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Jackson Nickerson Jackson Nickerson is the Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He joined the University in 1996 and teaches strategic management courses on innovation, management of life science, organizational strategy, and critical thinking. His research focuses on why firms choose different organizational […]

Taking the political pulse of the nation has been the purview of pollsters for decades, but now a new internet site called Civic Science makes it easy for everyone. Software created with the help of a professor at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis allows users to track votes in Congress and compare their views with elected officials across the political spectrum.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are studying military-like techniques to detect and destroy deadly pathogens, including cancerous tumors. Nanoparticles, invisible to the human eye, operate much like a laser-guided missile within the body. They are able to locate and even deliver medication directly to diseased areas with great accuracy in the laboratory. The researchers will soon begin testing the nanoparticles in human clinical trials.

The search for the cause of an inherited form of a rare, aggressive childhood lung cancer has uncovered important information about how the cancer develops and potentially sheds light on the development of other cancers. The finding by researchers at the School of Medicine and other collaborating institutions adds the final link to the chain connecting the gene DICER1 to cancer development.

David Kilper/WUSTL PhotoComputer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand. William D. Richard, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and engineering, and David Zar, research associate in computer science and engineering, have made commercial USB ultrasound probes compatible with Microsoft Windows mobile-based smartphones, thanks to a $100,000 grant Microsoft awarded the two in 2008.

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The Bear Necessities store in Wohl Student Center will be having a final sale April 22 in its current location. The store will be moving this summer to the new Umrath residence hall.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will give a “State of the University” address at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, April 23, in Edison Theatre. For those unable to attend, the presentation will be broadcast live via a link at wustl.edu.

The Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis has been selected to host USA TODAY’s 10th CEO Forum. The Forum will feature an interview with IAC CEO and media veteran, Barry Diller. USA TODAY’s senior media reporter David Lieberman will moderate the event. The Forum, which will take place on campus before an audience of 300 select guests, will be followed by a question and answer period, allowing attendees direct interaction with Mr. Diller and Mr. Lieberman.

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding service to their profession during its annual Alumni Awards celebration at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards and two faculty members will receive Distinguished Faculty Awards.