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Brain’s wiring is linked to good – and bad – behavioral traits

The way our brains are wired may reveal a lot about us, according to new research co-authored by Washington University scientists. For example, people with “positive” traits, such as sharp memories, years of education and robust physical endurance, have stronger neural connections between certain brain regions than people with “negative” traits, such as smoking and a family history of alcohol abuse.

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Art on Campus: Hamilton’s work in Hillman Hall

Artist Ann Hamilton discusses “O N E E V E R Y O N E · St. Louis,” a public art installation created for the Brown School’s Hillman Hall — the latest installment in Art on Campus, the university’s percent-for-art program.

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Using personality to forecast health and wealth

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Orly Genger artist lecture

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Technology in crime fighting and the Fourth Amendment

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Book examines shifting landscape of health care in Guatemala

Anita Chary, an MD-PhD student, writes on the Institute for Public Health blog about a book she co-edited, “Privatization and the New Medical Pluralism.” The book takes an anthropological view of recent health-care delivery, especially for infant and maternal health, in rural Guatemala.

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Notables: Faculty, Staff and Studet News & Achievements

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and his wife, Risa Zwerling Wrighton, will receive the inaugural “Spirit of Provident Award” early next year for their dedication to advance the quality of life in St. Louis.
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