Seigle Family Professorship
Photo by Mary ButkusEconomist Ping Wang gives a presentation of his scholarly work during his installation as the inaugural Seigle Family Professor in Arts & Sciences.
Program helps adults with low vision live independently
Photo by Robert BostonOccupational therapist Monica Perlmutter checks the lighting at a work area of client Gay Hirsch, who has low vision.It includes a structured interview to determine what is important to the client; the home environment is also checked for accessibility, lighting and safety.
Listening to students
Photo by Mary ButkusOlin School Dean Mahendra Gupta greets students after the Undergraduate Business School Council Dean’s Forum.
Siteman Cancer Center greeting cards
Designed by Vicki Friedman, director of media services at the School of Medicine and a Siteman patient, they are available in packets of 15 for $12.
Walk your bike
Photo by Joe AngelesStudents walk across the pedestrian overpass near the Cyclotron on the north side of the Hilltop Campus.
Streaming audio enables some online Assembly Series lectures
Class scheduling conflicts have become an increasing problem for many undergraduates who want to attend the Wednesday-morning lectures.
Campus store sale Nov. 30
Faculty and staff with a valid University identification will receive a 30 percent discount on regular and sale-priced merchandise.
Brain scan, cerebrospinal fluid analysis may help predict Alzheimer’s
“Finding markers that can help us identify (Alzheimer’s disease) patients prior to symptoms is really our big push now,” researcher Anne Fagan Niven says.
Concrete, but no Ted Drewes here
Photo by Joe AngelesArchitecture students helped mix and pour concrete for the foundation of a new shade pavilion located just east of the University City Post Office.
‘Easy to remember, hard to forget’
For Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ph.D., associate professor of Persian and of comparative literature, both in Arts & Sciences, poetry is much more than an academic discipline. It is a profoundly personal experience that requires both the poet and the reader to be fully involved in its consummation. “Poetry is the magic we perform with language,” she […]
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