Author: Ken Duenke

The Record will not be published next week due to Thanksgiving. Look for our next edition Dec. 2.

Photo by Mary ButkusEconomist Ping Wang gives a presentation of his scholarly work during his installation as the inaugural Seigle Family Professor in Arts & Sciences.

Photo by Mary ButkusOlin School Dean Mahendra Gupta greets students after the Undergraduate Business School Council Dean’s Forum.

Beginning this fall, some Assembly Series lectures are available online. Class scheduling conflicts have become an increasing problem for many undergraduates who want to attend the Wednesday morning lectures. The Web streaming will enable them to access a lecture whenever they wish.

Researchers at the Genome Sequencing Center (GSC) at the School of Medicine will lead the sequencing of the genome of maize, more popularly known to consumers as corn. The National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy allocated a total of $32 million for sequencing maize. The GSC maize genome project will receive $29.5 million of that funding.

A combination of brain scanning with a new imaging agent and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis has left neuroscientists encouraged that they may finally be moving toward techniques for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease before its clinical symptoms become apparent.

The Women’s Society of Washington University received a major boost for its scholarship fund with a $100,000 gift from the Danforth Foundation, in honor of Elizabeth (Ibby) Danforth. The scholarship provides full tuition for transfer students from the St. Louis community college system.

He was Al Gore’s counsel during the 2000 election litigation & special counsel for the Department of Justice in the Microsoft antitrust lawsuit.

Photo by Mary ButkusNobel Prize-winning economists Kenneth Arrow and Douglass North chat on the occasion of Arrow’s presentation at the University Oct. 21.

Photo by Joe AngelesKaren L. Tokarz, professor of law, receives a Distinguished Faculty Award from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton at the Founders Day celebration Nov. 5.