In the United States, packaging makes up one third of municipal solid waste. But rather than merely recycling such materials, a recent student-led project — involving the School of Medicine, the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the Environmental Health & Saftey area — is working to transform them into art.
In 1827, a young giraffe named Zarafa was shipped from the Sudan to Paris, where her arrival caused an immediate sensation. That true history forms the basis of Zarafa, an animated French film that combines Zarafa’s story with that of Maki, a 10-year-old escaped slave. This weekend, the Center for the Humanities and the Program in Film & Media Studies will screen Zarafa as part of their Ninth Annual Children’s Film Showcase.
The medical school’s Student Arts Commission is hosting a “Coffee House Concert” from 5:15-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, in the second floor atrium of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. The concert showcases students’ musical and performance talents.
Sunscreen contains nanoparticles to protect our skin by
reflecting hazardous ultraviolet radiation from the sun. But what
happens to those nanoparticles when you wash the sunscreen away? Young-Shin Jun, PhD, has received a three-year,
$382,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to determine the
physical and chemical evolution of environmental and engineered
nanoparticles in natural and engineered aquatic systems, such as
wastewater treatment plants.
The Office of the Provost at WUSTL has launched a new website, diversity.wustl.edu, as the focal point for all diversity and inclusion initiatives on campus. The site has a comprehensive list of resources and programs, and will use photographs and videos to tell stories of the university’s people and programs that support diversity on campus.
The Gephardt Institute for Public Service at Washington University in St. Louis has selected seven juniors as the second cohort of its Civic Scholars Program, joining five seniors selected last year. The students were chosen from a competitive pool for their outstanding qualifications, exemplary dedication to community engagement and potential for civic leadership.
The Program in Physical Therapy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a five-year, $4.6 million grant to continue an interdisciplinary training program for occupational and physical therapists that began in 2007.
“The Delmar Loop: Revitalization and Its Impact,” will be the subject of a discussion at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in Brown Hall Lounge. The event is part of “St. Louis Up Close,” an ongoing series of casual dialogues with St. Louis leaders about social issues.
The football team limited Case Western Reserve University to 184 yards of total offense in a 10-7 victory Nov. 3 at Case Field in Cleveland, Ohio. With the win Washington University secured a share of its ninth University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship in school history and its first since 2004.
The WUSTL community recently honored David M. Becker, JD, associate dean for external relations and the Joseph H. Zumbalen Professor Emeritus of the Law of Property, on his 50th year of teaching at the School of Law.
