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James E. McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, congratulates Vanessa L. Brown at a Dec. 2 reception in the Mallinckrodt Student Center following the December Degree Candidate Recognition Ceremony in Graham Chapel. She is among 740 students who are December degree candidates.

Photo by David KilperJohn S. Rigden, Ph.D., adjunct professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, reviews the recently hung Eads Hall display recognizing physicist Arthur Holly Compton, Ph.D., the University’s first faculty member to receive a Nobel Prize (1927), and his groundbreaking research.

St. Louis Cold Storage CompanyThe Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis is accepting registrations for its 2008 Steedman Traveling Fellowship Competition. Granted since 1925, the biennial Steedman Fellowship is open to citizens of all countries with not more than eight years of experience following receipt of a professional degree in architecture. The competition carries a $30,000 first place award to support study and research abroad — the largest such award in the United States.

The Washington University School of Medicine Arts Commission will open the annual student, faculty and staff art show on January 17th, 2008, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., in the first floor atrium of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center (FLTC). The show will run through February 15th.

The Washington University Molecular Imaging Center has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Cancer Institute. The grant will fund a second cycle of research at the innovative center, where scientists from different specialties collaborate on advanced imaging projects.

The WU Votes committee, led by the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, has invited the League of Women Voters to conduct a voter registration drive Tuesday, Dec. 4. Registration tables will be set up in Mallinckrodt Student Center from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and at the Campus Y from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Individuals will be able […]

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James S. Kemp, M.D., professor of pediatrics, will co-lead a campaign to prevent infant death due to unsafe sleep practices with funding from an $11 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant, awarded to Baltimore-based First Candle, a nonprofit organization promoting infant health, will support a national campaign called “Bedtime Basics for Babies.”

Photo by Robert BostonDenise Wilfley tackles one of the country’s biggest health problems