Summer STARS
Photo by David KilperDan Giammar, Ph.D., associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, and Nevin Peeples, a senior at St. Louis University High School, look at reactors used to study lead concentrations in drinking water. Giammar is mentoring Peeples, one of 83 high-school students participating in this year’s Students and Teachers as Research Scientists (STARS) program.
International scholar, universal inspiration
Ervin Scholar Fernando Cutz lets no obstacle get in his way — not classes, not an international internship, not even cancer.
From mundane to momentous
Courtesy PhotoHildebolt went from filling teeth to discovering a human species
Two share 2008 Spector Prize
Each year, the Department of Biology awards a prize in memory of Marion Smith Spector, a 1938 WUSTL graduate who studied zoology under the late Viktor Hamburger, Ph.D., professor of biology and a prominent developmental biologist who made many important contributions while a faculty member at the University. This year, the Spector Prize was shared […]
Callaloo workshop presents four prominent African-American writers
Tracy K. Smith, authorFour faculty members from the 2008 Callaloo Creative Writing Workshops will read from their poetry and fiction at 7 p.m. Aug. 6 in Duncker Hall, Room 201, Hurst Lounge. The event is free and open to the public.
Directors’ Cup finish WUSTL’s highest ever
The Department of Athletics finished second in the 2007-08 United States Sports Academy Directors’ Cup Division III standings, as announced by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, United States Sports Academy and USA Today. The second-place finish is the highest in school history and the Bears’ sixth-straight top 10 appearance: 2002-03 (fifth), 2003-04 […]
Ceremony in Singapore
Washington University PhotoChancellor Mark S. Wrighton and WUSTL Trustee David P. Conner present Lee Seng Tee, a director of the Lee Group of Companies, with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree in Singapore June 12. Lee, who is recognized internationally as a successful business executive, major philanthropist and patron of the arts, could not attend the May 16th Commencement ceremony at WUSTL because of health reasons.
Olin helps prepare the next generation of metals industry leaders
The first participants enrolled in the Strategic Metals Management Program — an Olin custom executive program designed to train the next generation of metals industry leaders — graduated June 20 in ceremonies at the Knight Center for Executive Education. The program, offered by the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) in partnership with the Olin Business […]
Steroids in female mouse urine light up nose nerves of male mice
A group of steroids found in female mouse urine goes straight to the male mouse’s head, according to School of Medicine researchers. They found the compounds activate nerve cells in the male mouse’s nose with unprecedented effectiveness. Timothy Holy “These particular steroids, known as glucocorticoids (GCCs), are involved in energy metabolism, stress and immune function,” […]
Bradley named head of proton beam therapy center
Jeffrey D. Bradley, M.D., associate professor of radiation oncology, has been named the first director of the Kling Center for Proton Therapy, a facility for treating cancer patients with a new, highly precise form of radiation therapy. Jeffrey Bradley The center is scheduled to open in summer 2009 at the Siteman Cancer Center. The facility […]
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