Record - March 1, 2002

Ralph J. Damiano,
pioneers robotically assisted herat surgery

Wertsch named to Snow professorship

James V. Wertsch has been named the Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences, announced Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of Arts & Sciences. Full story

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Conflicts of interest examined

Joel Seligman, J.D. (left), dean of the School of Law and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor, speaks with Bevis Longstreth (center), of counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton and former commissioner of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), and William T. Allen, professor of law and clinical professor of business at New York University, during the F. Hodge O'Neal Corporate and Securities Law Symposium held in Anheuser-Busch Hall Feb. 22-23. View in full

H.W. Janson exhibition to open in New York

Since first being published in 1962, H.W. Janson's influential textbook History of Art has sold some 4 million copies in 14 languages. Yet in the mid-1940s, before such fame and fortune, the great scholar built what he proudly called "the finest collection of contemporary art assembled on any American campus" at Washington Uni-versity.

In the 1950s and '60s, successive curators and prominent St. Louis collectors continued to build on that curatorial architecture, creating one of the nation's finest university collections of modern art. Full story

Twister and shout

Freshmen Alison Zisser enjoys playing a game of inflatable Twister during Dance Marathon 2002 at the Athletic Complex. The 12-hour event, which lasted from 2 p.m. Feb. 23 to 2 a.m. Feb. 24, raised more than $55,000 to benefit the Children's Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis. The event included live entertainment, food and games. View in full

Friend or foe? Aggressiveness in primates rare; most social behavior affiliative

Sussman

Is it human nature to be competitive? Aggressive? Violent? Popular and scientific literature says yes. A University anthropologist who studies primate behavior says no.

Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, and a colleague found that affiliative behavior -- or friendly behavior like grooming and playing -- is probably a hundred times more frequent than aggressive behavior in primates, and that aggressive behavior constitutes less than 1 percent of primates' activities. Full story

Sept. 11 memorial to be created; Public invited to help

Two University students are dedicating a new public art project to the tragedy of Sept. 11.

Junior sculpture majors Sasha Shrem and Elana Mann recently won approval from University City's Municipal Commission on Arts & Letters for their work, "A Community Memorial." Full story

GWB celebrates Social Work Month

Throughout March, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work faculty, staff and students will be celebrating Social Work Month. The goal of the celebration is to allow social workers and other members of the University community to honor the history and contributions of social work.

Each Wednesday during March, University students, faculty, staff and visitors can visit a social work informational booth in Mallinckrodt Student Center. In addition, the Campus Bookstore will highlight publications from GWB, and an exhibit on careers in social work will be displayed on the first floor of Goldfarb Hall. Full story

Spring break

The Record will not be published March 8 because of spring break. Look for the next issue March 15.

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