Of note

Yixin Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received the Early Career Principal Investigator Award from the U.S. Department of Energy. Chen will use his three-year, $298,421 award to develop numerical computation software that can solve large-scale computational problems, such as those arising from ultra-high-speed networks and genetic regulatory networks. … Joy Weese Moll, reference and Web services librarian, recently presented her workshop “Social Software in Libraries” at four locations: the Lewis & Clark Library System headquarters in Edwardsville, Ill.; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; the Southern Illinois Learning Resources Cooperative Retreat at Rend Lake, Ill.; and the Kirkwood (Mo.) Public Library.

Campus Watch

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 8-20. 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. March 9 4:52 p.m. — A call was received from Millbrook #4 regarding a suspicious male who had entered a student’s apartment at this location. The student asked the subject to leave and he did so. he student described the subject as an African-American male, 5’6″, between 20-25 years old, wearing a black puffy coat, black hat and black pants. The subject was apprehended just east of the Millbrook overpass. Nothing was taken from apartment. March 13 3:30 a.m. — A caller reported a fire in a large trashcan outside McMillen Lab. Clayton Fire Department responded to extinguish the fire. Four suspects were seen fleeing from the fire. March 14 10:12 a.m. — A complainant reported damage to a door in Anheuser-Busch Hall that occurred sometime within the past three years. University Police also responded to three lost articles, false fire alarm, two assaults, two auto accidents and one report each of burglary and drug violation.

Annual Cherrick Lecture in Jewish Studies

Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert, associate professor of religious studies at Stanford University, will present the 2007 Adam Cherrick Lecture in Jewish Studies, “Making a Home in the Diaspora: Judaism and the Neighborhood” at 7 p.m. March 21 in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Rm. 204 on the Danforth Campus.

Commercial Use of Names and Symbols

Guidelines for use of the “Washington University in St. Louis” name and other identities on commercial Web sites and other communications vehicles: These guidelines apply to the names and symbols of the University and its entities—schools, departments, programs, offices, groups, etc. As a rule, University names, trademarks, symbols, logos, or images should not appear on […]

University of Tokyo graduate begins prestigious American fellowship

Ryotaro Kato, M.D., has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. He holds a medical degree from the University of Tokyo, which is one of 16 leading Asian universities partnered with Washington University in St. Louis in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, along with two leading research institutions in Israel and two in Turkey.

Jacqueline Tatom

Jacqueline Tatom, assistant professor of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, died Sunday, March 18. She is survived by her husband, Paul Naecker, and their 12-year-old daughter, Theresa Ann Naecker. A gathering will be held in Tatom’s honor at 12:30 p.m. March 19 in the stairway of Givens Hall. A […]

Renaissance students

<img src="/news/PublishingImages/5531_t.gif" alt="Renaissance students This spring, 37 art and architecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts are soaking in history by living and working in Florence and pursuing a curriculum that includes studios, art history seminars and Italian language classes.” height=”255″ width=”175″ />Courtesy Photo/Sketch by Alla AgafonovRenaissance students This spring, 37 art and architecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts are soaking in history by living and working in Florence and pursuing a curriculum that includes studios, art history seminars and Italian language classes.
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