Newsroom Stories

WUSTL’s Hazing Prevention Week begins Monday. As part of that, Tim Marchell, PhD, of Cornell University, will speak with employees and students about the psychology of hazing. Recent survey results show about 16 percent of WUSTL undergraduates have witnessed hazing.

Researchers at the School of Medicine have identified an unusual cause of the lysosomal storage disorder called mucolipidosis III, at least in a subset of patients. Unlike most genetic diseases that involve dysfunctional or missing proteins, the culprit is a normal protein that ends up in the wrong place.

WUSTL’s Henry Biggs, PhD (right), plays the part of Pierre Laclede during a re-enactment of the founding of St. Louis, held on the city’s 250th anniversary Saturday, Feb. 15, in St. Louis’ City Hall. During a daylong symposium, held Friday, Feb. 14, at the Missouri History Museum, three WUSTL scholars provided their perspectives on the city’s historical significance.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced Feb. 17 that Washington University in St. Louis’ Gary Patti has been awarded a 2014 Sloan Research Fellowship. He is among 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers selected as fellowship recipients this year. Awarded annually since 1955, the fellowships are given to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders.

Babies who develop leukemia during the first year of life appear to have inherited an unfortunate combination of genetic variations that may make the infants highly susceptible to the disease, according to a new study led by the School of Medicine’s Todd Druley, MD, PhD.

Acclaimed poet C.D. Wright, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry, will read from her work Thursday, Feb. 20. Wright is author of 12 collections, most recently “One With Others” (2010), which combines poetry and documentary evidence to portray her native Arkansas during the Civil Rights era.

Former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. assesses our nation’s status at the next Assembly Series presentation, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25. in Graham Chapel.  The event is free and open to the public, though seating for the public will be limited due to an anticipated large campus turnout. Visit the Assembly Series website for more information or call 314-935-4620.

Shinohara Kazua remains something of a cult figure. Although his work has inspired generations of architects, it has seldom been seen outside Japan. But this spring, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum presents “On the Thresholds of Space-Making,” the first U.S. museum show dedicated to the influential mathematician-turned-architect.

Vice Provost Adrienne Davis recommends checking out Cultural Connections this weekend. Portfolio Gallery celebrates its 25th anniversary with a showcase of African-American art and books.

Seven staff members from throughout Washington University in St. Louis will participate in this year’s Global Diversity Overseas Seminar Program. They will travel to Ghana in June. The program is designed to give staff a global perspective on diversity through seminar meetings, group discussions, assigned readings and community-engagement opportunities culminating in an international site visit to one of WUSTL’s study-abroad programs.