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Farmers buying cotton seed at a shop in the Warangal District, India.In a study published in the February issue of Current Anthropology, Glenn D. Stone, Ph.D., professor of anthropology and of environmental studies, both in Arts & Sciences, explores how the arrival of genetically modified crops in India has added a new layer of complexity to farming in a key area of the developing world.

Michael Kimmel, Ph.D., a leading expert in the study of American male identity and behavior, will give a talk on “Mars, Venus or Planet Earth? Women and Men in a New Millennium” as part of the Assembly Series. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 11 a.m. Feb. 28 in Graham Chapel.

Robin D.G. Kelley, Ph.D., one of the country’s pre-eminent scholars in African-American history, will serve as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University Feb. 28-March 1. Kelley, who is professor of history and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California, is a leading scholar of the modern civil rights movement, jazz studies and African-American music and culture.

Washington University received an initial $500,000 from Allied Minds to launch a new brain imaging technology firm.

A School of Medicine review of Missouri birth data found that African-American women are three times more likely to deliver babies prematurely than Caucasian women.

Find an Alternate Route Using Map My Trip New Alternate Route Maps to the Center for Advanced Medicine All lanes of I-64 between I-170 and Kingshighway Blvd. are now closed. These lanes will remain closed until Dec. 31, 2009. Below are maps and driving directions to the medical campus during these closures. For Patients Traveling […]

Violinist Silvian Iticovici, pianist Seth Carlin and violist Stephen Ewer will join with members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for a recital of works by Robert Schumann (1810-56) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75).

The Mosaic Whispers, Washington University’s award-winning a cappella ensemble, will celebrate their “Super Sweet 16” anniversary with the release of a new CD, Behind Bars, during their annual “Splash of Color” concert.

Photo by Robert BostonSecond-year medical students play Jeopardy to review for an exam in Diseases of the Nervous System.

The women’s basketball team (19-5, 11-2 UAA) picked up two critical wins last weekend.