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	<title>News :: Washington and Lee University &#187; Neuroscience</title>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Neuroscientist Sees Promise, Problems with Brain Mapping Initiative]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<easyDate>Apr 15</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington and Lee neuroscientist Tyler Lorig has mixed views of the BRAIN Project announced by President Obama this month.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Washington and Lee neuroscientist Tyler Lorig has mixed views of the BRAIN Project announced by President Obama this month.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Duke Cancelmo Is Final Speaker in W&amp;L&#39;s Good Life Series]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2013/03/20/questioning-the-good-life-speaker-sees-work-and-the-good-life-compatible-2/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2013-03-20, 12:32:35 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Mar 20</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Cline]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard P. &#34;Duke&#34; Cancelmo Jr., a partner with Bridgeway Capital, will be the final speaker in Washington and Lee&#39;s yearlong &#34;Questioning the Good Life&#34; interdisciplinary seminar series on Thursday, March 28, at 4:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Richard P. &#34;Duke&#34; Cancelmo Jr., a partner with Bridgeway Capital, will be the final speaker in Washington and Lee&#39;s yearlong &#34;Questioning the Good Life&#34; interdisciplinary seminar series on Thursday, March 28, at 4:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[University of Wisconsin Professor Richard Davidson to Speak on &#34;Happiness is a Skill&#34;]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2013/03/05/university-of-wisconsin-professor-richard-davidson-to-speak-on-happiness-is-a-skill-2/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2013-03-05, 19:08:18 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Mar 05</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Cline]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard J. Davidson of the University of Wisconsin will present the next lecture in Washington and Lee&#39;s yearlong &#34;Questioning the Good Life&#34; interdisciplinary seminar series on March 19 at 4:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Richard J. Davidson of the University of Wisconsin will present the next lecture in Washington and Lee&#39;s yearlong &#34;Questioning the Good Life&#34; interdisciplinary seminar series on March 19 at 4:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Neuroscience Expert Headlines W&amp;L&#39;s Institute for Honor Symposium]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2013/02/25/neuroscience-expert-headlines-wls-institute-for-honor-symposium/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2013-02-25, 17:28:34 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Feb 25</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Gazzaniga, professor of psychology and director of The SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will deliver the keynote address at the 13th annual Institute for Honor Symposium at Washington and Lee University on Friday, March 1.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Michael Gazzaniga, professor of psychology and director of The SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will deliver the keynote address at the 13th annual Institute for Honor Symposium at Washington and Lee University on Friday, March 1.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Duke&#39;s Swartzwelder to Address Alcohol&#39;s Effects on the Brain]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2013/02/20/dukes-swartzwelder-to-address-alcohols-effects-on-the-brain/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2013-02-20, 14:00:49 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Feb 20</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Cline]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duke professor Scott Swartzwelder to address alcohol&#39;s long-lasting effects on the brain at Washington and Lee on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Duke professor Scott Swartzwelder to address alcohol&#39;s long-lasting effects on the brain at Washington and Lee on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Keaton Fletcher Wins Elmes Pathfinder Prize in Psychology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/11/27/keaton-fletcher-wins-elmes-pathfinder-prize-in-psychology/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-11-27, 15:40:59 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Nov 27</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keaton Fletcher, a Washington and Lee University senior from Littleton, Colo., has been named the 2012 recipient of the David G. Elmes Pathfinder Prize in Psychology.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Keaton Fletcher, a Washington and Lee University senior from Littleton, Colo., has been named the 2012 recipient of the David G. Elmes Pathfinder Prize in Psychology.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[MIT Neuroscientist Mark Bear to Lecture at W&amp;L]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/10/12/mit-neuroscientist-mark-bear-to-lecture-at-wl/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-10-12, 12:19:22 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Oct 12</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Cline]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Bear, the Picower Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will lecture at Washington and Lee University on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 9 a.m. in Science Center 214.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Mark Bear, the Picower Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will lecture at Washington and Lee University on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 9 a.m. in Science Center 214.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[New IQ Center Will Enhance Science at W&amp;L]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/09/23/new-iq-center-will-enhance-science-at-wl/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-09-23, 16:00:42 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Sep 23</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first phase of the new Integrative and Quantitative (IQ) Center at Washington and Lee University is underway, with a projected opening date of June 2013.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[The first phase of the new Integrative and Quantitative (IQ) Center at Washington and Lee University is underway, with a projected opening date of June 2013.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Team Uses Latest Technology to Study the Optic Nerve Regeneration]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/09/15/wl-team-uses-latest-technology-to-study-the-optic-nerve-regeneration/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-09-15, 15:08:20 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Sep 15</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington and Lee biology professor Fiona Watson and two undergraduate researchers are developing a gene profile to determine how the optic nerve is regenerated in frogs. fish and cold-blooded invertebrates,]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Washington and Lee biology professor Fiona Watson and two undergraduate researchers are developing a gene profile to determine how the optic nerve is regenerated in frogs. fish and cold-blooded invertebrates,]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Carol Graham Opens W&amp;L Seminar Series on Happiness]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/09/07/carol-graham-opens-wl-seminar-series-on-happiness/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-09-07, 15:28:34 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Sep 07</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Cline]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carol Graham, College Park Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, will open Washington and Lee&#39;s seminar series, &#34;Question the Good Life,&#34; with a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 13, at 5:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.

