Author: Ken Duenke

Eminent British archaeologist Lord Colin Renfrew will speak for the Assembly Series on cognitive archaeology and how we become human at 4 p.m. March 22 in Graham Chapel.

Photo by Kevin LowderPerformers dance the zapateado, a Mexican dance with Spanish roots, accompanied by mariachi music at Carnaval 2007 March 2-3 at Edison Theatre.

Gerald N. Izenberg, Ph.D., professor of history and co-director of the Literature and History program, both in Arts & Sciences, will examine the complex notions of identity in a series of programs beginning with the Assembly Series lecture at 11 a.m. March 21 in Graham Chapel.

Four feature films and four short films from six different African nations are part of the African Film Festival March 22-25.

Political developments affecting American business and new challenges and directions in political risk analysis will be the focus of a public forum from 8 a.m.-noon March 23 in the May Auditorium of Simon Hall.

The basketball teams still need to play their way in, but a team of physicians already knows they’ll be on hand for the NCAA basketball tournament’s regional championship next weekend in St. Louis. The sports medicine specialists in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the School of Medicine will coordinate care at the NCAA Division I Men’s Midwest Regional March 23-25 at the Edward Jones Dome.

An American Indian Pow Wow, a presentation on American Indian mascots in sports, and a traditional food tasting are among the highlights of the University’s American Indian Awareness Week April 9-14. The annual awareness week and Pow Wow allow the University’s American Indian students to share their unique cultures with the rest of the campus and the St. Louis community. All events are free and open to the public.

A team of investigators at the School of Medicine and other centers around the United States is evaluating dietary supplements to determine if they can prevent some of the damage from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in Americans over the age of 65.

Robert L. E. Egger, founder and president of DC Central Kitchen, will speak about “Using Punk Rock and Leftover Food to Change the World,” from 4:30- 6 p.m. on March 27 in room 132 of Goldfarb Hall. At DC Central Kitchen, food donated by regional foodservice businesses is used to fuel a nationally recognized culinary arts job-training program, where unemployed men and women learn marketable skills while donations are converted into balanced meals. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Neuroscientists at the School of Medicine have linked a common post-stroke disability to impaired communication between brain regions. In the March 15 issue of Neuron, researchers report a tight correlation between the degree to which communication was blocked and the severity of patients’ symptoms.