Otsuka to talk about debut novel for Assembly Series
Julie Otsuka, author of “When the Emperor Was Divine,” this year’s Freshman Reading Program selection, will present the Assembly Series/Neureuther Library Lecture at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Graham Chapel. Otsuka Otsuka’s debut novel explores themes of identity, loss and injustice. It is the story of a Japanese immigrant couple and their American-born children […]
Tension between chance, choice theme of Kemper exhibit
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum presents “Chance Aesthetics,” a major loan exhibition investigating the use of chance as a key compositional principle in modern art. The exhibit opens with a reception at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 and remains on view through Jan. 4, 2010.
Millet to open Writing Program Reading Series Sept. 17
Fiction writer Lydia Millet will read from her work at 8 p.m. Sept. 17 in Duncker Hall, Room 201, Hurst Lounge to open the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences’ fall Reading Series. Millet is the author of six novels, beginning with the subversive coming-of-age tale “Omnivores,” which centers on a young woman whose megalomaniac […]
Wihl to be installed as the Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
Gary S. Wihl, Ph.D., who joined WUSTL July 1 as dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, will be installed as the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities during a 4:30 p.m. ceremony Sept. 16.
PAD examines dance and ethnic identity
On Sept. 12, the Dance Program in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will explore the role of ethnicity in contemporary dance with “Dancing Who I Am,” a panel discussion and informal concert featuring faculty performers and leading critics and choreographers from around the country.
Individual cells isolated from the biological clock can keep daily time, but are unreliable
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have shown that individual cells isolated from the biological clock can keep daily time all by themselves. However, by themselves, they are unreliable. The neurons get out of synch and capriciously quit or start oscillating again.
Pairing cochlear implant, hearing aid benefits adults with hearing loss
Adults with severe hearing loss benefit from pairing a cochlear implant in one ear with a hearing aid in the other ear, School of Medicine research has found.
Children’s craniofacial images featured in unique database
School of Medicine researchers have launched a database of 3-D craniofacial images of children to study the form and growth of the head and face.
Dorn named Needleman Professor
Gerald W. Dorn II, M.D., has been named the Philip and Sima K. Needleman Professor of Medicine.
Depression in preschoolers is chronic and recurrent
Preschoolers don’t outgrow depression, School of Medicine psychiatry researchers have found.
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