Entrepreneurship proposals sought from faculty
All University faculty members are invited to submit proposals for academic research projects addressing aspects of entrepreneurship in their areas of discipline or cutting across disciplines. Each research project may receive up to $40,000 for each year of work for up to two years. The funding is provided by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Robert and Julie Skandalaris.
New school in Andhra Pradesh provides teaching and research opportunities
Six WUSTL undergraduate students spent this past summer in the village of Andhra Pradesh, India, teaching English to high school students and conducting research projects. The trip, led by Glenn Stone, Ph.D., professor of anthropology and of environmental studies, both in Arts & Sciences, was the first for a WUSTL group.
Children need help to lose weight and keep it off, researchers find
Studying efforts to combat obesity in children, a research team led by School of Medicine investigators has found that children who lose weight are able to keep it off more effectively if they participate in a maintenance-targeted treatment program, although the effectiveness of the maintenance program lessens over time.
University recognized by environmental collaborative
WUSTL’s efforts to create a more sustainable campus were recognized earlier this month when the University was named one of 15 new “Blue Skyways Partners” by the Blue Skyways Collaborative, a collection of public and private entities working to reduce diesel and energy-related air emissions in the central United States.
Humphrey named Ladenson Professor
Peter Humphrey, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the Ladenson Professor of Pathology in the Department of Pathology and Immunology. As the Ladenson professor, Humphrey becomes chief of the newly renamed Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology within the department.
Reviewing the research
Photo by Kevin LowderChancellor Mark S. Wrighton listens to senior Sarah Swinford speak about her internship with the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University during the fall Undergraduate Research Symposium Oct. 13 in the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Sciences Building.
Mackinnon elected to Institute of Medicine
Susan E. Mackinnon, M.D., has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
Of note
Claude Bernard, Ph.D.,
Diane L. Damiano, Ph.D.,
Regina F. Frey, Ph.D.,
Neville Prendergast,
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Memorial service for Schuster Oct. 22
A memorial service will be held in honor of Daniel P. Schuster, M.D., Monday, Oct. 22, from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Eric P. Newman Auditorium.
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