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Welfare use more common than many think Many Americans believe that welfare use happens to someone else, to people outside of mainstream society. But a study published in a recent issue of Social Work casts considerable doubt on that notion, finding that nearly two-thirds of all Americans between 20 and 65 will at some point turn to a public assistance program. Full story More Stories
				Greenway Apartments is the larger of the two apartment buildings renovated by the University over the summer. With more than 100 beds, it's about twice the size of Rosedale Apartments. University renovates two nearby apartment buildings For many, college is all about independence. And now, several University students will have the opportunity to assert that independence while still remaining part of the campus community. Full story Rohit Pappu, Ph.D. (left), assistant professor of biomedical engineering, discusses a protein model with students Rachel Nordgren and Patrick Alford. Researcher seeks ways to prevent protein misfolding A University biomedical engineer is unlocking the rules Mother Nature abides by in knowing "when to hold 'em or fold 'em." He's not dealing with cards; rather, with proteins -- products that carry out the plans of our genes. The biological function of proteins is directly determined by their folded shape in three-dimensions. The folding process is a thermodynamically driven reaction modulated by changes in environmental parameters such as temperature, solvent conditions, protein concentration as well as by mutations in amino acid (the building blocks of proteins) sequence. Full story				Welfare use more common than many think Many Americans believe that welfare use happens to someone else, to people outside of mainstream society. But a study published in a recent issue of Social Work casts considerable doubt on that notion, finding that nearly two-thirds of all Americans between 20 and 65 will at some point turn to a public assistance program. "Although public-assistance users are routinely vilified and portrayed as members of marginalized groups, in fact, most Americans will encounter the welfare system at some point during their adult years," said Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., professor in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and first author of the study. "Contrary to much of the popular rhetoric, the use of the United States social safety net is widespread and common." Full story Glass and Bottle of Suze (1912), one of Pablo Picasso's earliest collages, is featured in the Janson exhibit at the Gallery of Art. Janson's legacy honored in Gallery of Art exhibition In the mid-1940s, H.W. Janson, author of the influential textbook History of Art, served as curator at the University, where he built what he proudly called "the finest collection of contemporary art assembled on any American campus." Full story
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