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Novel technique changes lymph node biopsy, reduces radiation exposure in breast cancer patients
David Kilper/WUSTL PhotoWUSTL biomedical engineers Younan Xia (left) and Lihong Wang examine the photoacoustic tomography machine (PAT) in Wang’s Whitaker Building laboratory.Information obtained from a new application of photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is worth its weight in gold to breast cancer patients. For the first time, Lihong Wang, Ph.D., Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, with a joint appointment in Radiology, and Younan Xia, Ph.D., James M. McKelvey Professor in Biomedical Engineering, with a joint appointment in chemistry in Arts & Sciences, both at Washington University in St. Louis, have used gold nanocages to map sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) in a rat noninvasively using PAT.
Send naughty loans to a “bad bank” and other ways to stimulate the economy
Locking up toxic assets in a “bad bank” may sound childish, but banking expert Stuart Greenbaum says, “by isolating impaired assets and preventing them from contaminating other bank assets, banks can concentrate on the business of making new loans.”
Free exercise and nutrition program in Brazil could serve as model in United States
Marcia Munk, Universidade Federal de São PauloWhat if free exercise classes were offered in public spaces such as parks, beaches and recreation centers? When a city government in Brazil tried such a program, it greatly increased physical activity among community members. A group of health researchers who studied the program believes it could also work in U.S. cities with warm climates.
WUSTL to honor legacy of civil rights leader
Martin Luther King, Jr.”Shattering Ceilings: Celebrating Success in Pursuit of ‘The Dream'” is the theme of the University’s 22nd annual celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr. at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 19 in Graham Chapel. Other events will take place on the Danforth and Medical School campuses.
Free exercise and nutrition program in Brazil could serve as model in United States
Marcia Munk, Universidade Federal de São PauloWhat if free exercise classes were offered in public spaces such as parks, beaches and recreation centers? When a city government in Brazil tried such a program, it greatly increased physical activity among community members. A group of health researchers who studied the program believes it could also work in U.S. cities with warm climates.
Law school’s “Access to Justice” speaker series continues Jan. 23
Prominent criminal defense attorney and civil rights advocate Michael Pinard, J.D., will address the pressing problem of prisoner reentry in America to kick off the spring lineup of Washington University School of Law’s 11th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series on Jan. 22. The spring series includes civil rights experts, an award-winning journalist, a top intellectual property law scholar and a leading advocate for children. The law school’s Clinical Education Program sponsors the series. All lectures will be held at noon in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall unless otherwise noted. They are free and open to the public.
The Guthrie Theater & The Acting Company at Edison Theatre Feb. 13 and 14
*The Spy*The price of glory. The brutality of war. A lawless free-fire zone brimming with loyalists and revolutionaries. In February two powerhouses of American theater, The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company, will join forces to present a pair of adventure classics at Washington University’s Edison Theatre. On Feb. 13 director Davis McCallum will lead a cast of 12 in William Shakespeare’s epic King Henry V. Then, on Feb. 14, John Miller-Stephany, associate artistic director of the Guthrie, will direct Jeffrey Hatcher’s world premiere adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s The Spy.
Johannes von Moltke to launch Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellows’ Series Jan. 27
Johannes Von MoltkeRecent blockbuster films and “television events” devoted to World War II and its aftermath have claimed to break new ground by breaking taboos on the representation of German suffering, yet the work of German writer and director Alexander Kluge predates these developments by decades. On Jan. 27 Johannes von Moltke, professor of screen arts and cultures at the University of Michigan, will speak on “Confusion of Feelings: War and Emotion in the Films of Alexander Kluge” as part of the Center for the Humanities’ 2009 Faculty Fellows’ Lecture and Workshop Series.
Poet Carolyn Forché to speak for Writing Program Reading Series Jan. 22
Carolyn ForchéPoet Carolyn Forché, the visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Washington University’s Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22. Known as a “poet of witness,” Forché is the author of four books of poetry, including Gathering The Tribes, The Country Between Us, The Angel of History and Blue Hour.