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Kerri Morgan, instructor in occupational therapy in the School of Medicine, will compete in the women’s T52 100-meter and 200-meter track and field events in the 2008 Paralympic Games Sept. 6-17 in Beijing, China.

Nicholas L. Stoff has been named director of Parking & Transportation Services, announced Steven P. Hoffner, assistant vice chancellor for operations. Stoff will oversee the University’s parking and transportation staff and operations, including long-range planning for the department, coordinating new construction and maintaining existing parking facilities. Stoff also will administer WUSTL’s various transportation programs, such […]

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Photo by Mary ButkusChancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Tili Boon Cuillé, Ph.D., assistant professor of French in the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures in Arts & Sciences, lead the Convocation procession from the Athletic Complex toward the Danforth University Center following the ceremony.

The Assembly Series announces its Fall 2008 schedule, filled with lecturers speaking on the central issues of the day: the environment, the economy and government ethics. Opening the season is political satirist Mo Rocca, whose mix of clever insights and silly opinions puts the fun in “fundit.” The event will take place at 4 p.m. Sept. 10 in Graham Chapel. Seating will be limited for the public; doors open at 3 p.m.

Photo by David MarchantModern solos and structured improvisation will share the stage with classical Indian and contemporary Chinese dance Sept. 4-6 in “Dance Close Up,” the biennial concert of new and original choreography by dance faculty in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

A renovation to enhance efficiency, flexibility, ease of movement, and functioning—as befits the top-ranked Program in Physical Therapy at the School of Medicine—is now in its last lap at 4444 Forest Park Parkway. To demonstrate just what the redesigned space will mean to patients, faculty, students, and staff, Susan S. Deusinger, PT, Ph.D., director of the physical therapy program, and her colleagues hosted an open house complete with ribbon-cutting on August 8.

For the first time, researchers have described hour-by-hour changes in the amount of amyloid beta, a protein that is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease, in the human brain. A team of scientists at the School of Medicine and the University of Milan report their results this week in Science.

Public Affairs has scheduled filming of new aerial video of both the Danforth and Medical campuses for Aug. 28. A helicopter will be filming wide sweeps of both campuses from approximately 7:30 to 9 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28. Ground crews will be filming Aug. 28 and Sept. 2.