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NulandSherwin Nuland, physician, professor and best selling author, will relay his experiences working with tsunami victims in Sri Lanka for the Washington University Assembly Series at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 23, in Graham Chapel. His talk is called “Tsunami Medical Diary.”

They are being recognized for their exceptional accomplishments in science, engineering and educational outreach furthering understanding of the sciences.

In his talk, Murray Gell-Mann will look back to 1905 when Albert Einstein, an unknown scientist, published several papers, each with a revolutionary idea. He will examine Einstein’s creative thinking, how current cosmological discoveries relate to his work, and today’s efforts to find a unified theory of everything. Gell-Mann received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1969 for his discovery of the quark – the basic building block of all atomic nuclei throughout the universe.

Joshua Brown of WUSTLA new theory suggests that the brain may subconsciously help us avoid risky situations.While some scientists discount the existence of a sixth sense for danger, new research from Washington University in St. Louis has identified a brain region that clearly acts as an early warning system — one that monitors environmental cues, weighs possible consequences and helps us adjust our behavior to avoid dangerous situations. “Our brains are better at picking up subtle warning signs than we previously thought,” says WUSTL research psychologist Joshua Brown, co-author of a study on these findings in the Feb. 18 issue of the journal Science.

A gift of $1.2 million was augmented with $300,000 from the University’s Sesquicentennial Endowed Professorship Challenge.

Scientists genetically altered production of a factor found in skeletal muscle and produced mice that can’t get fat but develop signs of diabetes. More medical news

File PhotoBarbara Schaal will serve a four-year term as vice president of the highly prestigious group beginning July 1.She is “a premier scientist, and it is rewarding to the scientific community that she has been elected to such an important leadership role,” Chancellor Wrighton says.

Benjamin Allen, a music major in Arts & Sciences, will present a senior honors recital on at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at Grace United Methodist Church. The concert, which is free and open to the public, reflects three distinct areas that Allen has pursued at Washington University: composition, conducting and trombone.

He’ll speak Feb. 23 in Graham Chapel for the Assembly Series; he’s the Dowd Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina.

On Feb. 26, WUSTL Police and Parking Services, in partnership with Hartmann’s Towing, will once again sponsor a free traveler’s vehicle inspection service to students, faculty and staff. Persons anticipating traveling by car for spring break can bring their vehicle to the parking lot outside the Police/Parking Office on the South 40 between noon-3 p.m. […]