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At recent Board of Trustees meetings, the following faculty members were promoted with tenure, appointed with tenure or granted tenure effective July 1, 2007, unless otherwise noted. Promotion with tenure Mark Alford, to associate professor of physics Paul F. Austin, to associate professor of surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007 Nathan A. Baker, to associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, effective July 1, 2006, with tenure effective Dec. 1, 2006 Thomas J. Baranski, to associate professor of medicine Joe E. Barcroft, to associate professor of Spanish and secondary learning acquisition Perry E. Bickel, to associate professor of medicine Christopher A. Bracey, to professor of law Lingchei Letty Chen, to associate professor of Chinese language and literature Zhoufeng Chen, to associate professor of anesthesiology, effective Feb. 1, 2006, with tenure effective Dec. 1, 2006. Michael R. Chicoine, to associate professor of neurological surgery, tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006 Matthew B. Dobbs, to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007, with tenure effective March 2, 2007 Matthew Erlin, to associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures Timothy A. Graubert, to associate professor of medicine Robert O. Heuckeroth, to associate professor of pediatrics, effective Sept. 1, 2006 with tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006 Catherine C. Keane, to associate professor of classics F. Scott Kieff, to professor of law Henric Krawczynski, to associate professor of physics Katharine Kuharic, to associate professor of art William R. McKelvy, to associate professor of English Andrew Rehfeld, to associate professor of political science Rick W. Wright, to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007, with tenure effective March 2, 2007 Appointment with tenure Jeffrey F. Peipert, as professor of obstetrics and gynecology and as vice chairman of clinical research in obstetrics and gynecology, effective Jan. 1, 2006, with tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006 Granting of tenure Allan Doctor, as associate professor of pediatrics, effective Oct. 6, 2006 Hong Liu, as associate professor of finance

School of Medicine scientists have developed an apparatus designed to precisely target radiation therapy on a tumor that may move with breathing.

Photo by Kevin Lowder(From left) Junior Genna Steinberg, freshman Jasmine Taylor and junior Jessica McLean, members of the WUStyle Step Team, perform at Jive-a-licious March 28 in Graham Chapel.

The Department of Athletics will host its 15th Annual W Club Golf Scramble June 11 at the Meadowbrook Country Club in Ballwin, Mo.

The John M. Olin School of Business recently hired Karen Branding, EMBA ’03, as associate dean and director of marketing and communications and Dorothy Kittner, MBA ’94, as director of corporate relations.

The School of Law is hosting the Philip D. Shelton Symposium titled “A Higher Sense of Purpose: Access to Higher Education and the Professions” from 1-4:30 p.m. April 12 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The symposium is the final event in the series “A Higher Sense of Purpose,” part of the Danforth Campus naming celebration.

Studying delayed gratification and risk, WUSTL researchers found that people are more likely to wait on collecting full payment for a non-consumable monetary reward than they are for any of three consumable rewards: beer, candy and soda.

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 28-April 4. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Crime Alert On March 28, University […]

John M. Cary, M.D., an instructor in clinical medicine since 1958, died of cancer Thursday, March 15, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. He was 74.

Photo by Kevin LowderMembers of the Catholic Student Center’s Cod Squad (from left) Chris McGee, Patty Navarro and Dan Combest are served cod at the Friday night fish fry March 30 at St. Gabriel Parish in south St. Louis.