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KUDOS:
Roberto Civitelli, MD,
the Sydney M. and Stella H. Schoenberg Professor of Medicine and a professor of orthopaedic surgery and of cell biology and physiology in the School of Medicine, has been elected president of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. The society is the world’s leading scientific organization for bone health research.
Timothy J. Eberlein, MD,
the William K. Bixby Professor of Surgery, chairman of the Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine, and director of the Siteman Cancer Center, has been inducted into the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as an honorary fellow. The Royal College is one of the world’s oldest organizations dedicated to advances in surgery. Fewer than 400 people have been named honorary fellows since 1670.
Evan D. Kharasch, MD, PhD, and J. Evan Sadler, MD, PhD,
both professors at the School of Medicine, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors medical scientists in the United States can receive.
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University News
From left, Katie Plax, MD, shares a laugh with Ebony Tolliver, Keseina Victor and Kim Donica at a Sept. 25 celebration marking the fifth anniversary of The SPOT.
IMAGE: Robert Boston
Washington University School of Medicine’s Project ARK provides services for those living with or at risk for HIV, and the project’s youth center, The SPOT, works to address health risks for teens and young adults. The center has been chosen to mentor a similar new program in East St. Louis... more
Construction has moved quickly on Knight and Bauer Halls for the Olin School of Business... more
Professor Lihong Wang is working to translate his unique imaging technology directly into the clinic for cancer screening, detection, prognosis and monitoring... more
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Research
Fires, Fuel, and the Fate of 3 Billion: The State of the Energy Impoverished by Gautam Yadama, PhD, examines the impact of relying on fire for cooking and heating.
Professor Gautam Yadama’s book tells an eye-opening, insightful story about energy access in the rural villages of India, where the hunt for safe, affordable energy is often a matter of life or death... more
Professor Merton Bernstein suggests a new standard for courts to determine the constitutionality of surveillance programs... more
Professor Sowande' Mustakeem shares the story of enslaved women transported to America... more
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Features
Haley O'Brien hopes to renovate a 500,000-square-foot factory to grow local tomatoes on The Hill, an Italian-American St. Louis neighborhood with more than 40 restaurants.
IMAGE: Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photos
Haley O’Brien, a dual master’s candidate in architecture and construction management, plans to bring local tomatoes to St. Louis restaurants... more
Aria Finger, AB ’05, is chief operating officer of DoSomething.org, a nonprofit that empowers teens and young adults to engage in community service... more
Members of the university community follow their research goals to the far corners of the world... more |
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