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Thomas De Fer, M.D., James Fehr III, M.D., and Mary Klingensmith, M.D., have received the 2008-09 Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellowships at the School of Medicine.

Photo by Whitney CurtisSnowboarder Mike Barthel of Minneapolis, along with five other extreme winter sports professionals, traveled to the University’s North Campus to entertain revelers during the third annual Loop Ice Carnival Jan. 19.

Author, environmentalist and multimedia artist Janet Kauffman, Ph.D., will read from her work at 8 p.m. Feb. 7, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences.

Two modern American masterpieces will be offered by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Monday, February 4, at May Auditorium in Simon Hall on the Washington University Danforth campus. The concert is free and open to the public. Both are considered ground-breaking works in contemporary music by composers who are at the forefront of experimental American music.

Carla A. Hills, J.D., former U.S. Trade Representative, will deliver the School of Law’s Tyrrell Williams Lecture on “Trade and the 2008 Elections” at 4 p.m. Feb. 7 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom at Anheuser-Busch Hall.

Photo by Mary ButkusMichele Boldrin, Ph.D., was installed as the first Joseph Gibson Hoyt Distinguished Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences at a formal ceremony December 11, 2007, in Holmes Lounge.

Arguing that democratic principles do not support a strict separation of church and state in educational policy, Ian MacMullen, Ph.D., said in his latest book, “Faith in Schools? Autonomy, Citizenship, and Religious Education in the Liberal State,” that government has both the responsibility to pay for religious schools and the right to regulate what’s taught within them.

School of Medicine metabolism researchers have found that activating a protein in muscle tissue increases average lifespan and prevents some age-related diseases.

Increasing levels of a protein that helps the brain use cholesterol may slow the development of Alzheimer’s disease, research with mice at the School of Medicine shows.

Beginning February 8, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present “On the Margins,” an exhibition exploring the impact of war and disaster through the work of a diverse range of contemporary artists. Curated by Dean Carmon Colangelo, the exhibition will showcase more than a dozen works, ranging from prints and photographs to video and large-scale installations, by ten artists from around the world.