A leg up
Photo by Kevin LowderRichard Ayres, a dancer and choreographer with Paul D. Mosley Dance Inc. in New York, works with fellow company member Lanileigh Ting during a recent master class with the dance program in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.
Sam Fox teams take honors in mall contest
Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis, Hillary Petrie and Tyler Survant”Interface”Three teams from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts took top honors in the St. Louis Gateway Mall Follies Ideas Competition. Sponsored by the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the competition sought to generate innovative and unexpected ideas for the Gateway Mall downtown. Projects would serve as “visual anchors” for the area while helping to guide public movement along the Mall to the Gateway Arch.
Experts to discuss alcohol’s effects throughout life at Guze symposium
Alcoholism experts from around the United States will present their research at the 7th Annual Samuel B. Guze Symposium on Alcoholism at the Eric P. Newman Education Center from 8 a.m-5:30 p.m. Feb. 15. This year’s event at the School of Medicine focuses on “Alcohol Use Across the Lifespan.”
A proactive approach to bone care
Photo by Robert BostonKathryn M. Diemer helps prevent musculo-skeletal injuries, osteoporosis
Novelist and political negotiator Farah on the battle against intolerance and censorship
Nuruddin Farah will be on campus Feb. 13 and 14 to speak on “Political Islam and Clan in Present-day Somalia” for the Assembly Series, and to present a reading/discussion of his works for the Department of English in Arts & Sciences.
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Construction Update
Work is steadily progressing on three major Danforth Campus construction projects.
New site for student businesses
StEP, the Student Entrepreneurial Program on the Danforth Campus, has a newly designed Web site organizers hope will attract more students to take advantage of the unique opportunity to operate and own a business while in school.
Old site, new partners
Courtesy PhotoAhmet T. Karamustafa, Ph.D., associate professor of history, of religious studies and of Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern studies, all in Arts & Sciences; Risa Zwerling Wrighton, wife of Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton; and Olin School of Business alumnus Seckin Sürücü (’01) in front of the Blue Mosque, among the most important sites in Istanbul, Turkey. The three were part of a group of University administrators, including Chancellor Wrighton, who recently visited three Turkish universities to gauge interest in partnering with the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
Alumni & Development Programs welcomes Susan Plassmeyer and Gary Kornell
Two staff members have joined Alumni & Development Programs. They are Susan Plassmeyer in the new position of executive director of administration, and Gary Kornell as senior director of development for Arts & Sciences.
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