Heart disease fighter may also help block Alzheimer’s
A receptor that removes cholesterol from the blood also may reduce the formation of brain plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease, suggest researchers at the School of Medicine.
Starting a new chapter
Robert L. Grubb Jr., M.D., professor emeritus of neurosurgery, continues to be an active member of the University community, seeing outpatients in clinics three days a week, serving as the principal neurosurgical investigator on a major multicenter clinical trial and working on a history of the Department of Neurosurgery in honor of its upcoming centennial in 2011.
Levey named director of Hillel
Jacqueline “Jackie” Ulin Levey has been hired as the executive director of St. Louis Hillel at Washington University.
Trustees elect new member
At its winter meeting Dec. 4, the Board of Trustees elected Andrea J. Grant, J.D., a prominent Washington D.C. attorney, to the Board, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.
December ceremony
Gary C. Dollar, president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Greater St. Louis, delivers remarks at the December Degree Candidate Recognition Ceremony in Graham Chapel Dec. 5. Looking on is Grand Marshal Robert E. Wiltenburg, Ph.D. (center), dean of University College in Arts & Sciences, and Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, who gave the Chancellor’s Message to the degree candidates.
Chancellor promotes three to key academic offices
Three academic appointments have been announced by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.
Winter wonderland
Photo by David KilperDespite the un-winter-like temperatures in early December, Mudd Field turned into a winter playground Dec. 1. Students skated on a temporary “ice” surface, a 30-by-40-foot plastic sheet designed to accommodate real skates.
Grants available to support Brookings, WUSTL collaborations
The Brookings Institution and Washington University’s Academic Venture Capital Fund is seeking proposals from fellows, faculty, staff, centers, institutes and programs at both institutions.
WUSTL women printmakers exhibit at the School of Law
Photo by Mary ButkusEight women printmakers, all faculty or alumni from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, installed a series of artworks in the School of Law’s Anheuser-Busch Hall.
Of note
Nathan A. Baker, Ph.D.,
Michael R. Brent, Ph.D.,
Philip Burkhardt and Brendan Wittstruck,
Robert Criss, Ph.D., and more…
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