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School of Medicine cardiology researcher Anthony J. Muslin, M.D., has been named the Oliver M. Langenberg Distinguished Professor of the Science and Practice of Medicine.

Patty Jo Watson, Ph.D., Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor and professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, was recently awarded the Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology from the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA).

Carol Vizzier, J.D., has been appointed director of Career Services and Public Interest, announced Kent D. Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A. H. Shepley University Professor.

The Internal Revenue Service suggests taxpayers wanting to claim the higher education tuition and fees deduction wait until mid-February to file their 2006 taxes.

The award is the “Distinguished Higher Education/Community Service Award” from the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. State Celebration Commission.

With a stated United Way Campaign goal of $540,000, to date the University has raised more than $542,000.

Arye Nehorai, Ph.D., the Eugene and Martha Lohman Professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Signal Processing Society (SPS) 2007 Technical Achievement Award.

The Top 10 finish came in the paper-recycling category as part of the annual Environmental Protection Agency-sponsored RecycleMania program.

Courtesy photoDaniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)Cutting-edge composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) and the string quartet section (SQ Unit) of his band, DBR & THE MISSION, will celebrate Black History Month with a rare performance of DBR’s A Civil Rights Reader at Washington University’s Edison Theatre Jan. 26.

Nine inductees will enter the University’s Sports Hall of Fame Jan. 26. Later that night, the 12th induction class will be recognized at halftime of the 6 p.m. women’s basketball game against Brandeis University in the Athletic Complex.