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Who says engineers don’t have fun?

Crazy chemistry demonstrations, a paper airplane competition and sticking a person to a wall with duct tape are part of the campus events planned for EnWeek 2007, celebrating National Engineers Week, Feb. 18-24.

Of note

June-Ho Shin, Ph.D., postdoctoral research assistant, has received a one-year, $20,000 grant from the National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation for research titled “Prevent and Treat Noise-Induced Hearing Loss by Drug Blocking T-Type Calcium Channels.” … Jeffrey M. Arbeit, M.D., professor of surgery, has received a one-year, $19,001 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for Cervix Spore Research. … Dennis T. Villareal, M.D., associate professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $15,000 grant from P&G Pharmaceuticals Inc. to support a study to examine bone trabecular architecture in the distal tibia of CR subjects by using the non-invasive MicroMRI. … Samuel Wickline, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $12,444 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for the Cardiology Research Salary Fund.

Clowning around

Photo by Kevin LowderElizabeth Grace Wiese, daughter of Eliot Society benefactors Chip and Jane Wiese, gets her face painted during Eliot Family Night Jan. 26 in the Athletic Complex. The popular annual event for Eliot Society members, their families and guests includes clowns, magicians, a buffet dinner and family activities followed by Bears men’s and women’s basketball games. Both teams were victorious that night. More than 740 people attended, setting a record for participants.

Do we have multiple biological clocks?

Photo by David KilperWUSTL biologists have discovered a large biological clock in the smelling center of mice brains and have revealed that the sense of smell for mice is stronger at night, peaking in evening hours and waning during day light hours. A team led by Erik Herzog, Ph.D., associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, discovered the clock in the olfactory bulb, the brain center that aids the mouse in detecting odors.
Arts & Culture

“Dance like a fight”

DanceBrazilFor almost 30 years DanceBrazil has combined modern dance with contemporary and traditional Afro-Brazilians forms such as samba and the martial arts-inspired capoeira. Now the internationally acclaimed troupe will bring its magnetic, gravity-defying mix of strength and power, intricacy and elusiveness, to Washington University’s Edison Theatre.
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