WUSTL’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and Tarlton Corporation will build a sample “intelligent house” next to the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Aug. 18. The project comes as part of preparations for Design with the Other 90%: CITIES, a major survey exhibition illustrating the profound, transformative and sometimes lifesaving power of innovative design.
When the body makes immune T cells, it relies on a
molecular channel more commonly seen in nerves and heart muscles to
ensure that the powerful T cells have the right mixture of
aggressiveness and restraint, researchers at Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered.
The Danforth Campus at Washington University in St. Louis will host
local and national organizations on Wednesday, Sept. 19, for the Fall
Internship & Job Career Fair. The event is sponsored by the
university’s Career Center. The fair will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Recreational Gym of the Athletic Complex.
T.R. Kidder, PhD (left), professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, shakes hands with the director of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of China during a ceremony announcing WUSTL’s new partnership with the institute. Henan is one of China’s most populous provinces and one of the most archaeologically rich areas of the world.
Forsyth Boulevard will be reopened to vehicular traffic at noon Thursday, Aug. 16. Forsyth and the underpass will remain closed to pedestrian traffic until 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17.
Michael Kass, MD, has been appointed to the newly
created position of senior associate dean for human research protection
at the WUSTL School of Medicine.
Scientists have combined two existing forms of medical imaging — photoacoustic and ultrasound — to generate high-contrast,
high-resolution images that could help doctors spot tumors more quickly.
“What do I want?” asks Jane Eyre. “A new place, in a new house, amongst new faces, under new circumstances.” Annie Loui sympathizes. Since the early 1980s, the St. Louis native has created ambitious theatrical hybrids for prestigious venues around the nation. On Sept. 7 and 8, Loui will return to St. Louis and launch the 2012-13 Edison Ovations Series with an original adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s beloved novel.
