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Two teams of entrepreneurs have won Washington University’s 2005 Olin Cup. Somark Innovations, Inc. and iMobile Access Technologies, or iMAT, will receive a total of $70,000 in seed funding for their enterprises. An additional $5,000 grant for student projects will be split between two winners: HomeWUrk and Suzanne Shenkman Designs. The awards were announced Dec. 1 at a ceremony featuring Robert J. Skandalaris, founder and chairman of Noble International.

Awards received by Victoria Fraser, Jay Piccirillo and Bradley Evanoff will help the division take a major step forward in educating & training clinical investigators.

He died Nov. 10 of prostate cancer; the survey contributed to a ban on testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere.

ComptonPhysicist Arthur Holly Compton, Ph.D., Washington University’s first faculty member to receive a Nobel Prize (1927), is still getting recognition for his groundbreaking research more than 40 years after his death. The latest acknowledgment comes from the American Physical Society (APS), which has designated Washington University in St. Louis — where Compton did his Nobel Prize-winning research on X-rays — as a site of historical significance to physics. The APS Historic Sites Committee selected Washington University along with four other U.S. sites to be the first listed on the APS’ recently launched Register of Historic Sites. A ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 12 in the Women’s Building Lounge, followed by three talks about Compton beginning at 2 p.m. in Crow Hall, Room 201.

Women’s cross country finishes third nationally The No. 3 women’s cross country team took third place at the NCAA Championship for the second straight season, matching its program-best finish from a year ago. The women were led by junior Beth Herndon and sophomore Tyler Mulkin, who each earned All-America honors. Washington U. totaled 132 points […]

The performances will feature close to 40 student dancers, selected by audition, performing six works by faculty and guest choreographers.

Photo by Robert BostonMedical students honored teachers for distinguished service at the annual teaching awards ceremony at the Eric P. Newman Education Center.

His experience with NASA spans three decades, starting in 1974 and continuing today with the highly successful Mars Exploration Rover mission.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Nov. 16-29. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Nov. 17 2:14 p.m. — A staff […]

In 1989, Kim Donica took a social work position in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. As a small part of her job, Donica was asked if she would work with families whose babies had contracted HIV from their mothers. “When I had this opportunity, I knew working with these […]