Koepnick, Harper new faculty fellows in Danforth House
Photo by Bill StoverLutz Koepnick, Ph.D., professor of German in Arts & Sciences, and Jana Harper, senior lecturer in book arts in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, are the newest members of the faculty fellows program in the South 40.
‘Metabolic City’ explores visionary architecture of the 1960s
Courtesy ImageBeginning Friday, Sept. 18, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present “Metabolic City,” an exhibition surveying work by 1960s avant-garde artists and architects.
Two more genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s found
School of Medicine scientists have helped a team identify two more genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease.
Low vitamin D raises heart disease risks in diabetics
Low levels of vitamin D are known to nearly double the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, School of Medicine researchers learned.
Second cycle of grants supports patient research
Twenty-four research groups have received funding through a jointly funded Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program.
Sleckman named Conan Professor
Barry P. Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine.
Celebrating America’s women physicians
Photo by Robert BostonArts & Sciences senior Sarah April talks with Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D., as they look at the “Changing the Face of Medicine” exhibit at the Bernard Becker Medical Library.
The celebrated deanship of M. Kenton King, MD
A quiet leader: M. Kenton King says that he “just wanted to do a good job.”M. Kenton King’s 25-year tenure as dean of Washington University School of Medicine stands as a hallmark in academic medicine. And his influential tenure is still being honored.
WUSTL’s new Arts & Sciences dean to be installed as the Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
Gary S. Wihl, Ph.D., who joined Washington University in St. Louis July 1 as dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, will be installed as the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities during a 4:30 p.m. ceremony Sept. 16, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. Wihl, who also is a professor in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences, came to WUSTL from Rice University, where he was dean of its School of Humanities and the Francis Moody Newman Professor of the Humanities.
Mutharika to be installed as Nagel Professor Sept. 14
A. Peter Mutharika, J.S.D., will be installed as the Charles Nagel Professor of International and Comparative Law at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 309. Mutharika is on leave from the University serving his native country of Malawi. In June 2009, he was appointed to the presidential cabinet as minister of justice […]
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