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KUDOS:
Jenneva Barrett and Michelle Gordon,
students in the master of social work program in the Brown School, have received commissions in the U.S. Air Force as part of the Air Force Health Professions Scholarship Program. Only 11 scholarships were awarded nationwide, and the Brown School was the only institution with more than one awardee.
David E. Vollman, MD,
an instructor in ophthalmology and visual sciences at the School of Medicine, was one of 31 finalists for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal. The award “recognizes a federal employee whose professional achievements reflect the positive impact that a new generation brings to public service.” Vollman, who treats patients at the John Cochran Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Louis, was chosen for implementing a pilot project tracking the results of cataract treatment.
Washington University
has been recognized for its leadership in the Sustainable Land Lab, a partnership with the city of St. Louis, and for furthering sustainability efforts on campus.
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University News
Gerald Early, second from left, with Carole Watson, acting chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, far left, and four other new National Council members.
President Obama has appointed Gerald Early, PhD, the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in the College of Arts & Sciences, to the National Council on the Humanities, the advisory board to the National Endowment for the Humanities... more
The Washington University Military Care Package group’s November mailing marked eight tons of supplies the organization has sent to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan... more
A team of Olin Business School students in the master of business administration program recently won first prize in the annual International Case Competition organized by Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business... more
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Research
Doctoral student Amanda Lough during one of her trips to tend seismographs in Antarctica.
IMAGE: Doug Wiens
A doctoral student and her adviser have discovered that an underground volcano is the cause of unusual seismic activity in Antarctica... more
Faculty members in the Brown School and the College of Arts & Sciences have collaborated in the compilation of a two-volume book, Urban Ills: Twenty-first-Century Complexities of Urban Living in Global Contexts, a collection of research on the challenges and dilemmas facing modern cities... more
Mark Halstead, MD, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the School of Medicine, recommends cognitive rest for children recovering from concussions... more
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Features
Veteran and University College student Ian Smith works with horses in the Pathfinders Initiative, a program developed by his friend and fellow student and veteran Mike Pereira.
IMAGE: Courtesy Photos
University College student Ian Smith is developing low-cost prosthetics; fellow student Mike Pereira has created a program connecting veterans with therapy horses... more
A partnership with an inner-city high school has allowed law students to provide mentoring and law-related educational experiences... more
Five of the seven ventures selected as finalists are student-owned or student-supported... more |
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