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Scat-sniffing dog helps save endangered primates
A scat-sniffing dog by the name of Pinkerton may be
the best friend ever for a small, highly elusive group of endangered
monkey and gibbon species now scrambling for survival in the vanishing
forests of a remote Chinese mountain range. The high-energy Belgian Malinois is a critical player in efforts to preserve the black-crested gibbon and
the Phayre’s leaf monkey.
Political empowerment fading for black Americans in the age of Obama
Hailed by some as the “end of race as we know it” and
the beginning of a “post-racial” America, the 2008 election of Barack
Obama sparked a measurable bump in feelings of political empowerment
among black Americans. But those sentiments have faded considerably over
the last year or so, according to a new analysis of political survey
data, with the sharpest declines in perceived political power coming
among blacks who identify themselves as conservatives or “born again”
Christians.
Is Obama employing ‘rope-a-dope’ debate strategy? He just may be, WUSTL expert says
Two debates, three weeks. There’s not a whole of time or opportunity for the presidential candidates to reach undecided voters, adding weight to tomorrow’s debate. And as we’ve seen in the last two debates, it’s not so much what is being said as it is how the message is being delivered. That’s why President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney have a crucial meeting tomorrow night and experts at Washington University in St. Louis are ready to comment.
Shortchanging the American public: Matt Bai to speak on the ramifications of the ‘ESPN-ing’ of political reporting
On Thursday, October 18, New York Times Magazine chief political correspondent Matt Bai will deliver a talk on “ESPN-ing Politics: The Politics of Political Journalism.” The student organization Controversy ‘n Coffee is hosting the talk which begins at 7 p.m. in Simon Hall’s May Auditorium on the Washington University Danforth Campus.
Cabot-Zhang Lecture explores leadership in China
On Tuesday, Oct. 9, the inaugural Cabot Corporation – Xinsheng Zhang Lecture was held in Steinberg Auditorium. The Cabot Corporation-Xinsheng Zhang Lectureship Series was created in 2011 and offers the university community opportunities to learn about issues of global leadership, particularly in China.
HIV may leave gut vulnerable to infections
New research by Herbert W. “Skip” Virgin, MD, PhD, and colleagues may explain why advanced AIDS patients often develop gastrointestinal disease.
The second debate: What to expect in town hall format
The first presidential debate was most striking for Gov. Mitt Romney’s aggressiveness and President Barack Obama’s rhetorical reserve, but the town hall format in the second debate provides an extra challenge for the candidates, says Peter Kastor, PhD, professor of history and American culture studies at Washington University in St. Louis. The two debates also reveal one of the greatest challenges to candidates as they try to appear Presidential: balancing emotional display with appropriate reserve.
Obituary: Helen E. Nash, pioneering pediatrician, 91
Helen E. Nash, MD, professor emerita (clinical) in pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Oct. 4, 2012, at Clermont Manor in Creve Coeur. She was 91.
American Arts Experience Oct. 21
Aaron Copland and George Gershwin are perhaps the most iconically American of composers. On Oct. 21, three faculty from WUSTL’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will join a string quartet from the St. Louis Symphony for the concluding concert of the 2012 American Arts Experience-St. Louis. The program will highlight works by Copland and Gershwin as well as by Antonín Dvorák, who played a prominent role in encouraging American composers.