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Workers pour concrete to build the nearly 80-foot diameter water feature with a raised platform, which will be the focal point of the plaza in front of the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine.

At the spring meeting of the Board of Trustees, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton reported on a number of recent developments on the Medical, Danforth and North campuses. Trustees also heard special reports from leading medical faculty on several cutting-edge research and clinical projects.

Washington University will test its emergency sirens at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11, as part of a statewide tornado drill. The drill is part of Missouri Severe Weather Awareness Week March 8-12.

Erin Eckstein (center, in blue), graduate student in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, answers questions about her project “Eating Habits, BMI and Caloric Estimation Among Washington University Undergraduates: An Exploratory Study” during the 15th annual Graduate Student Research Symposium Feb. 27 in the Laboratory Sciences Building.

Senior Alex Baron, majoring in philosophy-neuroscience-psychology and in political science, both in Arts & Sciences, has won a prestigious Luce Scholarship. He is one of 18 scholars chosen nationwide.

Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams are headed to the NCAA Division III tournament, which begins this weekend for both squads. The men begin at home as hosts of the first two rounds, while the women travel to Crestview Hills, Ky., to begin their postseason play.

Joseph C. “Bo” Koster, Ph.D., research assistant professor of cell biology and physiology, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, of an apparent heart attack at his home in the Central West End. He was 45.

The Brookings Institution and Washington University in St. Louis announce the first recipients of grants from the Academic Venture Fund, the purpose of which is  to support collaboration between the two institutions, particularly long-term projects that impact research, education and policy. Grants are available in amounts from $20,000 to $50,000. Interested fellows, faculty, staff, centers, institutes and programs can submit proposals by June 1 for review in July 2010. 

Of note Philip Cryer, M.D., the Irene E. and Michael M. Karl Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism in Medicine, will receive the American Diabetes Association’s Albert Renold Award at the association’s 70th Scientific Sessions June 25-29, 2010, in Orlando, Fla. … William Michael Dunne Jr., Ph.D., professor of pathology and immunology, of medicine and of […]

The American Academy of Microbiology has named three Washington University faculty members as fellows: Herbert W. “Skip” Virgin, M.D., Ph.D., Himadri B. Pakrasi, Ph.D., and Michael Diamond, M.D., Ph.D.