Newsroom Stories

Seven WUSTL faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns received WUSTL’s 2012 International Humanities Medal and accompanying $25,000 Humanities Prize Nov. 16. While on campus, Burns delivered an Assembly Series talk, met with students and previewed three of his films.

The Modern Graphic History Library (MGHL) has launched a digital companion to Thrill Seekers: The Rise of Men’s Magazines, an exhibition currently on display through Jan. 31 in Olin Library’s Ginkgo Reading Room and Grand Staircase Lobby this semester.

The University Athletic Association announced that 20 WUSTL former student-athletes — 10 men and 10 women — have been named to its 25th-anniversary basketball teams.

WUSTL junior back Kate Doyle has been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Women’s Soccer Team, announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Edward Geltman, MD, professor of medicine, has been named the first recipient of the Philip A. Ludbrook Award. The award will be given annually to a member of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for outstanding service and dedication to the protection of human subjects involved in research.

Ah, December. Days grow shorter, checkout lines longer, and final exams inexorably closer. But on Dec. 2, audiences are invited to pause for an afternoon of “Joy and Wonder.” Presented by the Washington University Concert Choir and the Washington University Chamber Choir, the concert will feature a range of music relating to the holiday season.

Famed public intellectual Kwame Anthony Appiah, author of The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, will present the keynote address Thursday, Nov. 29 for “Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors,” Washington University’s 11th annual faculty book colloquium.

That’s not a new parking meter or air pump for your tires outside of Brauer Hall — it’s a charging station for electric vehicles. This first charging station on the Danforth Campus is another step in the university’s commitment to sustainability. A ceremony to celebrate the installation is set for 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, outside of Brauer Hall. A station also is planned for the Millbrook Parking Facility and more may follow, depending on demand. 

Gastric bypass surgery has been thought to offer advantages, independent of weight loss, for improving insulin sensitivity and blood glucose levels in obese patients. But new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that those improvements are related to weight loss alone and not to the surgical procedure itself.