Universitys service award honors seven, changes name
Seven members of the University community were presented with the 2005 Virgil Ethic of Service Award. This award recognizes a select group of individuals affiliated with Washington University who exemplify a character of service and giving to the St. Louis region. Created last year as part of the University’s commemoration of its sesquicentennial anniversary, the award was initially named the Sesquicentennial Ethic of Service Award. This year, the award was renamed to acknowledge the generous support of Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil and to recognize the couple’s service to others.
Service award changes name to honor Virgils
The award has been renamed to acknowledge the support of Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil & to recognize their service to others.
Syverud is named School of Law dean
The Vanderbilt Law School dean will take over at WUSTL effective Jan. 1; he’ll also become the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor.
Obituary: Kobayashi, world-class mycologist; 78
“George took enormous and justifiable pride in his depth of knowledge and expertise in mycology,” colleague Russell Little Jr. said.
A political mind
Steven S. Smith, Ph.D., one of the nation’s premier congressional scholars, got his foot in the door of the U.S. Senate by holding it open — literally. Smith, the Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences in Arts & Sciences, got his first taste of the Senate in the early 1970s while working as a […]
Sharing knowledge
Photo by Robert BostonFaculty, staff and students enjoy the “Managing Knowledge in the Digital Domain” symposium sponsored by the Bernard Becker Medical Library.
Religion scholar Huston Smith to speak May 3
He taught philosophy in Arts & Sciences at WUSTL from 1947-1958; he is perhaps best-known for the book The World’s Religions.
Sports
Track & field teams are UAA champions The men’s and women’s track and field teams swept the UAA Outdoor Championships at Francis Field April 23-24. With the two league championships, the University broke the UAA record for most overall conference titles during a single athletic year with 11; WUSTL also held the old record, nine, […]
Women’s Society hands out annual awards
Shahrouz Yousefi received the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship; Laura Seger & Teresa Sullivan won leadership awards.
Antibody cures West Nile virus in mice
Scientists found that single doses of the antibodies given soon after infection could boost survival rates to 90 percent or higher.
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