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Encouraging interdisciplinary study
Photo by Kevin LowderGraduate students interested in pursuing a joint degree were able to collect information on the University’s graduate programs at a Nov. 29 event.
That’s a wrap
Photo by Mary ButkusThe WUSTL community “adopted” 133 families in need this holiday season, donating numerous items through the Give Thanks Give Back campaign.
Genetic diversity in jocote trees is saved by growing them locally
They’ve done this by taking the plants out of the forest, their wild habitat, and growing them close to home for family and local consumption.
Of note
Chenyang Lu, Ph.D.,
Weixong Zhang, Ph.D.,
Ervin Y. Rodin, Ph.D.,
R. Martin Arthur, Ph.D.,
Da-Ren Chen, Ph.D.,
and more…
Grant helps Center for Social Development invest in poor
The recent $2.5 million grant will support the creation of a permanent endowment for the center directed by Michael W. Sherraden.
ITeach symposium to open the doors of technology
ITeach is a collection of resources around the topic of teaching with technology; the symposium is Jan. 12 in Eads Hall, with a workshop and support day to follow.
Community connection
Photo by Mary ButkusWashUCity, a University mentoring program, raised about $30,000 to fund a dozen new computer stations at U. City High School.
Role of protein suggests strategy to kill cancer cells
Medical researchers have found that a protein known as MDC1 has a role in homologous recombination — a discovery that could be exploited.
More medical news
Campus Authors: R. Keith Sawyer
The new book by the associate professor of education in Arts & Sciences is titled Social Emergence: Societies as Complex Systems.
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