Introducing new faculty members
Yehuda Ben-Shahar, Ph.D.,
Peter Benson, Ph.D.,
Pamela Jakiela, Ph.D.,
John Klein, Ph.D.,
Robert F. Krueger, Ph.D.,
Claire Solomon, Ph.D.,
Roy Sorensen, Ph.D., and
Margit Tavits, Ph.D.
Founders Day gala to feature Newsweek editor Jon Meacham
The Alumni Association will commemorate Washington University’s founding at the annual Founders Day ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the America’s Center.
The Ploughman Poet
Photo by David KilperWorkers admire their efforts to restore the statue of Scottish poet Robert Burns, located on the southeast side of campus adjacent to Bixby Hall. The eight-foot-tall bronze statue by Robert Ingersoll Aitken is part of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum collection.
Of note
Da-Ren Chen, Ph.D.,
Philip E. Cryer, M.D.,
W. Michael Dunne, Ph.D.,
Sarah Finger,
Donna B. Jeffe, Ph.D., and more…
Luce Foundation grant underwrites study of ancient Chinese landscapes
Gwen Bennett, Ph.D., assistant professor of art history and archaeology in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $335,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History. The grant will allow Bennett to expand her ongoing fieldwork into the ancient landscape and settlements of the Chengdu Plain […]
A fitting tribute
Photo by Mary ButkusMichael Greenfield, J.D., the George Alexander Madill Professor of Contracts and Commercial Law, and his wife, Claire Halpern, cut the ribbon during the dedication of the Greenfield Classroom in Seigle Hall Oct. 8.
Signs of the times
Photo by Mary ButkusChancellor Mark S. Wrighton addresses students participating in the fall Undergraduate Research Symposium Oct. 25 in the Danforth University Center.
Law school intersession offers intensive study opportunities
The School of Law will hold intersession courses Jan. 5-9, 2009, allowing upper-level students to take a one-unit short course in a subject that enriches their curriculum.
Institute of Medicine recognition goes to Gordon, Holtzman
Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D., and David M. Holtzman, M.D., have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
World Diabetes Day events at the School of Medicine
World Diabetes Day, the global awareness campaign for diabetes, will be celebrated on Nov. 14, 2008. The International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization introduced the campaign in 1991 in response to the alarming rise in diabetes prevalence. The date marks the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, conducted pioneering research that led to the discovery of insulin in 1922.
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