Author: Jessica Daues

Growing up in Maryland, Shanti A. Parikh, PhD, knew early on she wanted to be an anthropologist. But at the encouragement of her p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in;margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} mother, Parikh majored in finance at the University of Virginia. A stint in the Peace Corps following graduation returned Parikh to her original passion and to the area of study that would remain her lifetime focus.

Senior Wandalyn Savala leads a discussion of the play The Giver with sixth-grade students from KIPP Inspire Academy in south St. Louis Jan. 14 at the Danforth University Center. KIPP students were on campus to view a performance of The Giver at Edison Theatre that morning and stayed for lunch and an activity centered around the themes of the play.

The Code of Conduct governs members of the university community: employees, volunteers and those who do business with the university. It states the ethical and legal standards that guide their decisions and actions as community members.

Ramesh K. Agarwal, PhD, the William Palm Professor of Engineering, has been selected to receive two awards from SAE International: the Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson Aerospace Vehicle Design and Development Award, which recognizes Agarwal’s contributions to aerospace engineering; and the Franklin W. Kolk Air Transportation Progress Award, which recognizes Agarwal’s contributions to air transportation through […]

Raymond L. Barber, project manager in Facilities, Planning & Management since 1992, died unexpectedly Dec. 26, 2011, in Urbana, Ill. He was 68. Barber managed or was involved in many important Danforth Campus building projects during his time at WUSTL, including the Knight Center, Whitaker Hall and the installation of a glass dome on the Anheuser-Busch Hall courtyard.

Of note Peter Benson, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received the 2010 Outstanding Transdisciplinary Scholar Award from the Institute of Public Health. … Michael Gross, PhD, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “High Energy Collisional […]

Changing words in Mark Twain’s classic book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is fine as long as the original version still is easily available for readers, says Gerald L. Early, PhD. “We change texts all the time,” Early says. “For instance, we make children’s versions of the Bible, Homer and Shakespeare.”

The following are among the new faculty members at Washington University: Minjung Kyung, PhD; Yuko Miki, PhD; Sowande’ Mustakeem, PhD; and Alvaro Pelayo, PhD.

Cindy Grimm, PhD, and Robert Pless, PhD, associate professors of computer science and engineering, have received a three-year, $512,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “ImageQuest — Citizens Advancing Biology with Calibrated Imaging and Validated Analysis.” … Gerald Izenberg, PhD, professor emeritus of history in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, […]

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