Author: Jessica Daues

Facilities Planning and Management gives an overview of major construction, including two parking garages, University Center and the School of Law/Social Sciences building.

The 30th anniversary-season, which begins in January, features Ain’t Misbehavin’, Crossin’ Over, Gem of the Ocean, The Dance of Widow’s Row and Guys and Dolls.

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Photo by Mary ButkusRepresentatives from the University met with members of the surrounding community for a Report to the Neighbors at the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Nov. 1.

Herbert B. Zimmerman, M.D., a retired assistant professor of clinical medicine, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center of congestive heart failure. Zimmerman earned a degree from the School of Medicine in 1951. He was principal investigator at the medical school for the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial in the 1970s, which showed that treating risk factors could reduce the death rate of coronary heart disease. Earlier this year, he was given the distinguished service award from the Department of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

With the league title — WUSTL’s 18th since the UAA’s inception 20 years ago — the Bears improved to 33-1, extended their winning streak to 25 matches and gained the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, which begins at WUSTL today.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Nov. 1-7. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Nov. 3 3:52 p.m. — A person […]

Ken Yamaguchi, M.D., professor of orthopaedic surgery, was elected to the board of directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He will serve the academy as member-at-large. … Robert Pless, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a $70,845 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “CAREER: Passive Vision — What Can Be Learned by a Stationary Observer.” Contingent upon availability of funds, the grant continues the next year up to 2010 at different funding levels. … Randy Korotev, Ph.D., research associate of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $222,000 grant from NASA for research titled “Origin of Impact Glass in the Lunar Regolith.” … Ramesh Agarwal, Ph.D., William Palm Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has received a three-year, $26,965 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for “Computation of Hypersonic Shock Wave flows of Multi-component Reactive Gas Mixtures Using the Generalized Boltzmann Equation.”

Photo by Chris MitchellAbove is a selection of letters football coach Larry Kindbom has collected for his student-athletes since 1998 and self-published in his “Playbook of Champions.”Instead of getting his team fired up with movies or fire and brimstone, Larry Kindbom, football coach at Washington University in St. Louis, solicits motivational letters from successful people in all walks of life. He has received responses from people such as former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, Vice President Al Gore, Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher, sportscaster Bob Costas and a host of other notables. This year, Kindbom’s taken the responses and self-published a book, “Playbook of Champions,” for his student-athletes. More…

Cynthia White has been selected to receive The National Council of University Research Administrators 2006 Distinguished Service Award. The award is way to recognize members of NCURA who have made sustained and distinctive contributions to the organization.