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MEDIA ALERT FOR MONDAY, NOV. 16 The Work, Families and Public Policy Seminar Series Nobel laureate to discuss human inequality, its origins and solutions WHAT: Lecture: “Understanding the Sources of and Solutions to Human Inequality” WHEN: Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, Noon-1:15 pm WHO: James J. Heckman 2000 Nobel Laureate in Economics University of Chicago’s Henry […]

The Prevention Research Center (PRC) in St. Louis is launching a multinational research project focused on preventing the leading causes of death in Hispanics in the United States and Latin America.

*Princess of the Sun* (2007)Washington University’s Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host their Sixth Annual Children’s Film Symposium Saturday, Nov. 21. Titled “An Exploration of Children’s Films and Their Audiences,” the symposium is presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis and will feature five screenings as well as a Q&A with Michael Barrier, an animation and comics historian and author of The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney (2007).

Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar alters the collection of microbes living in the gut in less than a day, with obesity-linked microbes suddenly thriving, according to new research at the School of Medicine. The study was based on transplants of human intestinal microbes into germ-free mice.

The sixth annual GIS symposium, which takes place this year from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium, will feature 21st-century versions of maps that helped 1854 doctors understand an outbreak of cholera in London.

Two School of Medicine psychiatrists have written a book to help patients’ families and their own families better understand what they do.

Washington University will host a national conference on “America’s Urban Infrastructure: Confronting Her Challenges, Embracing Her Opportunities” Nov. 19 and 20 in the Danforth University Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Dancer and choreographer Lynn Lesniak Needle, a former soloist with Nikolais Dance Theatre in New York, leads a master class in modern dance for the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences in the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building Oct. 23.

Photo by David KilperAs director of the law school’s Dispute Resolution Program, Karen Tokarz, J.D., helps prepare graduates to be better problem-solvers, negotiators, mediators and conflict-resolvers.

Photo by Whitney CurtisFreshmen (from left to right) Katie Sullivan, Kristelle Aisaka, Sophie Goloff and Rachel Luangdilok participate in the St. Louis Area Dance Marathon, the annual 12-hour fund-raiser for Children’s Miracle Network, Nov. 7 in the Athletic Complex.