Scientists were able to deploy ruggidized seismometers that could withstand intense cold in Antarctica only recently. A line of seismometers strung across the West Antarctic Rift Valley and the Marie Byrd Land have given geologists their first good look at the mantle beneath the ice and rocks, revealing areas of hot rock that might affect the behavior of the overlying ice sheet.
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has recognized two researchers at the School of Medicine for their studies in pulmonary medicine and cardiology. The two — among 14 scientists selected nationally to receive the BWF 2015 Career Award for Medical Scientists — are Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD, and Kory J. Lavine, MD, PhD.
What happens when seasoned travelers sign up for, but don’t receive, customer loyalty rewards? New research from Cynthia Cryder, PhD, assistant professor of marketing at Olin Business School, shows the fiercest road warriors might be the most likely to turn on their favorite firms when they don’t achieve those all-important incentive goals.
Sophia Hayes, PhD, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington
University in St. Louis, has won the American Chemical Society St. Louis Section’s 2015 Saint Louis Award.
For Kathy Grange, MD, every day is a professional adventure, solving medical mysteries and pursuing diagnoses of rare diseases. A professor of pediatrics, Grange is director of the Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics.
Cathy Raymond, assistant director of English Language Programs, doesn’t just help international students at WashU improve their English. She also works abroad building connections and helping improve lives through education.
After graduating from the Washington University–Fudan University joint Executive MBA, Paul Shao EMBA ’13, became the program’s managing director. Now he’s trying to grow the program’s reputation even further in China.
When Kevin Xu wanted to learn an American style of management in order to grow his company, RUIChem, he turned to the Olin Business School–Fudan University’s Executive MBA program.
What do you do if you are trying to save a very rare and shy animal? How do you even find them? Anthropologist Joseph Orkin, PhD ’14, called in Pinkerton. No, not the detective agency, the dog.
