Steven L. Teitelbaum, M.D., the Messing Professor of Pathology and Immunology in the School of Medicine, addresses the audience during a session of the annual meeting of the American Assocation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific organization, Feb. 16-20 in downtown St. Louis. Looking on is James W. Davis, Ph.D., professor emeritus of political science in Arts & Sciences and director of the Richard A. Gephardt Institute for Public Service. More than 30 WUSTL faculty, staff and administrators participated in the conference, which attracted thousands of top scientists, science policy experts, educators and journalists.
Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, speaks on “Man the Hunted and the Evolution of Sociality” during an AAAS news conference.
A replica of one of the two rovers exploring Mars was part of the WUSTL display in the AAAS exhibit hall.
Graduate student Elizabeth Berkes (right) explains the ins and outs of WUSTL undergraduate biology laboratory research to Jenny Brian of Arizona State University.
Ursula W. Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, delivers her plenary lecture on “The History of Nature: Why Aren’t We Teaching It in Our Schools?”