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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.

Peter Schmelz”Though many scholars resist the idea that country music is solely aligned with conservatives, it has been used as a powerful political tool by the right, tapping into a kind of nostalgic fantasy about what America once was,” says Peter Schmelz, an assistant professor of musicology who studies the intersections between music and politics.

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Whether watching the All-Star Game, a World Series game or just a regular-season Tuesday afternoon game, it’s nearly guaranteed that fans will see daring slides, both feet-first and head-first, and even slides on bang-bang plays at first. Who gets there faster, the head-first slider or the feet-first? The head-first player, says David A. Peters, Ph.D., the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, and big-time baseball fan. He says it’s a matter of the player’s center of gravity.

Guzik“In an election cycle where students will influence the outcome unlike any election in recent memory, it is exciting to be at the interface between national politics and the student body.” As editor-in-chief of Student Life, Washington University’s independent newspaper, Sam Guzik, supervises a senior staff of 15, coordinates recruitment, retention and training for a staff of approximately 200, works with student leaders and administrators, and oversees production of the newspaper, which is published three times a week with a circulation of 7,000. Hometown: Roslyn, NY

Photo by Robert BostonBrenda Theising, production manager at the Genome Sequencing Center, finishes giving blood with assistance from Venecia Car, charge nurse with the American Red Cross, at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center as part of the University-wide blood drive Sept. 16.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will commemorate its 10th anniversary at a community-wide event celebrating science in St. Louis and the center’s international culture at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28. WUSTL was an original partner of the Danforth Plant Science Center when it formed in August 1999. Numerous center researchers have WUSTL appointments, including […]

With the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate quickly approaching, students, faculty and staff may have to make a few adjustments to their daily commute.

Block”Emergency government bailouts of private industry are nothing new, but what makes the recent spate of so-called bailouts so extraordinary is simply the numbers involved and the extent of government involvement in ownership and management,” says Cheryl Block, leading federal budget expert and professor of law.