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March 2014 Edition

IN THIS ISSUE:

University News

New recreation center to be completed in 2016

Global Impact Award applications deadline

Jubel gift will create new home for WUSTL’s Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Research

A feeling for success: Hillary Anger Elfenbein

‘Refund to Savings’ tax-time savings experiment has nationwide impact

Siteman Cancer Center treats first patients using MRI-guided radiation therapy

Features

Arts & Sciences undergraduate helps FDA roll out campaign to curb youth tobacco use

Students win top prize in GlobalHack competition

Appellate clinic student victorious in argument before 8th Circuit

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KUDOS:

Jim Beirne; Eric Mumford, PhD; Kathy Steiner-Lang; and L. Lewis Wall, MD, DPhil;

Washington University faculty and staff, have received awards from the Fulbright Program, the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government.

Tom Cohen, PhD, and Amos Danielli, PhD,

post-doctoral research scholars at the School of Medicine and the School of Engineering & Applied Science, respectively, have been chosen to participate in the Pipeline Fellows, a nationally recognized program designed to accelerate the growth of high-performance entrepreneurs.

Regina Frey, PhD,

the Florence E. Moog Professor of STEM Education in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been honored with an Excellence in Teaching Award from Emerson Electric Co. Frey is a national leader in STEM education and in research on active-learning STEM pedagogies.

Gary Patti, PhD,

assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, Genetics, and Medicine in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a 2014 Sloan Research Fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships are given to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars.

University News Sumers Recreation Center will serve entire university community An artist's rendering of the proposed Gary and Rachel Sumers Recreation Center. IMAGE: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson The Gary and Rachel Sumers Recreation Center is scheduled for completion in 2016 and will include a suspended jogging track, a three-court gymnasium, two multipurpose rooms, a spinning studio, and state-of-the-art fitness equipment... more Global Impact Award applications deadline Student and alumni applications are due March 24 for the Global Impact Award in the Skandalaris Center... more Jubel gift will create new home for WUSTL’s Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science A major commitment by the Jubel family will provide the space necessary for realizing the School of Engineering & Applied Science's long-term plans... more

Research A feeling for success: Hillary Anger Elfenbein Professor Hillary Anger Elfenbein Olin School of Business Professor Hillary Anger Elfenbein contributes to students’ successful careers by raising their awareness of emotional intelligence and other interpersonal skills... more ‘Refund to Savings’ tax-time savings experiment has nationwide impact An innovative program developed with the assistance of Washington University researchers helped low- and moderate-income tax filers deposit an extra $5.9 million into savings accounts... more Siteman Cancer Center treats first patients using MRI-guided radiation therapy A new technology developed at Siteman Cancer Center and the School of Medicine allows tumors to be visualized during treatment... more

Features Arts & Sciences undergraduate helps FDA roll out campaign to curb youth tobacco use Daniel Giuffra, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, participates in an FDA news conference. Freshman Daniel Giuffra discussed his anti-smoking work with the Tobacco Free Missouri Youth Advisory Board as part of an FDA news conference... more Students win top prize in GlobalHack competition A team of students from three different Washington University schools took first place in a computer programming competition... more Appellate clinic student victorious in argument before 8th Circuit Third-year law student Matthew DiMeglio successfully argued a case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Washington University School of Law is among a select group of law schools that afford students the opportunity to argue in the nation's second-highest court... more

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