Sickle cell spotlight

A new postage stamp aims to increase awareness and educate the public about sickle cell disease and to encourage early testing.

Balancing act

Ever since Dora E. Angelaki, Ph.D., left the small Greek island of Crete to attend college, she’s pursued her dream of becoming an academic with what her colleagues agree is one of her most distinguishing features: energy. “Dora is a scientific dynamo, and her boundless energy and enthusiasm are infectious for students and faculty alike,” […]

Training with a master

Photo by Kevin LowderChoreographer Donald Mahler worked with 11 dancers selected to perform excerpts from Tudor’s classic ballet Dark Elegies.

Reason to be proud

Photo by Joe AngelesThe volleyball Bears took second place in the nation at the NCAA Division III National Championships Nov. 26-27.

Community outreach

Photo by Robert BostonClayvon Wesley and Elam King III discuss the Prince Hall Family Support Center’s new sickle cell display wall.

Gene D. Thin Elk, creator of the Red Road Approach, to lecture Nov. 30 at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work

Gene D. Thin Elk, one of the nation’s leading authorities on treatment for alcoholism, will present a lecture on the “Red Road Approach to Wellness and Healing” 4:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in Brown Lounge. The Red Road approach, created by Thin Elk, uses Native American traditions and values as part of a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the American Indian Student Association.
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