DNA study reveals clues to human, ape evolution
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‘Habits of Achievement’ book is tribute to McLeod and his words of wisdom
Every year, the late James E. “Jim” McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, delivered a talk called “Habits of Achievement” to incoming Ervin Scholars in his role as director of the Ervin Scholars Program. This fondly remembered speech has been published for the first time in a book titled Habits of Achievement: Lessons for a Life Well-Lived, which weaves Ervin alumni recollections of McLeod with his speech. It also includes a short biography of McLeod’s life.
Powderly named director of WUSTL’s Institute for Public Health
William G. Powderly, MD, the J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine and co-director, Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named director of the Institute for Public Health (IPH), according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. Powderly succeeds founding director Edward J. Lawlor, PhD, dean of the Brown School and the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor; Graham Colditz, MD, DPhil, the Niess-Gain Professor of Surgery and professor of medicine in the School of Medicine, will continue to serve as deputy director. The appointment is effective July 1.
Obituary: Kathleen F. Brickey, JD, professor of law, 68
Kathleen F. Brickey, JD, a giant in the field of white-collar crime and the long-serving James Carr Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence at Washington University School of Law, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013.
Event July 11 to focus on disparities in health care
A fast-paced “Ignite” event focused on disparities in health care will be held July 11 on the Washington University Medical Campus.
Engineering’s Williams to study climate trends in St. Louis and southeastern U.S.
Brent Williams, PhD, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis,
has received a nearly $300,000 Early Career grant from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to bring his expertise in
measuring particles in the atmosphere to a national study of the climate
trend in the southeastern United States as well as the St. Louis
area.
Brain differences seen in depressed preschoolers
Washington People: Leslie Heusted
Leslie Heusted, director of the Danforth University Center & Event Management Office, sits down to discuss students, nerf guns and the structured aimlessness of afternoon tea.
Ferkol new president-elect of thoracic society
Thomas W. Ferkol, MD,
the Alexis Hartmann, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, has been installed as
president-elect of the American Thoracic Society (ATS).
Immediate effect of DOMA decision profound
The Supreme Court today struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and rejected a challenge to a lower court ruling that invalidated California’s ban on same-sex marriage, known as Proposition 8. Gregory Magarian, JD, constitutional law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, says that the immediate effects of these decisions for same-sex couples will be profound. “The demise of DOMA means that the federal government must treat same-sex couples, legally married under state laws, just like opposite-sex married couples for purposes of federal benefits, tax status, etc,” he says. “The nullification of Proposition 8 appears to make marriage available to same-sex couples in the nation’s largest state, under a prior marriage law that Proposition 8 had purported to invalidate.”