Washington University’s main move-in day in the South 40 residence halls for new students is Thursday, Aug. 22. Some 1,600 new students (freshmen, transfer and exchange) are arriving for the 2013-14 academic year that begins Aug. 27. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will lead university staff members and upperclass student volunteers in a 7:30 a.m. pep rally as they prepare to welcome the new students and assist with move in throughout the day.
Washington University School of Law and Husch Blackwell announce the launch of an intensive professional development program designed to enhance Husch Blackwell attorneys’ client relations and financial and legal business skills. Husch Blackwell University at Wash U will begin in fall 2013, when 25 to 30 of the firm’s attorneys will converge upon the Washington University in St. Louis campus for a series of three, three-day sessions.
Semester Online is a first-of-its-kind program offering rigorous online courses for credit from prestigious colleges and universities, including Washington University in St. Louis. Students can learn more about this program from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Mallinckrodt Center lobby and from 6-8p.m. in the Bear’s Den on Aug. 24 and 25. The deadline for applying for Semester Online courses is Aug. 26.
In patients with early Alzheimer’s disease, disruptions
in brain networks emerge about the same time as chemical markers of the
disease appear in the spinal fluid, School of Medicine researchers have shown. Pictured is senior author of the study, Beau Ances, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology and of biomedical engineering.
Attention new Washington University students: if there’s something you need to complete your new space, look no further than campus. Sharing With A Purpose (SWAP) is holding a dorm supplies sale from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, on the South 40 basketball court.
Frédéric Moynier, PhD, associate professor of earth
and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has been named the
recipient of the 2013 Hisashi Kuno award given by the American
Geophysical Union.
The award is given annually to recognize the scientific
accomplishments of junior scientists who make outstanding contributions
to the fields of volcanology, geochemistry and petrology.
School of Medicine researchers have described another link in the chain of events that connects acute viral infections to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Their discovery points to a new therapeutic target for COPD, an extremely common disease of the lower airways. The image depicts airway epithelial cells from lung tissue of a COPD patient.
New research from Washington University in St. Louis sheds light on the brain mechanisms that underlie a type of memory, known as prospective memory, revealing two distinct processes that support our ability to remember to remember.
Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, PhD, has been elected to the Biomedical Engineering Society Class of 2013 Fellows. Sakiyama-Elbert, professor and associate chair of biomedical
engineering, was one of seven elected to the class. Fellows are selected
for demonstrating exceptional achievements and experience in the
biomedical engineering field and for their membership and participation
in the society.
Lihong Wang, PhD, will receive the 2014 IEEE Biomedical
Engineering Award, the highest honor conferred by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in this field. Wang,
the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at
Washington University in St. Louis, was selected for his pioneering
contributions to the field of photoacoustic tomography, a novel imaging
technology he developed that uses light and sound to measure change.