The title of the speech, which is open to the public, is &#34;Happiness around the World: Happy Peasants, Miserable Millionaires, and Questions for Policy.&#34;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Carol Graham, College Park Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, will open Washington and Lee&#39;s seminar series, &#34;Question the Good Life,&#34; with a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 13, at 5:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.

The title of the speech, which is open to the public, is &#34;Happiness around the World: Happy Peasants, Miserable Millionaires, and Questions for Policy.&#34;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Washington and Lee Receives $1 Million in Second Hughes Grant]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/05/25/washington-and-lee-receives-1-million-in-second-hughes-grant/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has selected Washington and Lee University as one of 47 small colleges and universities in the country to share in grants totaling more than $50 million.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has selected Washington and Lee University as one of 47 small colleges and universities in the country to share in grants totaling more than $50 million.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Art in Science on Display at W&amp;L&#39;s Kamen Gallery]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/04/27/art-in-science-on-display-at-wls-kamen-gallery/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-04-27, 12:16:49 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Apr 27</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Images highlighting the work of Washington and Lee University alumni who are scientists form an unusual art exhibit in the University&#39;s Kamen Gallery, opening April 30 and continuing through May 17.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Images highlighting the work of Washington and Lee University alumni who are scientists form an unusual art exhibit in the University&#39;s Kamen Gallery, opening April 30 and continuing through May 17.]]></content:encoded>
		<image><![CDATA[<img width="80" height="80" src="http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/files/2012/04/gaiteri-e1335443763924-80x80.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="A self-portrait of the brain by Washington and Lee alumnus Chris Gaiteri in a 3D diffusion-weighted tensor image (MRI)." />]]></image>
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		<title><![CDATA[Antique Scientific Instruments Show How W&amp;L Students Used to Learn]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2011-11-27, 16:02:05 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Nov 27</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An exhibit of 19th-century scientific instruments on the main floor of the Leyburn Library at Washington and Lee University shows how students used to study physics, chemistry, mathematics, surveying and other scientific disciplines. Yolanda Merrill, humanities librarian and associate professor, originated the idea for the exhibit after noticing similar instruments on display in the library&#39;s [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[An exhibit of 19th-century scientific instruments on the main floor of the Leyburn Library at Washington and Lee University shows how students used to study physics, chemistry, mathematics, surveying and other scientific disciplines. Yolanda Merrill, humanities librarian and associate professor, originated the idea for the exhibit after noticing similar instruments on display in the library&#39;s [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lauren Acker &#39;12, Daniel Hsu &#39;14 Named Generals of the Month]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2011-11-15, 19:20:00 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Nov 15</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Cline]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington and Lee University students Lauren Acker and Daniel Hsu will be recognized at the Generals of the Month presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 12:10 p.m. in the Marketplace in Elrod Commons. Lauren Acker, a senior from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is majoring in sociology and anthropology with an emphasis on anthropology. &#160;She belongs to [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Washington and Lee University students Lauren Acker and Daniel Hsu will be recognized at the Generals of the Month presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 12:10 p.m. in the Marketplace in Elrod Commons. Lauren Acker, a senior from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is majoring in sociology and anthropology with an emphasis on anthropology. &#160;She belongs to [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brain Workshop at W&amp;L Targets Kindergartners]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2011-04-14, 12:00:00 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Apr 14</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington and Lee faculty and students provide a lesson on the brain to local kindergartners as part of Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant.]]></description>
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