Milbrandt becomes first Clayson Professor of Neurology
MilbrandtJeffrey Milbrandt, M.D., Ph.D, professor of pathology and immunology, internal medicine and of neurology, will become the first David Clayson Professor of Neurology on Sept. 22.
New online atlas provides collective maps of human brain folds
Neuroscientists at the School of Medicine have assembled a first-of-its kind atlas of the folds of the cerebral cortex, the wrinkled surface layer of the brain credited with many of the higher cognitive functions that make us human.
The Producers producer
Courtesy photoRocco LandesmanLegendary Broadway producer Rocco Landesman — whose smash adaptation of Mel Brooks’ The Producers won 12 Tony Awards, including “Best Musical” — will speak on “Why We Need Broadway” for Washington University’s Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences. The talk, which is free and open to the public, begins at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, in the university’s Edison Theatre. Edison Theatre is located in the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd. For more information, call (314) 935-5858.
Historian Butler to speak for Assembly Series
His talk, titled “The Miracle of Religion in Modern American History,” will serve as the annual Thomas Fulbright Lecture.
WUSTL e-Record — Sept. 16, 2005
Welcome to the online edition of this week’s Record. Gephardt Institute to celebrate inaugural event – http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5566.html?e Constitution Day to be marked by discussion with Gephardt – http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5740.html?e WUSTL gives generously to hurricane relief – http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5762.html?e Coordinating Council for Diversity Initiatives formed – http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5741.html?e ‘Freshman 15’ theory is validated by medical study – http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5760.html?e RECORD […]
Poet Bin Ramke to read for Writing Program Reading Series Sept. 29
Courtesy photoBin RamkePoet Bin Ramke will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, for the Writing Program Reading Series. The reading is free and open to the public and takes place in Hurst Lounge, located on the second floor of Duncker Hall, in the northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Hoyt and Brookings drives. For more information, call (314) 935-7130.
Scottish poet Robert Crawford to read for Writing Program Reading Series Sept. 30
Scottish poet and scholar Robert Crawford will read from his work at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, for the Writing Program Reading Series. The reading is free and open to the public and takes place in Hurst Lounge, located on the second floor of Duncker Hall, in the northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Hoyt and Brookings drives. For more information, call (314) 935-7130.
Boston architect Brian Healy to launch Architecture Lecture Series Sept. 26
Paul WarcholBrian Healy ArchitectsBrian Healy, founder and principal of Brian Healy Architects in Boston, will launch the fall Architecture Lecture Series, sponsored by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, with a talk at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26.
Pamela Nagami talks about deadly bumps, bites and stings
NagamiInfectious diseases specialist Pamela Nagami will deliver the Olin Fellows Lecture for the Assembly Series at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5th in Graham Chapel. Her talk will focus on the exotic and strange infectious diseases she has encountered throughout her medical career. The lecture is free and open to the public.
For many women, digital mammography better at detecting breast cancers
A new study that enrolled nearly 50,000 women has revealed that digital mammography can detect breast cancer better than conventional film-based mammography in certain groups of women.
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