Community gathering for Virginia Tech April 19 in Quad
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will deliver remarks, as will Karin Johnes, former director of Greek life and a Virginia Tech alumna.
Obituary: Barr, senior purchasing representative
Pamela A. Barr, senior purchasing representative in the Division of Hematology in the Department of Medicine, died Friday, April 6, 2007, at St. Anthony’s Hospice after a long battle with cancer. She was 54. More…
Obituary: Jacobs, 91
Sydney A. Jacobs, assistant dean at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work in 1967, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at the Gatesworth in University City. He was 91.
It’s a Celebration!
Photo by Joe AngelesOn April 13, Celebration Weekend planners put the finishing touches on the welcome packets that will be given to visiting students attending Multicultural Celebration Weekend this weekend.
Big Read program shows impressive final returns
With the conclusion of The Big Read community reading program, the National Endowment for the Arts offers an online evaluation process.
Chancellor’s message to the community
In the wake of the horrific tragedy that occurred on April 16 at Virginia Tech University, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton sent a message to all Washington University students, faculty and staff.
Rate of metabolic syndrome doesn’t change among HIV-infected people
New HIV therapies have contributed to a decrease in AIDS deaths, but physicians suspected the more potent medications led to symptoms characteristic of metabolic syndrome. However, now researchers at the School of Medicine have found that the rate of metabolic syndrome in HIV-infected patients is virtually identical to that in uninfected people.
WUSTL alumnus receives Pulitzer Prize for history
The Pulitzer Prize for history was awarded Monday to Hank Klibanoff, a Washington University alumnus. Klibanoff, who graduated from Washington University in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in English in Arts & Sciences, and Gene Roberts won the Pulitzer Prize for “The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation.”
May the best M&A win!
WHO: M.B.A. students at the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis.
WHAT: The second annual A.G. Edwards M&A Competition. Students with the best M&A proposal will win $2,000 for first prize and $1,000 for second place.
WHERE: The Knight Center for Executive Education (room 200) located on the Danforth Campus of Washington University.
WHEN: Thursday, April 19 at 6:15 p.m.
Study: Wireless sensors limit earthquake damage
Shirley Dyke (left) and Pengcheng Wang adjust wireless sensors onto a model laboratory building in Dyke’s laboratory. An earthquake engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has successfully performed the first test of wireless sensors in the simulated structural control of a model laboratory building. Shirley J. Dyke, Ph.D., the Edward C. Dicke Professor of Civil Engineering and director of the Washington University Structural Control and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory, combined the wireless sensors with special controls called magnetorheological dampers to limit damage from a simulated earthquake load. More…
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