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NSF funding allows researcher Bayly to study brain biomechanics

Philip Bayly, PhD, the Lilyan and E. Lisle Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has received funding from the National Science Foundation, including a three-year, $429,222 grant, to study the brain’s mechanical properties. As part of the project, researcher Ruth Okamoto, DSc, will use a bowl of Jell-O to mimic the brain inside the skull. The work could enhance our understanding of traumatic brain injury.

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Historians offer perspective on global warming

An innovative course at WUSTL offers a way forward in discussions of global warming by making available the efforts of historians to integrate natural history and human history over the past 40 years. Taught by Venus Bivar, PhD, assistant professor of history in Arts & Sciences, it is an introduction to environmental history, with a special focus on climate change.

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Rare gene variant linked to macular degeneration

Scientists at The Genome Institute at the School of Medicine helped lead an international team of researchers who have identified a genetic mutation linked to age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in Americans older than age 50. Shown is an eye with signs of macular degeneration.

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Bone marrow registration drive Thursday

​English graduate student Nick Miller (right) recently donated his stem cells to an anonymous leukemia patient. He encourages WUSTL students, faculty and staff to register to be donors during the campus bone marrow drive Thursday, Sept. 26, at Lopata Hall and Ursa’s Stageside.

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Griffith installed as Danforth professor

Marie Griffith, PhD, director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics, was installed recently as the John C. Danforth Distinguished Professor in the Humanities. Griffith came to WUSTL in 2011 to lead the scholarly and educational center focused on the role of religion in politics in the United States.

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Calendar Highlights

3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25

Anniversary celebration for the SPOT teen program

A fifth anniversary celebration for WUSTL’s the SPOT — Supporting Positive Outcomes with Teens — will be from 3-6 p.m. Wednes-
day, Sept. 25. A ceremony to recognize staff and youth begins at 4 p.m. The celebration is free and open to the public. Project ARK/The SPOT, 4169 Laclede Ave. SPOT details.

11:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30

Meet the Leaders panel discussion

A Meet the Leaders panel discussion, “Entrepreneurs/The New Innovators: Shattering the Status Quo,” is held at Danforth University Center, Room 276. Sponsored by the Woman’s Club, Gephardt Institute for Public Service and the Office of the Provost. Free and open to the public. RSVP here or call (314) 935-9104.

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Black Sexual Economies Conference Sept. 27-28

The Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital at the School of Law is sponsoring the “Black Sexual Economies: Transforming Black Sexualities Research” conference Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-28, in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

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