2009 Spector Prize goes to Kraft, Ye
Each year, the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences awards a prize in memory of Marion Smith Spector, a 1938 WUSTL graduate who studied zoology under the late Viktor Hamburger, Ph.D., professor of biology and a prominent developmental biologist who made many important contributions while a faculty member at the University. This year, the […]
Proctor, Gordon to be honored with 2009 faculty achievement awards
Enola K. Proctor, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of mental health services research and the social work profession, and Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D., whose groundbreaking studies have revealed the contributions of gut microbes to human health and disease, will receive Washington University’s 2009 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced.
WUSTL works to eliminate motor vehicle idling on Danforth Campus
The Washington University Police Department and Parking and Transportation Services are partnering to increase awareness on campus about the importance of eliminating vehicle idling on the Danforth Campus.
A new addition to campus
Photo by David KilperChancellor Mark S. Wrighton (right) plants a tree, a Swamp White Oak, in front of Brookings Hall with students April 22 to celebrate Arbor Day/Earth Day.
Thank you, Mrs. Mueller
Photo by Whitney CurtisSenior Sonalee Ravi (left), a chemistry major in Arts & Sciences, visits with her former teacher, Sandra Mueller (center), and Leonard Green, Ph.D., professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, during the 2009 Cornerstone Mentor Awards presentation April 19 in Holmes Lounge.
Trustees hear report on endowment, investments
At its spring meeting, the Board of Trustees received reports on the endowment, investments, and budgets for the 2009-10 fiscal year. Reports also were delivered by the undergraduate and graduate student representatives.
New tool calculates risk of bleeding in heart attack patients
With eight basic medical facts in hand, doctors can now estimate the risk of bleeding for a patient having a heart attack.
Brain damage found in cognitively normal people with Alzheimer’s marker
Researchers have linked a potential indicator of Alzheimer’s disease to brain damage in humans with no signs of mental impairment.
Medical students to benefit from two new simulation centers
School of Medicine students have two new state-of-the-art simulation centers in which they can get hands-on clinical training.
Faculty donate textbooks to hospital in Sudan
School of Medicine clinical faculty and staff recently collected more than 1,500 medical textbooks to be donated to a hospital in Sudan.
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