University students, graduates win high-profile fellowships, scholarships

Washington University students and recent graduates in Arts & Sciences have made an impressive showing in their annual quest for prestigious national scholarships and fellowships, including four recipients of the 2003 Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies. “It’s an honor for any institution to place a student in the Mellon program and getting four of these awards in one year is fairly amazing,” said Dirk M. Killen, Ph.D., assistant dean, academic coordinator and fellowships adviser in Arts & Sciences.

Copy cat

Rohn Beardsley discusses his company’s products and services with Judy O’Leary at the Preferred Supplier/Supplier Diversity Fair.

Lights, camera . . . collide!

Richard Loomis and graduate student Dave Boucher work with a laser system.Understanding the mechanisms and physics of a chemical reaction at the most fundamental level could provide valuable insights for the field of chemistry.

Gravity waves

Predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity, gravity waves are expected to reveal previously unattainable mysteries of the universe.
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