Obituary: Janet Lee Rensing, longtime secretary in political science, 60

Janet Lee Rensing, secretary in the Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences for the past 20 years, died Oct. 14. She was 60. As secretary, Rensing managed the political science department chair’s schedule, coordinated department visitors and events and kept the office running smoothly. Rensing worked with many department chairs, faculty and students […]

WUSTL CONNECT debuts

WUSTL CONNECT, a University-wide login system that will allow WUSTL community members to use only one user name and password to access many WUSTL Web applications, launched its first phase last week.

Campus Watch

The following incidents were reported to University Police Oct. 21-27. 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. Oct. 22 12:33 p.m. — The mailroom […]

Pioneer in biomedicine

Photo by Robert BostonJacques Baenziger, M.D., Ph.D., professor of anatomic and molecular pathology and of cell biology and physiology, seems to be hooked on trying new things. That’s why he studies glycobiology, a field that is rife with novelty and uncertainty but also deep with potential for new insights.

Introducing new faculty members

Yehuda Ben-Shahar, Ph.D., Peter Benson, Ph.D., Pamela Jakiela, Ph.D., John Klein, Ph.D., Robert F. Krueger, Ph.D., Claire Solomon, Ph.D., Roy Sorensen, Ph.D., and Margit Tavits, Ph.D.

The Ploughman Poet

Photo by David KilperWorkers admire their efforts to restore the statue of Scottish poet Robert Burns, located on the southeast side of campus adjacent to Bixby Hall. The eight-foot-tall bronze statue by Robert Ingersoll Aitken is part of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum collection.

Of note

Da-Ren Chen, Ph.D., Philip E. Cryer, M.D., W. Michael Dunne, Ph.D., Sarah Finger, Donna B. Jeffe, Ph.D., and more…
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