Goddard honored by corporate counsel group

Christopher Goddard, JD, assistant vice chancellor and associate general counsel for Washington University in St. Louis, recently was awarded the prestigious William E. Jaudes Service Award by the St. Louis Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Research as art​​

An inaugural exhibit of images by scientists, titled “Research as Art,” held April 3, included eerie landscapes created by vortices in superfluids, smeared false-color data from satellite-borne instruments, three-dimensional images of grains that exploded out of supernovas and many more enigmatic and colorful images.

Distinctive points of view​

​The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will present its 86th Annual Fashion Design Show at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26. The fully choreographed, Paris-style extravaganza, which takes place in Union Station, will features dozens of models wearing scores of outfits by 27 sophomore, junior and senior designers.

Corbo receives research grants

Joseph Corbo, PhD, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, received research grants from the McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology and from the Washington University Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center.

The ghosts of old technology

The method is strange at first, disconcerting, but new rules and rhythms are quickly internalized. Soon the machines seem almost to speak. In “Telegraph,” recent alumnus Will Jacobs — winner of the 2014 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition at Washington University in St. Louis — explores the wonder and shortcomings of communication technology.

WashU junior Kevin Hays to attempt Rubik’s Cube world record at Thurtene Carnival​

Kevin Hays, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis and a Rubik’s Cube champion, will attempt to break a Guinness World Record at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the annual Thurtene Carnival, the nation’s oldest and largest student-run carnival. Hays, from the bottom of a see-through dunk tank, will attempt to break the world record for most Rubik’s Cubes solved underwater. Thurtene Carnival runs from April 17-19 on Brookings Drive on the Danforth Campus.

Report gives guidance to FDA on tobacco policy and public health

The Brown School’s Douglas A. Luke, PhD, professor and director of the Center for Public Health Systems Science at Washington University in St. Louis, was on an Institute of Medicine committee which recently released guidelines to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on using agent-based models to improve the effect of tobacco control policy on public health.

2015 Fair St. Louis to affect some campus parking

This year’s Fair Saint Louis will be held Thursday through Saturday, July 2-4, in Forest Park. Washington University is again providing access to some campus parking areas during the fair, so employees and students should be aware and plan for alternate arrangements.