Pat on the back
Photo by Robert BostonEighteen School of Medicine faculty were recognized Jan. 23 for their accomplishments in clinical care, community service, education and research.
Rosa Parks award
Photo by Mary ButkusMalik Ahmed and his wife DeBorah Ahmed were presented with the annual Rosa L. Parks Award for Meritorious Service to the Community during the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 21 in Graham Chapel.
Of note
Marco Colonna, M.D.,
Eliot Fried, Ph.D.,
Tao Ju, Ph.D.,
and more…
Shepherding faculty research
Photo by Tim ParkerSamuel L. Stanley Jr., vice chancellor for research, targets infectious disease, helps faculty meet research goals.
Whitesides offers revolutionary ideas about the origin of life
Innovative researcher and distinguished professor George M. Whitesides, Ph.D., will speak on revolutionary ideas in the field of chemistry about the origin of life at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, in Graham Chapel as part of the Assembly Series. His talk, “Questions about Questions about the Origin of Life,” is the annual Ferguson Science Lecture […]
Acclaimed Los Angeles painter opens first solo exhibit at Kemper
Since the late 1980s, Los Angeles-based painter Thaddeus Strode has created wild, vibrantly colored mash-ups in which California surf and skateboard culture collide with Zen philosophy, rock music, literature, film, comic books and other popular motifs, all mixing freely with the artist’s own inventions. Beginning Feb. 8, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present […]
MLA Saturday Seminar series to address elections and politics
As the November 2008 presidential and congressional elections loom, the annual MLA Saturday Seminar series, sponsored by the Master of Liberal Arts program and University College, will fittingly focus on elections and politics. “The topic is obvious in this year,” said Robert E. Wiltenburg, Ph.D., dean of University College, “but we thought that people would […]
Longer Life Foundation awards five grants, seeks applications
The genetics of aging and the effects of calorie restriction on aging and longevity will be studied at the School of Medicine with funding from the Longer Life Foundation.
History of stem cell research first topic in Center for Humanities’ faculty lecture series
Jane Maienschein, Ph.D., the Regents’ Professor and Chair of the Program for Science and Society at Arizona State University, will speak on “From Transplantation to Translation: Why History Matters in Stem Cell Research” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, in Rebstock Hall, Room 322. Maienschein is the first of six speakers appearing this spring as […]
Black Anthology presents annual show
Black Anthology, a student-run performance art show that celebrates black culture, will present “Syncopated: Can You Keep the Beat?” at 7 p.m. Feb. 1-2 in Edison Theatre. The event opens Black History Month. Black Anthology’s mission is to give students a unique voice to address pressing issues that are at once both realistic and hopeful. […]
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