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HEARD ON CAMPUS
“It's an amazing opportunity to be with some of the leaders in the social work and public health fields, people that are on the forefront of making changes where it truly matters. I’m so excited to go to the conferences and hear what they have to say—it’s such a bonus in my education here at the Brown School.”
~ Rachel Smidt, Masters of Public Health student in the Brown School, during an interview on the upcoming Clinton Global Initiative University on March 26
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KUDOS:
Mary Jo Bang,
MFA, professor of English in Arts & Sciences, has written a translation of Dante's Inferno that has been selected as one of the Notable Books of 2012 by the Academy of American Poets.
Shane Brassel,
Executive Chef at the Knight Center in the Olin Business School, recently won the International Association of Conference Centers Copper Skillet Competition in Chicago. He went on to represent the United States at the 10th annual international round of the competition in March.
Gerald Early,
the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in Arts & Sciences, will soon receive a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame in the Delmar Loop. The Walk of Fame honors individuals from the St. Louis area who have made major national contributions to America's cultural heritage.
Ralph G. Dacey Jr.,
MD, the Henry G. and Edith R. Schwartz Professor and chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the School of Medicine, has been awarded an honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The honorary fellowship is considered the college's highest honor.
Jeremy Pivor,
a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been named a Luce Scholar. The Luce Scholars Program is a prestigious fellowship program intended to enhance the understanding of Asia among potential American leaders.
M.J. Warsi,
PhD, senior lecturer in South Asian languages in Arts & Sciences, received the Inspirational Leadership Award at an international conference held recently in New Delhi, India. Presented by the All India Conference of Intellectuals and the School of Educators, the Global Education Awards celebrate individuals and organizations making outstanding contributions to primary, secondary and higher education institutions in India and around the globe. |
Washington University
has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the sixth year in a row. The Honor Roll, organized by the Corporation for National and Community Service, recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities.
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University News
Stephen Xie clears his plate after a meal at one of the campus locations that offers composting as part of university efforts to reduce its waste sent to landfills.
IMAGE: James Byard
Washington University has made strides in becoming more sustainable, from keeping more waste out of landfills to focusing on energy conservation. The university’s data indicate an overall institutional waste diversion rate of about 40 percent for the most recent fiscal year. ... more
Oh, the stresses of the college years: classes, papers, problem sets. A number of undergrads have added to their workloads with the balance sheets, vendor relations and publicity efforts required of small-business owners. We highlight two who have been moved by the entrepreneurial spirit. ... more
Washington University medical students gathered on March 15 to learn where they will spend the next three years in residency. ... more
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Research
Bombus pensylvanicus, a bumblebee, was the most important pollinator in the 1887-1916 network. During the 2009-2010 re-collection, Bombus pensyvlanicus was spotted only once.
IMAGE: Bill Beatty, Visuals Unlimited
With climate change and habitat loss, plant-pollinator networks have weakened greatly from the baseline established between 1887 and 1916. ... more
Washington University Professor Lihong Wang has discovered a way to use light and color to measure oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time. The technology could eventually be used to determine how oxygen is delivered to normal and diseased tissues. ... more
A newly published paper from Washington University School of Medicine researchers is among the first to connect early Alzheimer’s disease and sleep disruption in humans. ... more
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Features
IMAGE: Jeremiah Smith, University of Kentucky
We can apparently learn a lot about human evolution from an eel-like creature with a sucker-shaped mouth. A large team of scientists has decoded the genome of a sea lamprey – one of the few jawless vertebrates that has survived through the modern era. ... more
A pair of extensive, unique collections arrived at Washington University Libraries in recent weeks, their wide-ranging contents anticipated to be of much interest to scholars and others wishing to explore the remarkable literary career of David Wagoner or Alexander Trocchi. ... more
Jeremy Pivor has logged some 55,000 miles pursuing academic interests. From the Mojave Desert to the Big Island of Hawaii to Madagascar, he has witnessed astounding natural beauty. The common denominator, he observed, is the interconnectedness and fragility of life. ... more |
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