Bacterial flora of remote tribespeople carries antibiotic resistance genes
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Events held to celebrate Earth Day
Various events are being held at Washington University in St. Louis from Monday, April 20, through Thursday, April 23, to celebrate Earth Day, from pledges to eat less meat to bike tuneups, a farmers’ market and a sustainability lecture.
Graduate students recognize faculty mentors
Miller named Clayson Professor of Neurology
Timothy M. Miller, MD, PhD, a leading researcher in the neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has been named the David Clayson Professor of Neurology at the School of Medicine. The professorship was established in 2001 through a bequest from David Clayson, PhD, to support innovative research into treatments for ALS.
Five to receive honorary degrees at Washington University’s 154th Commencement
Washington University in St. Louis will award five honorary degrees during the university’s 154th Commencement May 15. During the ceremony, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings
Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus, the university will bestow academic
degrees on approximately 2,800 members of the Class of 2015.
Marshall receives grants, named visiting professor in Italy
Garland Marshall, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics and of biomedical engineering, has received a $50,000 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Discovery of New Therapeutics for Drug-Free Remission of HIV,” among other achievements.
Convenience, workplace incentives may increase use of public transit
Transit stops close to home and workplace incentives are associated with higher likelihood that commuters will choose public transportation, according to research from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The study is co-authored by Aaron Hipp, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School.
The jazz singer
Amy French, a junior majoring in economics in Arts & Sciences, is a goalkeeper for the Bears varsity team. She is also an accomplished jazz singer, and keeps busy accompanying Provost Holden Thorp, a jazz pianist in his free time, at events around the country.
Skandalaris Center announces winners of YouthBridge competition
Five teams focused on serving children and youth recently won the 10th annual YouthBridge Social Enterprise and Innovation Competition (SEIC). Hosted by the Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Washington University in St. Louis in partnership with the YouthBridge Community Foundation, the competition also receives support from the Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis and the Daughters of Charity Foundation of St. Louis.
Obituary: John W. Olney, 83, professor of psychiatry and neuropathology
John W. Olney, MD, the John P. Feighner Professor of Psychiatry and professor of pathology and immunology, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at his home in St. Louis after a battle with lung cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was 83.