Powers named Hagemann professor of neurology
He’s the head of the cerebrovascular disease section of the Department of Neurology and a professor of neurological surgery and of radiology.
Service award nominations sought
The Dean’s Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor awarded to a medical staff member, includes a $1,000 cash prize.
‘Dem Bones’
Photo by Robert BostonA bone-density screening was a recent initiative of the Community Outreach Program of the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science.
Olin School tabs Bouffides as M.B.A. assistant dean
He has spent the past eight years at USC’s business school, where he was the admission director for the school’s executive and part-time M.B.A. programs.
Public-education expert Kozol to speak Feb. 22
In his book The Shame of the Nation, he exposes glaring inequities between schools catering to minorities in dense cities, and predominantly white schools in suburbia.
Garber to explore Shakespeare’s impact on modern culture
Garber has authored four books devoted to the Bard; the most recent, Shakespeare After All, makes him more accessible to the common reader.
PAD to present Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
“Like all Shakespearean comedy, Much Ado deals with love and marriage,” says director Henry I. Schvey “But it’s also about misunderstanding, misinterpretation and disguise.”
Washington University Symphony Orchestra in concert Feb. 19
The 70-plus-member orchestra will perform music of Ernest Bloch, Peter I. Tchaikovsky and Gay Holmes Spears at 3 p.m. Feb. 19 in Graham Chapel.
Sisterhood in the spotlight
“30 Years of Sisterhood,” a documentary film on the 1970s genesis of Japan’s women’s liberation movement, will be in the campus spotlight Feb. 28 as Washington University hosts a group of Japanese activists, filmmakers and scholars now touring the nation to promote the project. Plans call for a special screening of the film at 3 p.m. Feb. 28 in Room 201, Crow Hall, followed by a panel discussion and reception. Sponsored by the Visiting East Asian Professionals (VEAP) program and the Women and Gender Studies program, both in Arts & Sciences.
Systems Analysis of Cyanobacterial Physiology in Membrane Biology
In just six months of collaboration, a Department of Energy grand challenge led by Washington University in St. Louis has resulted in the sequencing and annotation of a cyanobacterium that could yield clues to how environmental conditions influence key carbon fixation processes at the gene-mRNA-protein levels in an organism.
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