Newsroom Stories

Jeffrey MarlowJeffrey J. Marlow, a senior in Arts & Sciences, is one of 20 students nationwide named to the 2007 All-USA College Academic First Team, USA Today’s recognition program for outstanding undergraduates. Two other Washington University students were named to the third team and one student received honorable mention, resulting in WUSTL tying with the University of Alabama for the most students selected in the newspaper’s competition.

Bracey”The situation does not look good for Michael Vick and his co-defendants,” says Christopher A. Bracey, associate professor of law and of African and African-American studies at Washington University in St. Louis. “Vick’s indictment on charges related to dog fighting contains multiple allegations of overt acts, and only one needs to be proven in order to sustain a conviction.” Bracey says that this indictment raises a number of cultural and legal questions. He is following the case and is available for interviews.

A spoken word piece on hepatitis B created by a WUSTL medical student and a recent graduate is part of a national education campaign by the national Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association.

A new two-week Summer Institute in U.S. Law for international students July 22-Aug. 3 at the School of Law will draw undergraduate law students from several countries.

Speaking before a recent United Nation’s General Assembly on “Civilizations and the Challenge for Peace: Obstacles and Opportunities,” Washington University’s Fatemeh Keshavarz told global diplomats that academic communities have a special duty to help dispel the cultural misunderstandings that so often fuel clashes between nations.

Photo by David KilperSeventeen students from six area schools comprised the inaugural class of the Sam Fox School’s new K-12 architecture program.

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.