Olin Library hosts spring Twitter classes
Washington University Libraries staff members are offering a series of free workshops this spring to help students, faculty, and staff tap the practical powers of Twitter.
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Lane named patient safety officer
Michael Lane, MD, has been named patient safety officer for the Department of Medicine. The position is new for the department, and in the role, Lane will oversee and coordinate safety efforts to help improve health-care outcomes.
Medicine department to enhance faculty development efforts
Mario Castro, MD, and Angela Brown, MD, will lead a new office in the Department of Medicine that supports faculty members’ career development. The new program will feature workshops and seminars to promote faculty career development in the areas of research, clinical care, education and leadership.
Genes provide clues to gender disparity in human hearts
Healthy men and women show little difference in their
hearts, except for small electrocardiographic disparities. But new
genetic differences found by Washington University in St. Louis
researchers in hearts with disease could ultimately lead to personalized
treatment of various heart ailments.
Applications for WUSTL staff study abroad program due Feb. 4
Up to six staff members will be chosen to travel to Santiago, Chile, in June for the second annual Global Diversity and Overseas Seminars Program. Applications are due by noon Feb. 4.
Staff member shares first-person account of overseas travel experience
Julie Kennedy, a senior publications editor in the Office of Public Affairs, shares this first-person account of her experience traveling to Paris. Kennedy was one of six employees selected to study abroad in an initiative to boost diversity on campus.
Funds available for CGI U-related programming
In anticipation of the
upcoming Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) at Washington
University April 5-7, the Gephardt Institute for Public Service is
offering funds for students, faculty, and staff interesting in creating
programming and events related to the five CGI U focus areas. Beginning Feb. 1, WUSTL groups and
individuals may apply for grants to cover program expenses such as
rentals, marketing, supplies, refreshments and speaker honoraria.
Work, Families and Public Policy series begins Feb. 4
Faculty and graduate students with an interest in labor, households, health care, law and
social welfare are invited to take part in a series of Monday brown-bag
luncheon seminars to be held biweekly on the Danforth Campus at
Washington University in St. Louis beginning Monday, Feb. 4. In its 17th year, the Work, Families and Public
Policy series features one-hour presentations on research interests of
faculty from local and national universities. Presentations will be from noon-1 p.m. in Seigle Hall, Room 348.
Schaal: ‘The world needs Arts & Sciences’
Barbara A. Schaal, PhD, became dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis on Jan. 1. Schaal, left, chats with Rafia Zafar, PhD, professor of English, of African and African-American studies, and of American culture studies and associate dean for diversity and inclusiveness, and Kimberly Curtis, PhD, assistant dean for graduate student affairs in Arts & Sciences, during a Jan. 16 welcome reception in Schaal’s honor.
WUSTL flag at half-staff in memory of Todd Wasserman
Todd H. Wasserman, MD, professor emeritus of radiation oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, after a prolonged illness. He was 66. An obituary will appear in an upcoming issue of the Record.