Author: Ken Duenke

Lihong Wang, Ph.D., became the first Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering in a Nov. 29 ceremony.

Photo by Joe AngelesThe University’s Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2006 now boasts a 10th member: Director of Athletics John Schael (at lectern). Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton made the surprise announcement near the end of the induction ceremony for nine former student-athletes Jan. 26 in the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center.

Social work students launch Grounds for Change, a new gathering place that promotes ecological and green living and fosters dialogue between students, faculty and staff.

School of Medicine researchers receive nearly $15 million to study how genes, viruses and cigarettes contribute to chronic lung diseases such as emphysema.

Harvard physicist Lisa Randall explains how our visible world of four dimensions could be embedded in a higher-dimensional universe at the Assembly Series at 11 a.m. on Feb. 7 in Graham Chapel.

Photo by Kevin LowderA presentation on energy and the environment Jan. 25 was capped off by a display of three fuel-efficient General Motors Corp. cars in the parking lot outside Whitaker Hall.

John G. Roberts Jr., chief justice of the United States, will head the prestigious panel of judges presiding over the finals of the School of Law’s Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Competition. The competition will take place Feb. 6 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The competition finals are closed to the public. Limited seating will be provided for the WUSTL community to view a simulcast of the student arguments. Space in the overflow rooms in Anheuser-Busch Hall will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Steve PettewayJohn G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, will head the prestigious panel of judges presiding over the finals of the School of Law’s 140th annual Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Competition on February 6 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The competition finals on are closed to the public. Limited seating will be available for the Washington University community to view a simulcast of the student arguments. Space in the overflow rooms in Anheuser-Busch Hall will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The arguments begin at 3:30 p.m. Announcements of several specialty awards and the winners of the competition finals will be at 4:45 p.m.

The School of Medicine received $10 million to study new therapies for patients recently diagnosed with HIV and its related complications.

Roberts also will teach a constitutional law class to WUSTL and Saint Louis University law students.