Patient-oriented research gets boost from first cycle of grants
The recently established Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) has awarded its first set of grants to 15 ICTS investigators.
The age of science
Photo by Whitney CurtisNearly 100 scholars from 70 institutions in Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and across the United States gathered March 14 – 15 at the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center for the annual meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes.
Grant recipients
Fifteen projects from a wide range of fields received more than $800,000 in research funds.
MacKeith receives national ACSA honor
Peter MacKeith, associate dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and associate professor of architecture, has received one of three national Creative Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). MacKeith received the award for the design studio “Lighthouses: Adventures on the Mississippi,” which he led in the spring of 2007.
School of Medicine to lead pediatric lung transplant research
The School of Medicine has received a five-year, $3.9 million grant to lead research to improve outcomes for children undergoing lung transplants.
Of note
Katherine M. Grillo,
Kenneth Harrington,
Samuel L. Stanley Jr.,
Samuel A. Wickline, M.D.,
William A. Peck, M.D.,
and more …
Meet your match
Photo by Robert BostonGraduating medical students learn where they will do their residencies at Match Day March 20 in Moore Auditorium.
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Mellon Foundation to help endow interdisciplinary fellowships
Washington University has received a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to endow the “Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry” postdoctoral program in Arts & Sciences, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The $1 million matching grant was awarded shortly after the University fulfilled its own $2 million commitment to endow the program this fall, more than one year ahead of schedule.
Volunteers sought for Oct. 2 vice presidential debate
WUSTL community members wishing to volunteer to help support the vice presidential debate at the University Oct. 2 can apply beginning April 14.
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