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Dormant viruses re-emerge in patients with lingering sepsis, signaling immune suppression
Siegel receives Cassen Prize
Barry Siegel, MD, professor of radiology at the School of Medicine, was awarded the Benedict Cassen Prize for Research in Nuclear Medicine during the annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. The meeting was June 7-11 in St. Louis.
Gordon elected to American Philosophical Society
Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for the purpose of “promoting useful knowledge.”
Awards bring two faculty members new opportunities
Faculty members Darren Dochuk, PhD, and Nancy Reynolds, PhD, will delve into new experiences thanks to awards they received this spring. Dochuk received a residency in China, and Reynolds won a New Directions Fellowship, which allows faculty to train outside their own area of interest.
Belgian CEO: Visit with Olin students his best business trip ever
A Belgian company was so impressed with the efforts of a group of Olin Business School students at Washington University in St. Louis, the CEO traveled 4,300 miles to campus this spring for further interaction with the students, marking the first time an international practicum partner has visited the school.
Celebrating our Women of Achievement
Ida Early, secretary to Washington University in St. Louis’ Board of Trustees (left), and Virginia Braxs, senior lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, were recognized as 2014 St. Louis Women of Achievement.
Report service projects for Community Counts database
The Gephardt Institute for Public Service maintains the Community Counts database to track community service activities by WUSTL schools and organizations. It’s time to submit initiatives from the 2013-14 academic year. The deadline is June 30. Each submitted initiative will be entered into a drawing for $500 to support the project.
Women’s Building being renovated, some offices moved
The lower level of the Women’s Building, on the Danforth Campus, is undergoing renovations this summer, so some offices are being relocated. Construction should be complete in October.
Staff invited to join First Year Reading Program
WUSTL faculty and staff are invited ti discuss “Covering” by New York University law professor Kenji Yoshino. Both a poetic memoir and a powerful legal analysis, “Covering” argues that all of us “cover,” ordownplay traits society frowns upon, to better blend into the mainstream.