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Over the past year, six faculty and students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts have planned, created and installed a series of large-scale artworks for the Grace Hill Water Tower Health Center, 4308 North Grand Ave.

Sens. Russell Feingold and Norman Coleman chaired a Congressional briefing on Global Service Fellowships in May, which focused on educating Capitol Hill staff on international volunteering. Amanda Moore McBride, Ph.D., assistant professor of social work, research director of the Center for Social Development (CSD) and director of the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, presented testimony on inclusion and effectiveness in international volunteering with colleagues Margaret Sherraden, Ph.D., research professor at the CSD and professor of social work at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and doctoral student, Benjamin Lough. … Michael J. Mueller, Ph.D., associate professor and division director of research in the physical therapy program, received the American Physical Therapy Association’s 2007 Jules M. Rothstein Golden Pen Award for Scientific Writing at the association’s annual conference in June. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of physical therapy. … Lisa Potts, Ph.D., research audiologist in the Department of Otolaryngology, and Sarah King, a fourth-year doctor of audiology student in the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences, were among five students nationwide to receive American Academy of Audiology Student Research Forum Awards at the academy’s annual conference in April. At the conference, Potts, who earned a doctorate in May, presented her doctoral dissertation research, and King presented research from her Capstone Project. Sarah Borton, a fourth-year doctor of audiology student in the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences, was one of two students nationwide to receive a James Jerger Award for Excellence in Student Research for her poster presentation on research from her Capstone Project.

Amy Sullivan Nordmann, a 1994 WUSTL graduate, is the University Athletic Association’s first honoree.

Yixin Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, is one of five faculty nationwide to receive a 2007 Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship. The fellowship is one of the most prestigious awards for young computer scientists, and Chen is the first WUSTL researcher to receive the award.

Executive Vice Chancellor for Administration John E. Klein has been named the ninth president of Randolph College in Lynchburg, Va. Klein begins his term in August.

Matthew B. Dobbs, M.D., has designed a dynamic brace, called the Dobbs brace, to provide advanced treatment to children born with clubfoot.

Aaron Hamvas, M.D., a leading authority on a lethal infant lung disease, has been appointed the first James P. Keating, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics.

Photo by Robert BostonSt. Louis Public Schools students are participating in the Young Scientist Program designed to attract students from disadvantaged backgrounds into scientific careers.

Experts recommend routine eye screening in all infants before they leave the hospital and at all well-child visits. Pediatricians look for abnormalities in the reflex of the eye, the alignment of the two eyes and how well a child responds visually to light or to objects. If your child’s physician suspects a problem, he or she will refer you to a pediatric ophthalmologist for a complete eye exam.

Professors will show teachers how to create biodiesel and use it to race model boats. Participating teachers will be doing these labs in their classrooms during 2007-08 using equipment borrowed from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Washington University. Funding from the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute supports the workshop and the classroom loan program.