Newsroom Stories

Linda Greenhouse, Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times, will deliver the School of Law’s 2007 Tyrrell Williams Lecture on “The New Supreme Court: Continuity and Change” at 4 p.m. March 7 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall.

Europa, an intriguing moon of Jupiter, could be key in the mystery of the origins of life, said William B. McKinnon, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences.

This month, WUSTL will host the national leadership training seminar for Kesher, the campus program of the Union for Reform Judaism, as well as the national convention for the National Union of Jewish LGBTIQQ Students, a group which seeks to “empower our communities and ourselves through education, support and outreach.”

The men’s basketball team (20-4, 11-3 UAA) held off No. 11 University of Chicago, 79-74, Feb. 24 at the Field House for its eighth UAA title. With the win, the Bears gained the automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Tournament. The Bears, who led 37-36 at halftime, were led by senior Nick Nikitas’ 12 points […]

Carl Frieden, Ph.D, professor of biochemistry and of molecular biophysics, will receive the 2007 Christian B. Anfinsen Award at the 21st Symposium of the Protein Society July 21-25 in Boston. This award recognizes significant technical achievements in the field of protein science. … Junqian Xu, graduate research assistant, has received a two-year, $75,928 grant from the U.S. Army for research titled “Noninvasive Localization of Prostate Cancer via Diffusion Sensitive MRI.” … Elaine Majerus, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $60,000 grant from the Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation for research titled “Study of Characterization of ADAMTS13 and Its Interaction with Endothelial Cells.” … Christina Gurnett, M.D., Ph.D., instructor in neurology, has received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the American Epilepsy Society for research titled “Determination of Seizure Susceptibility Gene Common to Mendelian and Complex Epilepsy.” … Rakesh Nagarajan, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $50,000 grant from Microsoft Research for research titled “Function Express Gold: A caBIG Grid-aware Microarray Analysis Application.” … C.J. Larkin, administrative director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program and lecturer in law, received a three-year, $244,000 grant from the State Department to establish exchanges between Washington University and Kathmandu law schools, and between Washington University and two civil society non-governmental organizations in Nepal. Along with the International Institute in St. Louis, Larkin received an ASC Foundation grant to train and mentor mediators within the immigrant-refugee communities and to develop an Ethnic Mediation Council in St. Louis.

Photo by David KilperRichard L. Axelbaum, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, demonstrates the combustion inside a jet engine using a hypodermic needle and propane fuel as part of the chemistry demonstrations Feb. 19 in The Gargoyle, part of the campus events celebrating National Engineers Week.

Hoal’s firm, H3 Studio Inc., was one of five selected to lead the Unified New Orleans Plan, which will coordinate rebuilding in the city’s 13 planning districts. He’ll discuss his work at 6:30 p.m. March 5 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium.

Mosaic Whispers, the University’s award-winning a cappella ensemble, will celebrate its “Super Sweet 16” anniversary with the release of a new CD during its annual Splash of Color concert 7:30 p.m. March 2-3 in Graham Chapel.

University Libraries is asking faculty, staff and students to complete an online survey to evaluate the Libraries’ collections, services and facilities.

Margaret E. “Peggy” Kremmel, a tax accountant in the tax department, died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at her home in Columbia, Ill., of heart failure. She was 49.