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Photo by Tim ParkerFirst-year medical students learn to work together at the annual Diversity Retreat, sponsored by Student Support Services and the Office of Diversity Programs.

The St. Louis Business Journal has named James E. McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, one of St. Louis’ Most Influential Minority Business Leaders for 2007. He, along with the 24 other winners, will be profiled in the paper’s Sept. 14 issue.

An engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has helped find a way to “cut the chatter” in high-speed machining of aluminum and titanium aircraft parts. Chatter in milling is an instability that arises because the cutting tool vibrates, making oscillating patterns on the work piece. Now researchers including Philip V. Bayly, Ph.D., Washington University Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering, have developed software that predicts when chatter is going to occur as well as the accuracy of the cut.

Both art and medicine have changed drastically since the early 16th century, when the Veronese anatomist Mancantonio della Torre famously conducted dissections with Leonardo Da Vinci. Yet numerous commonalities remain — the appreciation of complexity; the importance of careful observation; the intrinsic understanding of human frailty. Such themes inform the work of Carmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. This fall the School of Medicine will present “Carmon Colangelo: Prints” in its Farrell Learning and Teaching Center.

The School of Law will be introducing an intersession from January 7-11, 2008, allowing upper-level students to take a one-unit short course in a subject that enriches their curriculum. Noted judges, practicing attorneys, professors, and other legal professionals will teach these classes.

Yahoo Inc. has made the Olin Business School and the School of Engineering two of its “Tier One” (core school) recruitment targets for recruiting operations and finance talent. “For many students, Yahoo is a premier company to work for,” said Mahendra Gupta, Ph.D., dean of the business school. “In addition to creating more opportunities for […]

Registration continues for Dance Marathon 2007, a student-run effort to raise funds for and promote awareness of the Children’s Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis.

Photo by David KilperMary Sansalone, dean of the School of Engineering, visits with state Rep. Allen Icet (R-84th), chairman of the House Budget Committee, shortly before her presentation at the BIO Benchmarking program held Sept. 5 in the Knight Center.

Richard J. Smith, Ph.D., the Ralph E. Morrow Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences, will become dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences July 1, 2008, when Robert E. Thach, Ph.D., dean since 1993, steps down, announced Edward S. Macias, Ph.D.

School of Medicine researchers will head a national study of addiction, looking both at genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the problem.