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KUDOS:
Carey-Ann Burnham,
PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology and of pediatrics in the School of Medicine, has been awarded the American Society for Microbiology/Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Young Investigator Award. Burnham studies the spread and health impact of two bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile, both of which are common causes of secondary infections in hospitals.
Fuzhong Zhang,
PhD, assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has received a Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. The award recognizes an elite group of scientists early in their careers. Zhang is working to find alternatives to petroleum.
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University News
A Brown School student, university officials, trustees and donors break ground on a new Brown School building.
IMAGE: James Byard
The university community celebrated the expansion of the Brown School with a ceremonial groundbreaking on Sept. 24... more
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum announces a season that will include Japanese architecture, 19th-century landscape, contemporary video art and the African-American experience... more
Washington University once again has strong representation in the prestigious Fulbright program, with 12 current or recent students receiving scholarships to teach or research abroad... more
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Research
Researchers Nancy Duan, Michelle Liberton and Lingxia Zhao are members of a team that has taken the first steps toward inserting the genes needed to fix nitrogen into the cells of crop plants.
IMAGE: James Byard
Washington University biologists are undertaking an ambitious project to engineer tiny nitrogen-fixing devices within photosynthetic cells... more
Anne Marie Knott, PhD, professor of strategy at Olin Business School, has developed a measurement to link a company’s research and development productivity to its market value... more
Researchers in the School of Medicine have launched the first clinical trial to test whether giving new drug treatments before dementia occurs can prevent Alzheimer’s... more
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Features
The WUSTL reader is a free mobile app that collects in a single place the compelling stories and content that set Washington University apart.
IMAGE: Courtesy Office of Public Affairs
Washington University has launched a new app for iPhones and iPads that will include stories from the university’s major publications... more
Washington University’s Skandalaris Center provides students with opportunities to explore entrepreneurship, from orientation on... more
Two 2013 School of Engineering & Applied Science graduates have won a total of $275,000 for their med-tech startup, Sparo Labs... more |
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