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Photo by Robert BostonIn a patient lab, physical therapy students learn how to transfer patients from a wheelchair to a mat, or to sit or stand.

The Association for Political Theory’s conference Oct. 21-22 is designed to foster “intellectual sociability” among scholars.

Both talks are part of The Writing Program’s fall Reading Series and will take place in Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall, Room 201.

Diavolo will present two evening shows and also an all-ages matinee as part of the ovations! for young people series.

He came to the University in September 1962 as a visiting associate professor of mathematics; he became a full professor in 1969.

Matthew Coolidge, founder and director of the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Los Angeles, will be participating.

Jonathan Turner, the Henry Edwin Sever Professor of Engineering, has been named the committee’s chair.

Photo by Jennifer Weisbord/WUSTLChancellor Mark. S. Wrighton announces the formation of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy at a news conference Oct. 19 in New York.The Academy partners a major American university with top foreign universities and leading multinational corporations.

Brett Hyde, Ph.D., Zohar Nussinov, Ph.D., Mona Lena Krook, Ph.D. and Frank Lovett, Ph.D.

The program supports a group called “100 Neediest Cases,” a joint project of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the United Way.