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WertschJames V. Wertsch is Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts and Sciences and the director of international and area studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He also holds the position of professor in the Department of Anthropology at the university. Wertsch’s research is concerned with language, thought, and culture. For the past several years, he has focused on collective memory and identity in countries such as Russia and Ukraine, and he is now examining these topics in the Republic of Georgia.

Brief facts about the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, those who will attend and the Academy network.

A list of university partners and corporate sponsors of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.

In addition to a cross-disciplinary Washington University faculty steering committee, an external advisory committee headed by John C. Danforth, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former U.S. senator from Missouri, advises Wrighton, Wertsch and the McDonnell Academy.

A collection of quotes on the Academy.

Addressing poverty, famine, infectious diseases, international conflict and other world problems is the mission of a new global education and research initiative announced today by Washington University in St. Louis and a partnership of top foreign universities and multinational corporations. Launched with a $10 million endowment commitment from John F. McDonnell and the JSM Charitable Trust, the McDonnell International Scholars Academy creates a growing worldwide network of scholars, researchers and business and governmental leaders.

McNaughtonAppointed to his current role in 2005, Mr. McNaughton is responsible for driving innovation and growth internationally, and oversees strategically important corporate relationships. He serves on the boards of Samsung Corning Company, Ltd. and Samsung Corning Precision Glass Company, Ltd., and is proposed as a director of Eurokera S.N.C. and Cormetech, Inc

Dr. Das is a founder of TranSwitch Corporation in Shelton, CT, which started operation in 1989, and is the president and CEO of the company. DasPrior to TranSwitch Corporation, he held various positions, including president of Spectrum Digital Corporation, a telecommunications equipment company, where he worked from 1986 through August of 1988. Before joining Spectrum, he held various executive positions, including director, Applied Technology Division of ITT Corporation’s Advanced Technology Center in Shelton, CT.

A drug potentially able to prevent breast cancer in high-risk women is the subject of a new clinical study at the School of Medicine. The drug, called exemestane, belongs to a new class of breast-cancer drugs called aromatase inhibitors.

Courtesy photoMichael MartoneAcclaimed fiction writer and essayist Michael Martone, the visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Washington University’s Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from his work at 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27. In addition, Martone will speak on coincidence and fate in fiction in a lecture entitled “Homer on Homer or a Bunch of Stuff That Happens” at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3.