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Ovations 2013-14
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Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks
A young man in suit and tie gazes warily at the camera, taking its measure, betraying nothing, sly wit reserved for the title. In Self Portrait with My Hair Parted Like Frederick Douglass (2003), Rashid Johnson pays homage to the renowned 19th-century abolitionist while also crafting for his own myth of artistic self-creation. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks, the first major solo museum exhibition to survey the career of this Chicago-born, New York-based artist.
Daydreaming simulated by computer model
Scientists have created a virtual model of the brain that daydreams like humans do. They hope the model will help them understand why
certain portions of the brain work together when a person daydreams or
is mentally idle. Shown is the study’s senior author, Maurizio Corbetta, MD.
Study emphasizes birth control education, helps pay for IUDs and implants
Researchers at the School of Medicine want to know whether they can reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies at community clinics by providing contraceptive counseling that emphasizes the benefits of long-acting birth control, like IUDs and implants, and by making these methods available to women at sharply reduced costs or free of charge. Pictured is Tessa Madden, MD, the study’s principal investigator.
Staff invited to join First Year Reading Program
Staff are invited to join a small group discussion of the critically acclaimed essay collection, Notes from No Man’s Land, by Eula Biss. The book, a provocative exploration of race and identity, is this year’s selection for the First Year Reading Program.
Apply to the Civic Engagement Fund by Aug. 2
The Civic Engagement Fund supports civic engagement and
community service projects throughout the year. Undergraduate,
graduate, professional students, alums, faculty and staff are eligible
to apply. Grants are available for both individuals and groups.
Applications are due Aug. 2.
Nudging entrepreneurship
What can behavioral economics teach us about how to launch a successful startup? Barton
Hamilton, PhD, professor of entrepreneurship at Washington University
in St. Louis’ Olin Business School, will present “Nudging
Entrepreneurship” at 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 16 at Rubin Brown on 16th
Street in Denver.
Anastasio named interim chair of biomedical engineering
Mark Anastasio, PhD, has been named interim chair of
the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering
& Applied Science effective July 15. Anastasio, professor of
biomedical engineering, succeeds Frank Yin, MD, PhD, the Stephen F. and
Camilla T. Brauer Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, who
stepped down as chair in May after leading the department for more than 15 years.
Young physician scientists to benefit from Mallinckrodt grant
Thanks to a grant from the St. Louis-based Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation, 21 physician scientist trainees in two clinical departments at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will receive research support. Pictured is Oliver Langenberg, who led the foundation for more than 50 years before his death last year and after whom the physician scientist training programs in the departments of Medicine and Pediatrics have been renamed.
Evens to chair National Library of Medicine Board
Ronald Evens, MD, professor of radiology at the School
of Medicine and of medical economics at the Olin Business School, has
been appointed chairman of the Board of Regents for the National Library
of Medicine.