Author: Neil Schoenherr

Sponsored by the Danforth Campus Martin Luther King Commemoration Committee, proceeds from the concert will provide book scholarships to St. Louis-area freshmen entering Morehouse.

This month, WUSTL will host the national leadership training seminar for Kesher, the campus program of the Union for Reform Judaism, as well as the national convention for the National Union of Jewish LGBTIQQ Students, a group which seeks to “empower our communities and ourselves through education, support and outreach.”

Frank K. Flinn, Ph.D., adjunct professor of religious studies, provides insight on the controversy surrounding a new Discovery Channel documentary, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, which airs March 4. Flinn, a consultant in forensic theology, is an expert on religion and the law, including issues related to the separation of church and state, government funding of faith-based social program and the display of religious symbols in schools, courtrooms and other public places.

John Morris, M.D., the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Professor of Neurology, has received a three-year, $8,250 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for Patient Care Support in the Memory Diagnostic Center. … Lawrence Lewis, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine, has received a one-year, $5,500 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for the Allen P. Klippel Lecture Fund. … Lourdes R. Ylagan, M.D., assistant professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $5,000 grant from the American Society of Cytopathology for research titled “Microarray Gene Expression Profiles of Breast Adenocarcinoma Before and After Treatment with Chemotherapy.” … Mark Manary, M.D., professor of pediatrics, has received a five-year, $1,055 grant from the Ohio State University Research Foundation for research titled “Improving Cassava for Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Development.”

Sandra Day O’Connor, former U.S. Supreme Court justice, speaks to about 180 first-year School of Law students Feb. 13 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. Kent D. Syverud, J.D., dean of the law school and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor, moderated a question-and-answer period. Syverud was a law clerk for O’Connor, who served on the Supreme Court from 1981-2006. The event was simulcast in the law school Student Commons, which was filled to capacity.

Photo by Robert BostonRobert Rothbaum fills the roles of researcher, teacher and physician at the School of Medicine

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Farmers buying cotton seed at a shop in the Warangal District, India.In a study published in the February issue of Current Anthropology, Glenn D. Stone, Ph.D., professor of anthropology and of environmental studies, both in Arts & Sciences, explores how the arrival of genetically modified crops in India has added a new layer of complexity to farming in a key area of the developing world.

Feb. 13 3:22 p.m. — A person reported unknown person(s) used her debit card online to make a purchase. The fraudulent purchase occurred Jan. 30. The victim had possession of her debit card when the fraudulent activity took place. Feb. 14 12:03 a.m. — The complainant reported that suspect(s) unknown entered their unsecured dorm rooms in Myers Residence Hall and took two cameras and an iPod. They believe that the incident occurred between Feb. 11 in the evening and today.

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