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Jon Huntsman Jr: ‘Opportunities and Challenges Facing America Today’
Jon Huntsman Jr., a former Republican presidential candidate and ambassador to China, visited WUSTL recently and discussed challenges facing America. Read more to check out his Feb. 25 speech for the Assembly Series.
Washington University is big player in St. Louis’ booming central corridor
Hank Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration, sits down with the Record to talk about Washington University’s major role in the growth of St. Louis’ central corridor. An expert in urban planning, Webber knows faculty and students want to be part of a thriving community, so he focuses on projects that are winners for both WUSTL and the region.
Daylight savings offers no savings, poses health risks, expert says
People often feel draggy the day after they have to set
their clocks forward in the spring but often shrug off that feeling as
trivial. In fact, says Erik Herzog, PhD, a neuroscientist at Washington
University in St. Louis, who studies biological clocks, jamming our
biological clocks into reverse, as daylight savings time does, has
serious consequences.
New cyclotron to help doctors detect cancers
A new cyclotron recently was installed at the East Building on the School of Medicine campus. The unit, in the works for more than a decade, is a particle accelerator that will produce radioactive compounds, many of which are used with positron emission tomography (PET) scanners to detect specific types of cancers.
Free birth control doesn’t promote risky sexual behavior in women
Civil rights champion Chai Feldblum to commemorate Title VII and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil rights champion and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission member Chai Feldblum, JD, will visit Washington University in St. Louis on March 17 and 18 to participate in programs commemorating the passing of Title VII, a key piece of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Motionhouse Dance Theatre March 21 and 22
Water. It is the source of life, the indispensible molecule, the elemental force that carves rivers, topples mountains, nurtures crops and extinguishes flame. In “Scattered,” Motionhouse Dance Theatre combines daring movement, mid-air acrobatics and state-of-the-art projection technology to capture the might, majesty and savagery of water.
Maine becomes first state to provide college savings for all newborns
On March 6, the state of Maine became the first in the United States to make college savings for newborns universal and automatic, putting into practice research pioneered by Michael Sherraden, PhD, the George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor and director ofthe Brown School’s Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis.
See the future of the campus – March 10 and 11
The Washington University Medical Center is undergoing the initial phases of a transformation that primarily will feature expansions of St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Siteman Cancer Center. It also will include more space for Washington University Physicians clinics and diagnostics and new facilities for women and infants, oncology and surgical services. If you’re curious about the expansion, renderings will be on display and staff will be on hand to answer questions March 10 and 11 at two campus locations.