School of Medicine commencement recognizes 109 students

The School of Medicine Commencement Recognition Ceremony May 15 at the Ferrara Theater at America’s Center recognized the academic achievements of 109 students: 80 students earned the doctor of medicine degree; 16 earned a dual doctor of medicine/doctor of philosophy degree (M.D./Ph.D.); and 13 earned the doctor of medicine/master of arts degree (M.D./M.A). Michael V. Drake, M.D., chancellor of University of California-Irvine, spoke at the ceremony about “The Privilege of Practice.”

Unique health repository takes aim at cancer in women

Researchers at the School of Medicine are collecting blood samples, mammograms and other medical data to populate a unique new women’s health repository. This wealth of information will be used to support future research projects focused on breast cancer and breast cancer treatments.

47-million-year-old fossil could shed light on primate family tree

A 47-million-year-old primate fossil, a purported “missing link” between primates and humans, was unveiled this week in New York. The fossil, formally called Darwinius masillae but nicknamed Ida, could, due to it being an essentially whole skeleton, shed light on the construction of the primate family tree, says an expert on primate evolution at Washington University in St. Louis.

Kopp: inequity in education ‘a solvable problem’

Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotoTrustee Maxine Clark (L) presents Wendy Kopp with an honorary degree from WUSTL.Inexperience and time give recent college graduates an advantage in solving the problems of inequity in education in the United States, said Wendy Kopp to the Class of 2009 during the 148th Commencement ceremony at Washington University in St. Louis.

Wendy Kopp’s Washington University 2009 Commencement Address

Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotoWendy Kopp addresses the Class of 2009Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach For America, delivered Washington University’s 148th Commencement address May 15 before a standing-room only audience of more than 15,000 in Brookings Quadrangle. Of the 2,642 graduating students in the Class of 2009, 25 are entering Teach For America — the national corps of outstanding college graduates who commit to teach for at least two years in some of the country’s highest-need schools and become lifelong leaders in pursuit of educational excellence and equity.

Kopp: inequity in education ‘a solvable problem’

Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotoInexperience and time give recent college graduates an advantage in solving the problems of inequity in education in the United States, said Wendy Kopp to the Class of 2009 during the 148th Commencement ceremony. A slideshow of Commencement images is included.
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