Campus Watch
The following incidents were reported to University Police May 7-13. 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. May 7 4:51 p.m. — Two staff […]
Quatrano named interim dean of Arts & Sciences
QuatranoRalph S. Quatrano, Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin Professor and chair of the Washington University Department of Biology, has been named interim dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences effective July 1, 2008, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. He succeeds Executive Vice Chancellor Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., dean of Arts & Sciences and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences.
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Violent weather plan
Should it be needed, the decision for implementing the violent weather plan for Commencement ceremonies will be made by 7 a.m. May 16. Major local radio and TV stations will be given the information and it will appear on wustl.edu and announced through campus e-mail.
Excellence in Leadership Awards honor students, campus groups
Undergraduates and student groups who have demonstrated outstanding leadership on campus and in the community were presented with Excellence in Leadership Awards by the Office of Student Activities April 27 in Holmes Lounge. The award categories were student programming, progressive leadership, social justice and values congruence. The awards and their recipients follow: • Best Collaboration: […]
National newspaper honors two WUSTL students
Two Washington University undergraduate students in Arts & Sciences have been named to USA TODAY’s annual all-USA College Academic Teams. Lonia Friedlander, a senior majoring in chemistry and earth and planetary sciences, a Fossett Fellow and a member of the Pathfinder Program, was named to USA TODAY’s Second Team. The Pathfinder Program is a four-year […]
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Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught “red-handed” for the first time
Scientists at the School of Medicine working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes. Researchers were able to examine the immune cells from isolated insulin-making structures in the pancreas known as the islets of Langerhans.
School of Law installs canopy over courtyard
On May 5 and 6, 2008, construction crews raised a massive steel canopy structure up two stories over the School of Law’s Anheuser-Busch Hall using the largest crane in Missouri.
Law professor Troy Paredes nominated to SEC
On May 6, President George W. Bush nominated Troy Paredes, J.D., professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, to serve as commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission. “Troy Paredes is an extraordinary lawyer, teacher, and scholar who cares about well-functioning securities markets,” said Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. “He will make an excellent SEC Commissioner.”
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