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Grappling with the legacy of apartheid design

Johannesburg is a modern global city, among the largest in Africa, yet the legacy of apartheid has left it a city of spatial segregation. This summer, graduate students in the Sam Fox School’s Global Urbanism Studio, including Melisa Betts, traveled to Johannesburg to study Corridors of Freedom, an ambitious urban design program that aims to improve transportation.

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Two-drug combo helps older adults with hard-to-treat depression ​

More than half of older adults with clinical depression don’t get better when treated with an antidepressant. But results from a multicenter clinical trial that included the School of Medicine indicate that adding a second drug — an antipsychotic medication — to the treatment regimen helps many of those patients.

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‘American Two-Piano Music’ concert Sunday

Louis Moreau Gottschalk was among the most popular American composers of the 19th century. On Sunday, Oct. 4, pianists Mark Tollefsen and Jae Won Kim will perform one of Gottschalk’s most enduring works, “Ojos Criollos – Danse Cubaine” (1859), as part of “American Two-Piano Music” in the E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall.

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Calendar Highlights

4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1

‘Tennessee Williams and the Out-crying Heart’

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8:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2

Campus Diversity Collaborative dialogue circle

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6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2

Informal Cities Workshop lecture

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‘Migration and Change in the Himalayan Highlands’

Anthropology’s Geoff Childs, PhD, explains the story of outmigration and cultural change in the Nubri valley of Nepal, where he has been working for decades, for an episode of Arts & Sciences’ “Hold That Thought” podcast.

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Learn more about campus entrepreneurial competitions

University students, postdoctoral researchers and recent graduates can learn more about two competitions on campus: the Skandalaris Center Cup and the Social Enterprise & Innovation Competition. Information sessions for each will be held Monday, Oct. 5. The deadline to enter both competitions is Oct. 13.

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