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Kastor”These are unprecedented candidates in an unusual election year, but what’s striking is how these candidates are positioning themselves and describing themselves in ways very similar to previous presidential candidates, and in ways that are very typical of their parties,” says Peter Kastor, Ph.D., history and American culture studies professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

Terry SmithThe phrase “modern art” has become so associated with historical movements that it has ceased to describe the many new and different forms being made today. So argues Terry Smith, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of Pittsburgh, who will discuss “Contemporary Art and the Contemporaneity Question” at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Oct. 13.

Jay Swoboda is an entrepreneur who is showing the St. Louis community that there is a burgeoning market for green, modern, precision-built homes in urban neighborhoods. Swoboda will talk about his experiences at 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 15, for an Assembly Series program called “Gonzo Entrepreneurship: Creating Better Social Environments while Keeping a Roof over your Head.” The presentation will be held in the Danforth University Center Room 276 and is free and open to the public.

The fall session of Freedom from Smoking classes begins Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 5:30 p.m.

Courtesy PhotoAfter delivering a well-attended Assembly Series presentation Sept. 17 in Graham Chapel, Elizabeth Kolbert answered questions from students, including Tyler Nading, a senior civil engineering major and member of the men’s basketball team.

Photo by Robert BostonAllan Doctor seeks to restore potential in critically ill children.

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George Van Hare, M.D., has been appointed director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the School of Medicine and the Louis Larrick Ward Chair in Pediatric Cardiology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Van Hare was most recently a professor of pediatrics and medical director of the Pediatric Arrhythmia Center at Stanford University School of […]

Kerri Morgan, instructor in the Program in Occupational Therapy, set a U.S. record in the women’s 100-meter T52 wheelchair track race at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing Sept. 15. Morgan’s U.S. record was also a season-best time for the 100-meter event. She placed first among the American athletes with a time of 21.56 seconds […]

FazzariWUSTL economist Steven Fazzari, Ph.D., argues that we have now reached the “Minsky moment,” the time when an unsustainable financial boom turns to bust. “The serious consequences for employment and economic growth in this crisis can be mitigated, but not eliminated, by the defensive financial bailouts that the federal government has initiated,” Fazzari says.