Researchers led by Samuel Achilefu, PhD, of the School of Medicine, have devised a way to use light therapy to kill cancers that are more than skin deep. Instead of shining an outside light, they delivered light directly to tumor cells, along with a photosensitive source of free radicals that can be activated by the light to destroy cancer.
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Lan Yang, PhD, has been named the Edward H. and Florence G. Skinner Professor in the Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering at the School of Engineering & Applied Science. Yang, who was installed this week, heads the Laboratory of Micro/Nano Photonics Research Group.
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The Student Entrepreneurial Program kicks off its speaker program at 5 p.m. Monday, March 23, with entrepreneurial brothers Andrew and Matthew Brimer. Andrew Brimer (right), a 2013 graduate, runs Sparo Labs. His brother, Matthew, operates a company called General Assembly in New York. The free event takes place in the Danforth University Center, Room 276.
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Brookings at sunset
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4:30 p.m. Friday, March 20
‘Jane Eyre’s German Daughters’
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5 p.m. Friday, March 20
Health Care Hackathon begins
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11 a.m. Saturday, March 21
Kemper Art Museum Community Day
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7 p.m. Monday, March 23
‘Ferguson in Black and White’
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Asian scholars, practitioners and policymakers share lessons and look to the future in the book “Asset-Building Policies and Innovations in Asia.” The Center for Social Development’s Michael Sherraden, PhD, and Li Zou were among the editors.
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Dining Services invites students, faculty and staff to make healthy eating choices during March, which is National Nutrition Month. Pick up a punch card between now and Tuesday, March 31, and for every 10 purchases of a MyPlate meal or a Connie’s Choice bakery item, you’ll be entered into a drawing to win a FitBit Flex.
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