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A new two-week Summer Institute in U.S. Law for international students July 22-Aug. 3 at the School of Law will draw undergraduate law students from several countries.

Sens. Russell Feingold and Norman Coleman chaired a Congressional briefing on Global Service Fellowships in May, which focused on educating Capitol Hill staff on international volunteering. Amanda Moore McBride, Ph.D., assistant professor of social work, research director of the Center for Social Development (CSD) and director of the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, presented testimony on inclusion and effectiveness in international volunteering with colleagues Margaret Sherraden, Ph.D., research professor at the CSD and professor of social work at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and doctoral student, Benjamin Lough. … Michael J. Mueller, Ph.D., associate professor and division director of research in the physical therapy program, received the American Physical Therapy Association’s 2007 Jules M. Rothstein Golden Pen Award for Scientific Writing at the association’s annual conference in June. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of physical therapy. … Lisa Potts, Ph.D., research audiologist in the Department of Otolaryngology, and Sarah King, a fourth-year doctor of audiology student in the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences, were among five students nationwide to receive American Academy of Audiology Student Research Forum Awards at the academy’s annual conference in April. At the conference, Potts, who earned a doctorate in May, presented her doctoral dissertation research, and King presented research from her Capstone Project. Sarah Borton, a fourth-year doctor of audiology student in the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences, was one of two students nationwide to receive a James Jerger Award for Excellence in Student Research for her poster presentation on research from her Capstone Project.

Speaking before a recent United Nation’s General Assembly on “Civilizations and the Challenge for Peace: Obstacles and Opportunities,” Washington University’s Fatemeh Keshavarz told global diplomats that academic communities have a special duty to help dispel the cultural misunderstandings that so often fuel clashes between nations.

Amy Sullivan Nordmann, a 1994 WUSTL graduate, is the University Athletic Association’s first honoree.

Photo by David KilperSeventeen students from six area schools comprised the inaugural class of the Sam Fox School’s new K-12 architecture program.

Over the past year, six faculty and students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts have planned, created and installed a series of large-scale artworks for the Grace Hill Water Tower Health Center, 4308 North Grand Ave.

Matthew B. Dobbs, M.D., has designed a dynamic brace, called the Dobbs brace, to provide advanced treatment to children born with clubfoot.

Yixin Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, is one of five faculty nationwide to receive a 2007 Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship. The fellowship is one of the most prestigious awards for young computer scientists, and Chen is the first WUSTL researcher to receive the award.

Aaron Hamvas, M.D., a leading authority on a lethal infant lung disease, has been appointed the first James P. Keating, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics.

Experts recommend routine eye screening in all infants before they leave the hospital and at all well-child visits. Pediatricians look for abnormalities in the reflex of the eye, the alignment of the two eyes and how well a child responds visually to light or to objects. If your child’s physician suspects a problem, he or she will refer you to a pediatric ophthalmologist for a complete eye exam.