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Photo by Robert BostonPhysicians cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Northwest Tower, which houses faculty offices.

Joel Perlmutter, M.D., professor of neurology, has received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Huntington’s Disease Society of America for the HDSA Center of Excellence. … Matthew J. Ellis, MBBCH, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $43,412.80 grant from the St. Louis Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. for “The Navigator Project.” … Roberto Civitelli, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $43,200 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for the Shoenberg Chair. … Jeffrey Crippin, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a two-year, $35,750 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Role of Indocyanine Green (ICG) in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease Undergoing Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) as a Predicator of Post-TIPS Liver Failure and Survival.”

David J. Murray, M.D., has been named the Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Professor in the School of Medicine. Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, made the announcement.

David Kilper/WUSTL Photo ServicesNoga Landau as AgnesConservative versus liberal, political versus personal, father versus daughter. Such are the forces at play in civil disobedience, a world premiere drama by Carter Lewis, playwright-in-residence in Washington University’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences. Commissioned by the PAD, the play centers on the relationship between Fred, a conservative justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and his daughter Marlee, a social activist and Manhattan bookstore owner.

Courtesy photoBruce LindseyArchitect Bruce Lindsey — who joined the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts last fall as dean of the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design — will speak about his work at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, as part of the spring Architecture Lecture Series.

Photo by Mary ButkusShanti Nagarkatti (left), Valerie Toothman and her husband Josh Toothman, all students in the John M. Olin School of Business, share snacks at the Super Advertising Bowl Feb. 4 in the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center.

Samuel Bagenstos, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and antidiscrimination law expert, will argue Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services v. Carnahan before Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and the Eighth Circuit on Feb. 12. This case involves a challenge to the Missouri constitutional and statutory provisions that disenfranchise individuals who are under full guardianship, even if they have the capacity to vote.

Two WUSTL researchers are part of a team that hopes to someday develop smart materials called biomimetics that mimic nature.

The public is invited to hear the three appeals cases related to a deportation order, a drug conviction and tax evasion.

Michael T. Marrah, J.D., and Bradley J. Castanho, Ph.D., have been named assistant vice chancellors for research and co-directors of the Office of Technology Management.