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A WUSTL initiative is bringing Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) technology to students, faculty and staff and is responsible for offering the first formal introductory and follow-up GIS courses open to any major.
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Business school welcomes Executive M.B.A. director
Kay Henry is the new associate dean and director of Executive M.B.A. programs. She comes to the Olin School of Business with a wealth of experience in executive and business education. Henry recently returned from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she spent two years as assistant dean at Zayed University’s College of Business Sciences. She spent seven years at Rice University where she developed and then directed the M.B.A. for Executives program. Henry also spent several years in Boston where she taught management communication at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management and ran executive programs at Harvard University’s Institute for International Development.
Previously approved drugs may be helpful in fatal pediatric disorder
A fatal pediatric neurodegenerative disorder may be treatable via a molecule already targeted by approved drugs, School of Medicine researchers have found.
Unmasking nutrition’s role in genetic makeup, birth defects
School of Medicine researchers used transparent fish embryos to discover how genes and diet interact to cause birth defects.
Copper vital for thinking, fetal growth
School of Medicine research has found that if the brain could make the right connections, we all might be smarter.
A life in science
Photo by Robert BostonStephen J. Benkovic, Ph.D., Arthur Horwich, M.D., and Carl Frieden, Ph.D., talk at the “Symposium at 77” held in honor of Frieden Sept. 21.
Klimasewiski to read for Writing Program
The New York Times named The Cottagers as an “Editor’s Choice,” praising Klimasewiski’s intricate prose and clever plotting.
Flying Karamazov Brothers present Life: A Guide for the Perplexed
A family friendly romp in the trademark Karamazov style, Life: A Guide for the Perplexed is a series of parables designed to help one survive the modern world.
Lindsey named dean of Architecture in Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Bruce Lindsey, the Paul Rudolph Professor of Architecture at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., has been named dean of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, both part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
Tonks and Chipperfield to speak Oct. 13 and 17
David Chipperfield, architect for the proposed Saint Louis Art Museum expansion, and Nigel Tonks, who is leading building services engineering for the project, will both speak as part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ fall Architecture Lecture Series.