Newsroom Stories

This is the last official Record of the calendar year. We will resume regular publication on Jan. 17, 2008. In the event of urgent announcements or breaking news, the eRecord may be e-mailed periodically during the break. The Record staff wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season.

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at WUSTL has announced the recipients of its first annual Faculty Creative Activity Research Grants. Five faculty members from the College of Art and the College of Architecture will each receive $5,000 to support a variety of projects, from publications and video documentary to large-scale public sculpture.

The Washington University School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity Programs will present its annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration lecture at 4 p.m. Jan. 21 in the Eric P. Newman Education Center. Angela E. Oh, internationally recognized author, teacher and public lecturer, will speak.

Photo by David KilperPeter Joy’s dedication and experience benefits both students and those in need.

Tamara L. King, J.D., director of Judicial Programs, has been named president-elect of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs, an international organization that helps to promote, encourage and support student development professionals who have responsibility for student judicial affairs.

Whole-body PET scans done three months after completion of cervical cancer therapy can ensure that patients are disease-free.

Montreal’s acclaimed DynamO Théâtre will launch Edison Theatre’s popular ovations! for young people series with “me me me,” a whirling mix of gymnastics, theater, juggling and mime that tackles perhaps the toughest of all political arenas: grade school. The special one-day-only performance begins at 11 a.m. on Jan. 12 in Edison Theatre.

School of Medicine researchers are seeking volunteers to see whether it’s possible to reduce the progression of atherosclerosis with the malaria drug chloroquine. The human study follows a mouse study that found chloroquine could blunt the progression of plaque buildup in mice that had a genetic predisposition to atherosclerosis.

The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will conclude its fall season with a series of December concerts.

School of Medicine researchers are seeking volunteers with Parkinson’s disease for studies investigating the effects of two drugs.