester Online courses is Monday, Aug. 26.
Sharing With A Purpose (SWAP) is holding a dorm supplies sale from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, on the South 40 basketball court. As part of campus sustainability efforts to divert waste, SWAP collected items discarded by students, but still in good condition, from the Spring 2013 move-out.
Medical Center faculty, staff and students will perform a summer concert Saturday, Aug. 24, in the Center for Advanced Medicine lobby. Free and open to the public, the concert will feature a range of musical genres.
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Three decades as an athletic trainer at WUSTL FULL STORY
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