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Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013

 
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New summer program includes undergraduates in McDonnell Academy

The McDonnell International Scholars Academy has begun a special summer program for undergraduates. The McDonnell Academy International Leadership Institute is a five-week summer academic experience for undergraduates from WUSTL and the academy’s 28 international partner institutions.

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Apply now for Bear Cub grants

WUSTL’s Bear Cub Fund supports innovative translational research to help investigators demonstrate the commercial potential of their technologies. Grant applications are due Nov. 30.

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Dance Marathon morale chairs keep students on their feet

Dance Marathon morale chairs Pamela Rivera and Sam Cornblath share why the annual benefit, now celebrating its 15th year, is so important to them. It’s not the great music or the free gooey butter cake, but the kids. The event is Saturday, Nov. 9.

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The dynamic sky is topic of 2013 Walker lecture

Shrinivas Kulkarni, PhD, a professor at Caltech, will deliver the sixth annual Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in Whitaker Hall, Room 100. The talk, titled “Booms, Burps & Bumps: the Dynamic Universe,” describes transient astronomical objects, violent, deep sky events typically visible only for a few days.

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El Mercado delights visiting parents

El Mercado, a festival featuring salsa dancing and mariachi music, was one of the highlights of Parents Weekend last month. Parents also experienced many other tastes of WUSTL life, including a tour of the Kemper Art Museum and brunch at the Bear’s Den.

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4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5

Office of Sustainability lecture

“The Role of Renewables in America’s Energy Future” by S. David Freeman, author and eco-pioneer. Free and open to the public. Wilson Hall, Room 214. sustainability@wustl.edu.

6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5

Assembly Series Holocaust Memorial Lecture

“Srebrenica’s Legacies of Loss and Remembrance” by Sarah Wagner, asst. prof. of anthro-pology, George Washington U. Free and open to the public. (NOTE: Wagner also will join a roundtable discussion at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6.) Record story. Umrath Hall Lounge. Contact: (314) 935-4620.

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Autism and employment town hall meeting

A town hall meeting Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the School of Medicine will address employment needs of the autism community.

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