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Salvatore P. Sutera, Ph.D., senior professor of biomedical engineering, has been named interim dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, effective July 1, 2008, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

Richard J. Parvis, professor emeritus at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and leader in the area of international social development, died Sunday, Feb. 24. He was 92. A memorial service is scheduled for April 26, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. in Brown Hall Lounge.

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding school service during its annual Alumni Awards Dinner Wednesday, April 30, at the Coronado Ballroom. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards; one faculty member will receive the Distinguished Faculty Award; and one member of the community will receive the […]

By injecting a customized “genetic patch” into early stage fish embryos, researchers at the School of Medicine were able to correct a genetic mutation so the embryos developed normally. The research could lead to the prevention of up to one-fifth of birth defects in humans caused by genetic mutations, according to the authors. Madsen Erik […]

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding school service during its annual Alumni Awards Dinner Wednesday, April 30, at the Coronado Ballroom. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards; one faculty member will receive the Distinguished Faculty Award; and one member of the community will receive the […]

Gerald Early, Ph.D., the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in the Department of English and director of the Center for the Humanities, both in Arts & Sciences, has received a $73,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) Division of Education Programs. The grant will fund “The Impact of Jazz on American […]

The Office of Student Activities is sponsoring a naming contest for the five dining venues to be located on the main level of the Danforth University Center, scheduled to open for the fall 2008 semester. Both undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents of current students and friends of the University are eligible to […]

A leading historian of religion was installed as the first Stella Koetter Darrow Professor in Catholic Studies in Arts & Sciences March 18 in Holmes Lounge. Daniel M. Bornstein, Ph.D., joined Washington University last fall with a joint appointment in religious studies and history, both in Arts & Sciences. He is a scholar whose broad […]

Michael Spivey has been named the new assistant dean for career services, strategy and marketing at the School of Law, announced Kent D. Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. Spivey, associate director for admissions at Vanderbilt Law School, was named to the position at the University after a national search conducted […]

The women’s track team outlasted the University of Chicago to capture its eighth straight University Athletic Association (UAA) Outdoor Championship April 20 in Chicago. The Bears finished the two-day meet with 259 points, while Chicago compiled 243.5 team points. The men’s team finished fourth out of seven teams at the meet. Junior Danielle Wadlington was […]