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Washington People: Kathy Grange

For Kathy Grange, MD, every day is a professional adventure, solving medical mysteries and pursuing diagnoses of rare diseases. A professor of pediatrics, Grange is director of the Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics.

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Trustees meet, discuss graduate and professional education

The Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 4 focused on graduate and professional education, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The board also elected a new trustee. Distinguished alumnus F. Gilbert Bickel III (BSBA ’66), a senior vice president with Wells Fargo Advisors, was elected as a new Ethan A.H. Shepley Trustee.

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Burroughs Wellcome Fund recognizes two medical researchers

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has recognized two researchers at the School of Medicine for their studies in pulmonary medicine and cardiology. The two — among 14 scientists selected nationally to receive the BWF 2015 Career Award for Medical Scientists — are Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD, and Kory J. Lavine, MD, PhD (left).

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Calendar Highlights

Noon Monday, Dec. 7

‘Importance of personality for health’

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12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7

Academic Women’s Network discussion on negotiating

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2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7

Global Certificate Program presentations

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10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 8-9

Bear Necessities annual holiday sale

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WUSTL Campus Voices

Scientist discusses how electric eels tase their prey

Biologist Bruce A. Carlson, PhD, of Arts & Sciences, describes in Current Biology the long history of attempts to understand how electric eels evolved the ability to deliver such tremendous shocks that their prey was reduced to quivering jelly.

Announcements

New Wendt Fellowships aim to boost urban education

The Brown School’s new Wendt Fellowship Program in St. Louis School Leadership provides full-tuition financial support and transdisciplinary training to up-and-coming leaders in education reform. Register for a Google Hangout from 6-7 p.m. today or visit the Brown School website to learn more.

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Notables: Faculty, Staff and Studet News & Achievements

John Fortner, PhD, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, received the 2015 Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Emerging Investigator Award.​
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