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WUSTL flag at half-staff in memory of Helen Power
Helen Power, PhD, whose career as a lecturer of English and of women’s studies, both in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, spanned more than 30 years, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, after suffering a heart attack at her home in St. Louis. She was 77. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, in Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall.
WUSTL urban studies scholar Carol Camp Yeakey named AERA fellow
Carol Camp Yeakey, PhD, founding director of the
interdisciplinary program in Urban Studies and of the Center on Urban
Research and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis, is one
of 23 scholars selected as 2013 fellows by the American Educational
Research Association.
Tribute to Oliver Nelson Sept. 12
The Blues and the Abstract Truth by St. Louis saxophonist Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) is among the most influential jazz albums of the 1960s, a masterpiece of blues structure, modern arrangement and post-bop cool. On Thursday, Sept. 12, Washington University will pay tribute to this distinguished alumnus with a free concert at 8 p.m. in Holmes Lounge as part of the Jazz at Holmes series.
Black Sexual Economies conference Sept. 27-28
The Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital at Washington University School of Law is sponsoring the “Black Sexual Economies: Transforming Black Sexualities Research”conference Sept. 27-28 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall.
Zhang receives prestigious DARPA Young Faculty Award
Fuzhong Zhang, PhD, assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, has received a Young Faculty Award from the
Defense Advanced Research Project Agency of the U.S. Department of
Defense. He is the first faculty member at Washington University
in St. Louis to receive the award, which recognizes an elite group of
scientists early in their careers at research universities.
‘Seeing it in practice’: Engineering students learned around the world in summer experiences
At Washington University in St. Louis, students in the School of
Engineering & Applied Science learn more than how to be an engineer.
With opportunities to go abroad to get hands-on experience beyond what
they learn in the classroom, they also learn to be leaders in a global
society. Sixteen WUSTL students went to Brisbane, Australia, for the International Experience program, sponsored
by the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering
and the McDonnell Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP).
Blue-green algae a five-tool player in converting waste to fuel
Fuzhong Zhang, PhD, assistant professor of energy,
environmental and chemical engineering at Washington University in St.
Louis, works with Synechocystis 6803 — as well as other microbes and
systems — in the areas of synthetic biology, protein engineering and
metabolic engineering, with special focus on synthetic control systems
to make the organism reach its untapped prowess. He says the biotech world has to overcome several challenges to put the engineered microbes in the applications stage.
Brown School begins public health lecture series
The Brown School is launching a new Public Health speaker series titled “Innovative Solutions in State and Local Agencies,” designed to help policy makers grapple with tough public health problems. All lectures are free and open to the public and will take place from noon-1 p.m. in Brown Lounge, Brown Hall. The series kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 11, with “The ‘Long Tail’ and Public Health: New Thinking For
Addressing Health Disparities.”
Chancellor Wrighton, President Wolfe’s letter to Missouri’s leaders in Washington
To read the joint letter that WUSTL Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Timothy M. Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri System, sent last month to the 10 members of Missouri’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Rep. William L. Clay, urging their support in helping close the innovation gap, visit here.