Gabby Reuveni, undergraduate, 20

Gabby Reuveni, a rising junior, died Saturday, July 14, 2012, after being struck by a pickup truck while running in Palmyra Township, Pa. Reuveni was a member of the WUSTL women’s cross country and track & field teams.

Grants to spur robust startup culture in St. Louis

Jonathan T.Z Chen, a 2008 Olin Business School graduate and co-founder and chief operating officer of MedPreps LLC, gives a thumbs-up after his company won a $50,000 Arch Grant. Chen is among 11 Washington University-affiliated entrepreneurs to win one of the inaugural grants designed to boost startups.

University College to host Preview Night Aug. 9

University College will host a Preview Night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, in Holmes Lounge in Ridgley Hall. Preview Night provides information on class and program offerings, WUSTL employees’ tuition benefits, admissions requirements and financial aid. Fall semester classes at University College start Aug. 28.

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation has created the Alan Permutt Career Development Award in honor of the late M. Alan Permutt, MD, who died June 10, 2012.

Kastor, Rosenfeld named ACLS fellows

Two WUSTL professors — Peter J. Kastor, PhD, and Jessica Rosenfeld, PhD — have been named 2012 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellows. Kastor, professor of history and American culture studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will pursue research on Creating a Federal Government, 1789-1829. Rosenfeld, associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences, will work on her book Envying thy Neighbor: Pleasure, Identity and Gender in Late Medieval Literature.

Michael Runiewicz named director of Student Financial Services

Michael Runiewicz has been named director of Student Financial Services at Washington University in St. Louis. Previously, Runiewicz was associate director of Student Financial Services. Runiewicz replaces Bill Witbrodt, who retired after more than 20 years of service to Washington University June 30.

Washington People: Stuart Bunderson

Organizations often are thought of as machines, cogs and wheels turning to crank out products or ideas. “But ultimately organizations are made up of people, and people interact in different ways,” says Stuart Bunderson, PhD, the George and Carol Bauer Professor of Organizational Ethics and Governance at Olin Business School.
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