“Remembering 9/11,” an exhibition featuring artifacts that reveal 9/11’s impact, is on view at Olin Library through Sunday, Sept. 30. The exhibition features material from University Archives and material collected for Remembering 9/11, a cultural archives project launched by American Culture Studies in Arts & Sciences exploring memories of 9/11 at the university and in the culture as a whole.
Faculty
and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest
in labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are invited
to take part in a series of Monday brown-bag luncheon seminars to be
held biweekly on the Danforth Campus at Washington University in St.
Louis beginning Monday, Sept. 10, through Monday, Dec. 3.
Edward S. Macias, PhD, who has served as Washington University’s chief academic officer for the past 25 years, has announced that he will step down from his position as provost and executive vice chancellor June 30, 2013.
Before classes began at the Brown School, students, faculty and staff went out into the St. Louis area Aug. 25 for the annual Brown School Community Service Day. A video captures the program at Gateway Greening, one of 21 area agencies for which students, faculty and staff provided service. “It’s nice to start off the year ‘walking the walk,’” says Melissa Jonson-Reid, PhD, professor at the Brown School.
Sleep disruptions may be among the earliest indicators
of the start of Alzheimer’s disease, scientists at Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis report this week in Science
Translational Medicine. David M. Holtzman, MD, the Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones Professor and
head of the Department of Neurology, is the study’s author.
Take a deep breath. Smooth your brow. Raise your hands and stomp your feet. It’s time to talk about art. Welcome to Kemper Art Reaches Everyone (KARE), a new arts engagement program designed for people with early-onset to moderate Alzheimer’s.
Washington University in St. Louis’ Institute for
School Partnership has received a $2.2 million grant from the Monsanto
Fund to take the institute’s cornerstone program, MySci, to the next
level. In its eighth year serving the St. Louis community,
MySci’s mission is to cultivate the region’s next generation of
scientists by engaging elementary students in science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) through interactive learning experiences and
creative curriculum.
WUSTL faculty and administrators with ideas for improving the campus environment for women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and other diverse groups are encouraged to apply for a Diversity and Inclusion Grant. Proposals are now being accepted until Oct. 29 for program initiatives that strengthen and promote diversity on campus.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death among children ages 1-14 and will affect over 12,000 families in the United States this year alone. To increase awareness, September is designated Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with Wednesday, Sept. 12, pegged as Childhood Cancer Awareness Day. WUSTL researchers Kimberly J. Johnson, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School and Todd Druley , MD, PhD, pediatric oncologist and assistant professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, are working to alleviate childhood cancer.
Due to pre-election media responsibilities, George Will, who was to present the Fall keynote lecture for the John H. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University tonight, has rescheduled this event for 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 4, Graham Chapel.
