Excellence in engineering
Photo by Joe AngelesYoung-Shin Jun, Ph.D., assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, is presented the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) 2008 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Achievement Award in Engineering or Applied Science by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.
Personalized therapy for asthma, lung disease could soon be here
School of Medicine researchers have defined a new type of immune response that is activated in patients with severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Their discovery could dramatically improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic inflammatory lung disease.
Carnaghi and Brown recognized by ACPA
Jill E. Carnaghi, Ph.D., assistant vice chancellor for students and director of campus life, and Michael G. Brown, coordinator of the Office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Student Involvement and Leadership, were recognized with awards from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) at its annual spring convention in Atlanta.
Doris named National Humanities Center fellow
John M. Doris, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy in Arts & Sciences, has been named a fellow of the National Humanities Center for the 2008-09 academic year.
Graduates: Don’t despair, says WUSTL careers expert
Students celebrate at Commencement.The graduation pictures have been e-mailed to friends, posted on Facebook and framed alongside family photos perched on bookcases and fireplace mantels. But behind the toothy grin of many college grads lies a worrisome question that flies in the face of this celebrated educational milestone: Where’s my job? Finding one requires the right actions, says a careers expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Arts & Sciences at WUSTL recognizes five distinguished alumni, graduate school dean
Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis recognizes achievements of five alumni and graduate school dean on May 16 in the Jerzewiak Family Auditorium in the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Sciences Building.
Former WUSTL administrator, scholar Merle Kling to be honored at memorial service June 1
A memorial service for Merle Kling, Ph.D., former provost, executive vice chancellor, dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and professor of political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 1, in Whitaker Hall Auditorium on the university’s Danforth Campus. A reception will follow in the Whitaker Hall Atrium.
Chris Matthews’ address to the class of 2008
Transcript of Chris Matthews’ Commencement address to the class of 2008.
Chancellor Wrighton addresses 2,655 graduates of the class of 2008
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton addressed more than 14,000 people gathered in the Brookings Quadrangle for Washington University’s 147th commencement on Friday, May 16. In his remarks, he congratulated the 2,655 new graduates on their many accomplishments, reaffirmed the University’s commitment to diversity and inclusiveness, described some of the University’s aspirations for the future, and closed with a quotation from Albert Einstein: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”
Chinese student group calls for earthquake aid
The WUSTL Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) is asking for campus-wide help and donations for victims of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan Province May 12 and left more than 20,000 people dead and tens of thousands more injured or missing.
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