The Locavore’s Destination
Local Harvest Grocery, co-founded by Maddie Earnest, MSW ’93, sates St. Louis’ appetite for locally sourced food.
Of All the Consulates, in All the World
After decades in Foreign Service hotspots, Brian Shukan, JD ’94, now enjoys life as consul general in Casablanca.
Drawing a Volunteer Force
Are you a designer, photographer or painter with a passion for public service? If so, Tegan Bukowski, AB ’10, and her Artist Activists may be looking for you.
London Calling, Twice
UK crowds cheered Kerri Morgan, MSOT ’98, as she medalled in two events at the 2012 Paralympic Games.
WUSTL Alumni: Entrepreneurs Get a “Bounce” in San Francisco
Alumni present and judge two-minute business ideas at an IdeaBounce event in San Francisco.
Alumni Volunteer Spotlight
Mike Perlmutter, BS ’00, MBA ’00, and wife Cheryl, BS ’00, MBA ’05, answer the call and discuss why they volunteer for Washington University.
Washington University’s $80M Loop development moves forward
Washington University in St. Louis this week obtained final approval for the school’s $80 million student apartment and retail project in the Delmar Loop in University City and the city of St. Louis. The construction phase is expected to begin next week as the project moves from plan to action.
Engineering’s Shen receives CAREER Award from NSF
Jung-Tsung Shen, PhD, assistant professor of electrical & systems
engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at
Washington University in St. Louis, has won a prestigious Faculty Early
Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation.
Obituary: Todd H. Wasserman, MD, professor emeritus, 66
Todd H. Wasserman, MD, professor emeritus of radiation oncology at the School of Medicine, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, after a long illness. Wasserman, 66, made important contributions to the field of radiation oncology.
Guggenheim film chronicles life at Washington University in early 1950s
In what is believed to be one of the earliest public works by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Charles Guggenheim, Washington University in St. Louis has unearthed and digitized a slice of academia in the early 1950s called The Second Century. Written and produced by Guggenheim as part of the school’s first major fundraising effort, the 30-minute film — filled with 1950s earnestness — chronicles the attributes of not only Washington University, but also the merits of a university education.
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