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HEARD ON CAMPUS
"Every day we keep our secrets in a box, and every day we decide what to do with them. Sharing a secret, even with ourselves, can be transformative."
~ Frank Warren, founder of PostSecret, during his Assembly Series talk, titled “The Most Trusted Stranger in America: Frank Warren’s PostSecrets,” in Graham Chapel on March 29
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KUDOS:
Michal Hyrc,
an undergraduate student in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, won the Air and Waste Management Association Scholarship. He also participated in the International Experience Program that went to India to learn about energy and environmental technologies as applicable for rural environments. |
Nancy Fahey,
head coach for the women’s basketball team who has guided the Bears for 25 seasons, has been chosen for induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee. Fahey will go into the Hall as a coach and is the first NCAA Division III player or coach to be chosen for such an honor.
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University News
The trail through the Danforth Campus will pass Olin Library, shown before construction began.
PHOTO: Joe Angeles
A two-mile section of the Centennial Greenway, a planned 20-mile trail that will cross Washington University’s Danforth Campus in front of Olin Library, is nearly complete. When finished, the Centennial Greenway will run from Forest Park through the Danforth Campus and University City, Missouri, to Creve Coeur County Park in St. Louis County and into St. Charles County. ... more
The Washington University School of Law has launched a formal alliance with the University of Queensland (UQ), one of Australia’s premier learning and research institutions. Beginning this fall, the law school and UQ’s TC Beirne School of Law will offer a four-year combined degree program. The program will allow U.S. students to study at both Washington University School of Law and UQ’s law school. ... more
A dedication ceremony for a new School of Engineering & Applied Science building on the Danforth Campus is scheduled for Friday, September 23. The building, named in honor of the late Preston M. Green, an alumnus and benefactor, will turn the corner at Skinker Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway, connecting on its western edge to the recently completed Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall. ... more
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Research
Scientists were astonished by the amount of structure in the coconut DNA, enough structure to allow them to trace some of the coconuts' travels with humans.
PHOTO: Kenneth Olsen
The coconut (the fruit of the palm Cocos nucifera) is the Swiss Army knife of the plant kingdom; in one neat package it provides a high-calorie food, potable water, fiber that can be spun into rope and a hard shell that can be turned into charcoal. What’s more, until it is needed for some other purpose, it serves as a handy flotation device. DNA analysis of more than 1,300 coconuts from around the world reveals that the coconut was brought under cultivation in two separate locations, one in the Pacific basin and the other in the Indian Ocean basin. Coconut genetics also preserve a record of prehistoric trade routes and of the colonization of the Americas. ... more
Neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine have identified the brain cells involved in alcohol-related blackouts and the molecular mechanism that appears to underlie them. Alcohol interferes with key receptors in the brain, which in turn manufacture steroids that inhibit long-term potentiation, a process that strengthens the connections between neurons and is crucial to learning and memory. ... more
There's a better way to help banking customers than the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that opened for business July 21, says a banking expert at Washington University. “I’m a big advocate of consumer protection and of transparency,” says Anjan Thakor, Ph.D., the John E. Simon Professor of Finance. “But I would like to have seen a case made for where the existing consumer protection legislation failed and what the alternatives were for dealing with that, as opposed to creating a new government bureaucracy.” ... more
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Features
Corinne Wasmuht, Llangancuo Falls, 2008. Oil on wood, 117 ¼ x 153 ½". Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University. University purchase with funds from the David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation, 2011. From the exhibition "Precarious Worlds: Contemporary Art from Germany."
The world today feels increasingly globalized and interconnected, yet also increasingly precarious, as old certainties — historical, ideological and material — give way to ever-present threats of climate change, economic collapse and terrorism. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present Precarious Worlds: Contemporary Art from Germany, one of four major exhibitions slated for the 2011-12 academic year. Also opening in the fall will be Tomás Saraceno: Cloud-Specific; followed in the spring by John Stezaker, the first major solo museum exhibition of works by this contemporary British artist; and Balázs Kicsiny: Killing Time. ... more
There’s no doubt that religion plays a big role in shaping our views. For instance, in the Pew Research Center 2010 Religion and Public Life Survey, more than a third of respondents (both supporters and opponents) said that religion is the main factor in shaping their thinking about same-sex marriage. For those who are opposed to same-sex marriage, religion holds even greater sway: 60 percent cited it as their top influence. “Our goal is to foster critical, humane engagement across political and religious differences — to get people thinking about the contexts and circumstances in which certain beliefs are nurtured, to stretch themselves into better understanding the values, interests, hopes, fears and ideals that may be motivating people on the other side of an issue,” says Marie Griffith, Ph.D., the newly appointed director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics. ... more
What can Waffle House teach about disaster preparedness and risk management, especially in the wake of this spring’s devastating tornados? Plenty, says a supply chain expert at the John M. Olin School of Business. “The companies that are most frequently exposed to supply-chain disruption are the ones that have the best risk management plans,” says Panos Kouvelis, Ph.D., the Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management and director of Olin's Boeing Center for Technology, Information, and Manufacturing. ... more
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