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MLK Day 2010: Economic Justice
"Financial Freedom Seminar: Tying Loose Ends—Becoming Financially Secure," Jan. 23 at the Brown School
| In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Society of Black Student Social Workers (SBSSW) at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work will host the fourth annual "Financial Freedom Seminar: Tying Loose Ends—Becoming Financially Secure," from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, in Brown Hall, Room 100. The seminar, free and open to the public, is designed for St. Louis community youth and adults interested in building wealth, repairing and maintaining good credit, purchasing a home or starting and expanding a business. For more information and to register, visit brownschool.wustl.edu, e-mail mjohnson@gwbmail.wustl.edu or call 935-3466.
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To the Moon, WUSTL
WUSTL-led Moon mission is finalist for NASA's next big space venture
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Nearly 40 years after the Apollo astronauts first brought samples of the Moon to Earth for study, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis are leading an effort to return to the Moon for samples that could unlock secrets of the early Solar System. Known as MoonRise, the proposed Moon mission is one of three finalists now bidding to become NASA's next big space science venture, a $650 million mission that would launch before 2019.
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The power of words
What to give a high school senior? WUSTL faculty provide top book picks for the college-bound
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Having trouble figuring out what to get that high school senior on your gift list this holiday season? Or parents, want to make sure your 17-year-old keeps his or her mind on the right track while on winter break? A book might provide a simple solution. Washington University in St. Louis faculty offer their suggestions for the one book — in a few cases two or three — that a high school senior should read before heading off to college, whether to be better prepared for the college classroom or for living away from home or simply to be a more well-rounded person.
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Spinning Wheels on Mars
Sand-trapped Mars Rover makes big discovery, WUSTL researcher reports
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NASA's robotic rover Spirit, bogged down in the loose soil of a Red Planet crater for months, has helped make an important scientific discovery just by spinning its wheels. "We've found something supremely interesting in the disturbed soil," says WUSTL's Raymond Arvidson, deputy principal scientist on the mission. Sulfate minerals churned up by the rover's wheels offer evidence that this area "could have once supported life," he explains.
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Common Ground for Civil Dialogue
Washington University in St. Louis to establish religion and politics center
| Washington University in St. Louis is establishing a scholarly and educational center that will focus on the role of religion in politics in the United States, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. "The establishment of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics reflects the legacy of Jack Danforth and his belief in the importance of a civil discourse that treats differences with respect," Wrighton said. The creation of the center, which includes the recruitment of five new faculty members with endowed professorships, is being made possible by a $30 million endowment gift from the St. Louis-based Danforth Foundation. It is believed to be the largest gift of its kind made to a university to fund such an academic center.
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Special transport system for the vital but vulnerable heme molecule is found at Washington University
Heme Channel Found
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Heme, a crucial component of the biomachinery that squeezes energy out of food and stores it for later use, must be transported across membranes but without exposing its central iron atom to oxidation. Work at Washington University shows how it is done.
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A sensor can detect a single nanoparticle and take its measurement
Tiny whispering gallery
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A tiny sensor that exploits the same physics as the whispering gallery in St. Paul's Cathedral in London will help make nanotechnology safer.
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The Great Moderation is not over
Key to economic stabilization is technology
| Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke coined the phrase "the Great Moderation" back in 2004 to refer to the relative stability of the U.S. economy over the previous two decades. Many believe "The Great Recession" of the past two years has jolted the economy out of its moderate mode and back into a state of high volatility. Washington University in St. Louis economist James Morley disagrees. He argues the Great Moderation is alive and well and will help the economy recovery from this latest financial shock.
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Stop and smell the roses
Dr. Hipp's simple tip for reducing holiday stress and tackling resolutions &mdash spend time in a park
| The holiday season, while fun, can be draining. When you add the pressure of New Year's resolutions, stress levels can rise. Environmental health expert J. Aaron Hipp, Ph.D., says that simply getting out of the house and going to a local park has the potential to lower stress and increase focus.
"Parks allow us to physically and psychologically get away from stressful environments," says Hipp, assistant professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis. "Spending time in a park is a restorative activity that can recharge your batteries. A resolution to take advantage of local parks can contribute to a healthy, green year. Plus, a walk in the park can help you relax and refocus on New Year's resolutions that may already have been broken."
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A-maizing
The impact of the diffusion of maize to the southwestern United States
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An international group of anthropologists offers a new theory about the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States and the impact it had. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study, co-authored by Gayle Fritz, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, and colleagues, suggests that maize was passed from group to group of Southwestern hunter-gatherers. These people took advantage of improved moisture conditions by integrating a storable and potentially high-yielding crop into their broad-spectrum subsistence strategy.
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