Take me to the river

Photo by David KilperBill Rosser, a biology teacher from Fayetteville, Ark., and Barbara Schaal, Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences, gather aquatic invertebrates from a pond at Tyson Research Center during the ecology component of the inaugural Life Sciences for a Global Community summer institute, held at various parts of campus July 8-27.

Campus book discussions

Campus book discussion groups specifically for faculty and staff are scheduled for the following dates and locations. All discussions start at noon except where noted. Feb. 2: Barnes & Noble, Euclid Avenue and Children’s Place, 1 p.m. Feb. 7: Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge, Room 201 Feb. 8: West Campus, Room C Feb. 9: Danforth Campus, […]

Of note

Sens. Russell Feingold and Norman Coleman chaired a Congressional briefing on Global Service Fellowships in May, which focused on educating Capitol Hill staff on international volunteering. Amanda Moore McBride, Ph.D., assistant professor of social work, research director of the Center for Social Development (CSD) and director of the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, presented testimony on inclusion and effectiveness in international volunteering with colleagues Margaret Sherraden, Ph.D., research professor at the CSD and professor of social work at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and doctoral student, Benjamin Lough. … Michael J. Mueller, Ph.D., associate professor and division director of research in the physical therapy program, received the American Physical Therapy Association’s 2007 Jules M. Rothstein Golden Pen Award for Scientific Writing at the association’s annual conference in June. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of physical therapy. … Lisa Potts, Ph.D., research audiologist in the Department of Otolaryngology, and Sarah King, a fourth-year doctor of audiology student in the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences, were among five students nationwide to receive American Academy of Audiology Student Research Forum Awards at the academy’s annual conference in April. At the conference, Potts, who earned a doctorate in May, presented her doctoral dissertation research, and King presented research from her Capstone Project. Sarah Borton, a fourth-year doctor of audiology student in the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences, was one of two students nationwide to receive a James Jerger Award for Excellence in Student Research for her poster presentation on research from her Capstone Project.

Behind the music

Whether she’s trying to shed light on the music of the Middle Ages or come to grips with the life and work of a more recent composer such as Franz Liszt, musicologist Dolores Pesce is motivated by a single desire — to understand and communicate as accurately as possible what was in the mind of […]
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