Bioenergy conversion pathways subject of Kranz’s NIH grants
Robert G. Kranz, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study pathways in bioenergy conversion. The first, for $1,203,250, is a long-term NIH R01 renewal that began Aug. 1 titled “Cytochrome c Biogenesis.” The renewal award means that NIH has funded […]
Dancing for a cause
Photo by Whitney CurtisJunior Kelley Greenman (left) and seniors Shaina Goodman and David Israel dance during the record-breaking Dance Marathon Nov. 3 in the Athletic Complex.
Children’s asthma may be prevented by blocking effects of viral infections, say WUSTL researchers
Babies who get severe respiratory viral infections are much more likely to suffer from asthma as they get older. Now School of Medicine researchers have pinpointed a key step in the development of asthma in mice after a severe respiratory infection. They suggest that medications designed to interfere with this mechanism could potentially prevent many […]
How research can impact business: Olin School launces contest
The Olin Business School is launching a competition to honor an Olin faculty member whose research has the greatest potential to advance business and management practice. The “Olin Award: Recognizing Research That Transforms Business” includes a $10,000 honorarium. Faculty research submissions were solicited in August, and the submissions will be reviewed by 11 senior corporate […]
Auslander named Barbara A. Bailey Professor
Wendy Auslander, Ph.D., has been named the Barbara A. Bailey Professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Auslander is the third holder of this professorship, succeeding Arlene R. Stiffman, Ph.D., and Aaron Rosen, Ph.D. “Thanks to the generosity of our distinguished alumna, the late Barbara Bailey, Wendy Auslander can continue carrying on […]
Financial chief
Photo by David KilperBarbara Feiner keeps WUSTL’s fiscal matters in order
Schlanger testifies before House subcommittee
Margo Schlanger, J.D., professor of law, testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Nov. 9. She testified during a hearing titled “Review of the Prison Litigation Reform Act: A Decade of Reform or an Increase in Prison and Abuses?” In her testimony, Schlanger discussed how the Prison Litigation Reform […]
Annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Event at Campus Store Nov. 28
The Campus Store will hold its 10th annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Event Nov. 28 and will offer a 30 percent discount to WUSTL faculty and staff members from 3-8 p.m.
Preserving computer history
This team of researchers restored the Laboratory Instrument Computer (LINC) — recognized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society as the world’s first interactive personal computer — for display at the 10th Vintage Computer Festival Nov. 3-4 in Mountain View, Calif.
WUSTL researchers to install seismographs in Antarctica
A team of WUSTL seismologists, led by Douglas A. Wiens, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences, will soon go to remote regions of Antarctica to place seismographs and learn about the earth beneath the ice. The location of their field camp, called AGAP-South, never before has been visited by humans.
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