A leg up

Photo by Kevin LowderRichard Ayres, a dancer and choreographer with Paul D. Mosley Dance Inc. in New York, works with fellow company member Lanileigh Ting during a recent master class with the dance program in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

Sam Fox teams take honors in mall contest

Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis, Hillary Petrie and Tyler Survant”Interface”Three teams from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts took top honors in the St. Louis Gateway Mall Follies Ideas Competition. Sponsored by the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the competition sought to generate innovative and unexpected ideas for the Gateway Mall downtown. Projects would serve as “visual anchors” for the area while helping to guide public movement along the Mall to the Gateway Arch.

Experts to discuss alcohol’s effects throughout life at Guze symposium

Alcoholism experts from around the United States will present their research at the 7th Annual Samuel B. Guze Symposium on Alcoholism at the Eric P. Newman Education Center from 8 a.m-5:30 p.m. Feb. 15. This year’s event at the School of Medicine focuses on “Alcohol Use Across the Lifespan.”

Construction Update

Work is steadily progressing on three major Danforth Campus construction projects.

New site for student businesses

StEP, the Student Entrepreneurial Program on the Danforth Campus, has a newly designed Web site organizers hope will attract more students to take advantage of the unique opportunity to operate and own a business while in school.

Old site, new partners

Courtesy PhotoAhmet T. Karamustafa, Ph.D., associate professor of history, of religious studies and of Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern studies, all in Arts & Sciences; Risa Zwerling Wrighton, wife of Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton; and Olin School of Business alumnus Seckin Sürücü (’01) in front of the Blue Mosque, among the most important sites in Istanbul, Turkey. The three were part of a group of University administrators, including Chancellor Wrighton, who recently visited three Turkish universities to gauge interest in partnering with the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
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