Author: Ken Duenke

Photo by Steve StelzerThe University’s Hilltop Campus will be renamed the Danforth Campus, effective Sept. 17.The honor is in recognition of the role that William H. (Bill) Danforth, Life Trustee and chancellor emeritus, his family and the Danforth Foundation have played in the evolution of the University.

WUSTL’s Association of Information Technology Professionals, the National Society for Black Engineers and the School of Medicine were involved.

In recognition of the role that William H. (Bill) Danforth, life trustee and chancellor emeritus, his family and the Danforth Foundation have played in the evolution of Washington University in St. Louis, the Hilltop Campus will be renamed the Danforth Campus, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. An official recognition ceremony will be held Sept. 17, when the new name takes effect.

Michael Douglas, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for research, is leaving Washington University to focus greater energy on family owned businesses outside of St. Louis. Additionally, Douglas announced that he plans to remain a resident of St. Louis and work independently on technology development, intellectual property licensing, startup companies and venture capital investment to spur biotechnology advancement in the region.

The research associate and lecturer in the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences edited The Rock-Art of Eastern North America: Capturing Images and Insight.

School of Medicine researchers identified an alteration in heart cell connections when they studied muscle samples from the heart-transplant patients.

The Dean’s Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor awarded to a medical staff member, includes a $1,000 cash prize.

Photo by Robert BostonA bone-density screening was a recent initiative of the Community Outreach Program of the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science.

In his book The Shame of the Nation, he exposes glaring inequities between schools catering to minorities in dense cities, and predominantly white schools in suburbia.

Garber has authored four books devoted to the Bard; the most recent, Shakespeare After All, makes him more accessible to the common reader.