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.
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton welcomed more than 60 scholars from around the world — including Washington University in St. Louis and representatives from the McDonnell International Scholars Academy partner institutions — to Seoul, South Korea, in June for the Global Aging Initiative. The meeting, sponsored by the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging at WUSTL’s Institute for Public Health, was the first opportunity for scholars to connect and identify opportunities for collaboration on cross-national aging-related research.
Incoming medical students took part last week in the Washington University Medical Plunge, or WUMP, a weeklong crash course in public health, diversity and health-care disparities. Pictured are students Ally Schelble (left) and Harleen Grewal helping prepare teaching materials for the upcoming school year at Epworth Children & Family Services. WUMP introduces students to myriad opportunities to volunteer.
As part of Washington University’s ongoing commitment to providing a safe and secure environment for university employees and students, the university is offering workplace safety training sessions. The one-hour free training class for employees and students will be offered six times this fall semester, starting Monday, Aug. 19.
