The View From Here 7.26.16
Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.
Medical student receives prestigious fellowship to research nerve injury
Alexandra Keane, who this fall will begin her second year as a medical student at the School of Medicine, is among 50 recipients of a $5,000 summer research fellowship from the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society.
Who Knew WashU? 7.19.16
Question: Why are the archives of the groundbreaking civil rights documentary “Eyes on the Prize” housed in University Libraries?
Obituary: Jessie L. Ternberg, professor emerita of surgery, surgery in pediatrics, 92
Jessie L. Ternberg, PhD, MD, a professor emerita of surgery and surgery in pediatrics, died July 9, 2016, of natural causes while on vacation in Zermatt, Switzerland. She was the first female surgical resident at Barnes Hospital and served for decades at the School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Ternberg, of Creve Coeur, was 92.
Center for the Humanities announces 2015-16 grants
The Center for the Humanities announced more than three dozen new and renewed grants in a variety of categories for faculty members and graduate students during the 2015-16 year.
University College preview night Thursday
University College — the professional and continuing education division in Arts & Sciences — will hold a preview night at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 21, in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.
The View From Here 7.19.16
Images in and around the Washington University campuses.
Odom receives $500,000 award to further malaria research
Audrey R. Odom, MD, PhD, a noted malaria researcher at the Washington University School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $500,000 award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to further her research into the parasitic disease.
Four Washington University graduates selected as Fulbright students
Four Washington University in St. Louis alumni have been selected to conduct research or teach English this year as participants in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The program recognizes talented students who are committed to promoting global collaboration and understanding through research and teaching.
Memorial service planned for Robert Morrell
A service to remember Robert Morrell, professor emeritus in Arts & Sciences, will be held at 4 p.m. Aug. 22 in the East Asian Library in January Hall. Morrell died in May.
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