I-CARES announces 2014 funded research projects
The International Center for Advanced Renewable
Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) has announced the award winners from its 2014 call for proposals.
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Q&A with Patricia Olynyk
One of the first U.S. artists to hold an academic appointment in a scientific unit, Patricia Olynyk has collaborated with particle physicists and biologists; investigated anatomical models and medical devices; and displayed at the National Academy of Sciences. We sat down to discuss Washington University in St. Louis’ new Art|Sci Initiative and Fellows Program, which she launched earlier this spring.
Garage slated for Medical Campus, employee parking shifting east
Employee parking will begin shifting to the east at the Washington University Medical Center as construction continues for the Campus Renewal Project, the School of Medicine’s new research and environmental health/central services buildings and the CORTEX District.
Socioeconomic factors may make Medicare’s hospital readmissions data more useful
Some hospitals facing financial penalties from Medicare for readmitting too many patients soon after discharge have said they are being unfairly penalized. Hospitals that treat a large number of patients with limited income and education are more likely to face such penalties.
Obituary: Eugene B. Shultz Jr., professor emeritus in School of Engineering & Applied Science, 85
Eugene B. Shultz Jr., professor emeritus in the School
of Engineering & Applied Science, died Saturday, April 26, 2014, in
Jerseyville, Ill. He was 85.
Education students encourage reading in local schools
Kevin Crouch, a senior in Arts & Sciences, reads to a Holman Elementary class during “On the Move: Encouraging Literacy,” a service project by Washington University in St. Louis’ Kappa Delta Pi chapter. Students in KDP, the international honor society in education, recently donated and delivered more than 330 books to Holman students and teachers.
Apte receives Camras Award
Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, is one of three recipients of the 2014 Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Award.
Two faculty awarded prestigious fellowship
Jean Allman, PhD, and Tabea Linhard, PhD, both in Arts & Sciences, each have been awarded a 2014 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship. It provides salary replacement for scholars who are embarking on six to 12 months of full-time research and writing.
Q&A: Monika Weiss
Knowledge can be imparted not only by spoken language and the written word, but also by drawing and photography and the moving image. This spring, 15 WUSTL students have explored St. Louis through the language of experimental film. We sat down with renowned video artist Monika Weiss to discuss the city, digital filmmaking and the training of the mind and soul.
Olin Business School honors distinguished alumni
Olin Business School feted four of its top alumni during the 2014 Olin Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner March 4 at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton. The school presented four Distinguished Alumni Awards, the Dean’s Medal and the Olin Award, which recognizes the important impact scholarly research can have on business results.