Author of book about the famed Cori Laboratory to open Cori Lecture May 8
John Exton, MD, PhD, the author of “Crucible of Science” — a book about the history of a unique laboratory at Washington University and of Carl and Gerty Cori, the biochemists who established it — will make opening remarks at the Carl and Gerty Cori Lecture on May 8.
School of Medicine, SLCH and BJH nurses honored with 2013 Excellence in Nursing awards
Several Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital nurses received the 2013 Excellence in Nursing Award from St. Louis Magazine. The award honors nurses who have made a difference in the lives of their patients and colleagues.
Excellence in Leadership Awards recognize students and campus groups
Undergraduate student leaders and student groups who actively demonstrate exemplary leadership, service and commitment to the campus community were recognized during the Excellence in Leadership Awards ceremony, held April 28 in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall.
Financial capability lecture at Brown Hall Monday, May 13
Sherry Salway Black, director of the Partnership for Tribal Governance, National Congress of American Indians, will be on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis at 12:15 p.m. Monday, May 13, in Brown Hall’s Brown Lounge (Room 218). Her talk “Securing Our Futures: Building Financial Capability for Life” is sponsored by the Brown School’s Center for Social Development and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The lecture is free but registration is required. Lunch will be provided.
Lavender Recognition Ceremony May 15
The third annual Lavender Recognition Ceremony will
take place at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, in College Hall in the South 40
House. Co-hosted by LGBT Student Involvement and Leadership and
the Social Justice Center, the ceremony honors the achievements and
contributions of graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
queer students and their allies. To register for the ceremony, visit getinvolved.wustl.edu/LGBT/Pages/RSVP-Form.aspx.
Anthropology student Alena Wigodner receives NSF award
Alena Wigodner, a junior anthropology major in Arts & Sciences, has been selected for a new National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program
titled “Angel Mounds REU Site: Multidisciplinary Training for Students
in Environmental and Social Sciences through Archaeological Research.”
Student Life wins 23 Missouri college newspaper awards
Student Life, the independent newspaper of Washington University, won 23 awards in the Missouri College Media Association 2013 Newspaper contest, the Missouri Press Association recently announced.
Obituary: Susan E. Lanzendorf, director of IVF lab, 54
Susan E. Lanzendorf, PhD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the in vitro fertilization lab, died April 2 from complications of pancreatic cancer. She was 54.
Celebrating Jewish Hospital, Jewish College of Nursing
An event to celebrate and reminisce about Jewish
Hospital and the Jewish College of Nursing will be held 4 to 6 p.m. May 8
in the lobby of the Kingshighway Building, 216 S. Kingshighway Blvd.
Eberlein honored for support of female faculty
Timothy Eberlein, chairman of the Department of Surgery, has been named the inaugural winner of the Pillar of Support Award. The award was created by the Academic Women’s Network at the School of Medicine to recognize outstanding support of female faculty.
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