Obituary: Fairbanks, 85

Anne Ross Fairbanks, instructor and then assistant professor of health and physical education from 1947-1951, died June 18, 2009, after a brief illness. She was 85.

Of note

Nathan A. Baker, Ph.D., Thomas B. Ferguson, M.D., Daniel E. Giammar, Ph.D., and more…

C.J. Larkin appointed Fulbright senior specialist

C.J. Larkin, J.D., administrative director of the School of Law’s Alternate Dispute Resolution Program and senior lecturer in law, is serving as a Fulbright senior specialist at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. During her summer appointment, she is focusing on various aspects of alternative dispute resolution. The law school has an ongoing partnership with Utrecht […]

From the moon to WUSTL

File PhotoThe University’s role in Apollo 11 is getting recognition this month in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the moon landing July 20, 1969. In this photo taken in 1969, the late Robert M. Walker, Ph.D. (seated, second from left), first director of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, displays photos and lunar samples collected on the mission.

Arthur elected president of IT association

Matthew Arthur, director of incident communications solutions, has been named president-elect of the Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education (ACUTA). Arthur, who will serve as president-elect of ACUTA in 2009-2010, will be president in 2010-11. “ACUTA has always been a great resource for Washington University and higher education as a whole,” Arthur […]

Campus Watch

The following incidents were reported to University Police June 10-July 14. 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. June 12 10:45 a.m. — Three […]

Rockin’ camp

Photo by David KilperLaura Rayhel, a junior majoring in physics in Arts & Sciences, helps students from area middle schools perform a physics experiment with model rockets during the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp, held June 14-26 on the Danforth Campus.
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