Author: Michael Smick

A few years ago, when David Browman, PhD, professor of archaeology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, read his graduate student’s thesis on the early figures in Americanist archaeology, he immediately asked, “Where are all the women?”

Four WUSTL faculty members were recognized for their accomplishments during the Faculty Achievement Awards ceremony Dec. 7 in Simon Hall. (From left) David M. Holtzman, MD, and Randall J. Bateman, MD, received the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. James V. Wertsch, PhD, and Richard H. Gelberman, MD, received the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award and the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award, respectively.

Washington University in St. Louis students delighted their Clayton neighbors by singing holiday carols last weekend. Afterward, the students gathered to warm up with hot cocoa.

Robert (BS ’60, MBA ’62) and Barbara Frick have made a $5 million commitment to support the Washington University Olin Business School’s new building expansion, a $90 million project for two connected buildings – the Knight and Bauer halls – that will add 175,000 square feet and span five levels. The buildings will be dedicated May 2.

Students and faculty in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis have filed an amicus brief on behalf of air pollution scientists in an important environmental case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, EPA v. EME Homer City Generation LP, involves a challenge to the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which seeks to protect the health of citizens of downwind states by placing limits on air pollution that crosses state lines. Electric power companies, several states and local governments challenged the rule as overreaching.

WUSTL experts explore the science of stress and offer practical ways to beat back chronic stress during the hectic holiday season. 

WUSTL physicians say stress management for those suffering from diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia and other conditions. Plus, how much do you know about stress? Take our “stress test” and find out.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2014 Global Diversity Overseas Seminar program. The GDOS program is a staff-development opportunity involving seminar meetings, group discussions and assigned readings culminating in a week-long trip to a country that hosts one of Washington University in St. Louis’ study-abroad programs. Upon return to campus, GDOS participants lead outreach efforts to share what they’ve learned with the WUSTL community. This year’s destination is Ghana. The application deadline is Jan. 8; winners will be announced Jan. 21.

Slowly take five deep breaths. In the latest installment of the Record’s series looking at stress, WUSTL experts offer this and other tips for overcoming stress. Plus, check out a video from South 40 Fitness Center yoga instructor Lynda Anderson.

The Friday, Dec. 6, meeting of the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees focused on the challenges and opportunities for the School of Medicine, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The board also elected a new trustee, WUSTL alumnus Richard P. Mattione, PhD (pictured).