Uncategorized

Raymond Arvidson, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, has been awarded the prestigious Lester W. Strock Award for his work in the field of earth and planetary sciences.

Barry A. Siegel, MD, director of the Division of Nuclear Medicine at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2016 National Award of Nuclear Science & History.

The Olin Business School announced that Ruthie Pyles will join the school as assistant dean and director of graduate programs admissions and financial aid.

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff until sunset Thursday, June 16, as a mark of respect for those killed in the nightclub shooting June 12 in Orlando. Read the presidential proclamation. 

Himadri Pakrasi, the Myron and Sonya Glassberg/Albert and Blanche Greensfelder Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences and director of the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability, presented the lead address at the “Sustainable and Affordable Energy Challenge for the World” symposium at Columbia University.

Question: As the world mourns the death of Muhammad Ali, we ask: When did Ali give an address in Graham Chapel?

Claire Ross, a graduate student in Germanic Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to conduct dissertation research.

Amanda Scott, a doctoral candidate in history in Arts & Sciences, is one of 20 winners of the 2016 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. The $25,000 award is among the nation’s most prestigious for doctoral candidates in the humanities and social sciences, with a specific emphasis on questions concerning ethical and religious values.

With a first-place travel award of $50,000, the biennial James Harrison Steedman Fellowship in Architecture is among the largest in the nation for emerging architects. The 2016 fellowship, titled “Adaptation,” centers on how flexibility and adaptive response might be better incorporated into the design process.

Paul Michael Lützeler, the Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, has received the Award for International Exchange from the American Alumni Association of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).