On Dec. 7, President Barack Obama signed legislation to delay implementation of the STOCK (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge) Act, which would require Internet posting of the annual financial interest forms for 28,000 executive branch employees. A law, WUSTL Congressional ethics expert Kathleen Clark says, that will not prevent Congressional insider trading.
WUSTL has been named a Truman Foundation Honor Institution because of its two Truman Scholarship winners this year and its sustained success in helping students win Truman Scholarships to pursue careers in public service. The highly competitive federal scholarship is awarded based on academic performance, leadership and dedication to public service.
Frances “Fran” (nee Maric) Winker, a patient-service representative in orthopedic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in an accident on Interstate 44 in Oakland. She was 49.
University College — the professional and continuing education division in Arts & Sciences — is hosting Preview Night for the spring 2013 semester at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall. The program will provide information on tuition, transferring college credits, financial aid, academic advising, and the professional and continuing education programs. Spring classes begin Jan. 14, 2013.
WUSTL and its academic and corporate partners worldwide are putting research into action and leading a major initiative in Mumbai, India, Dec. 6-12 to address global energy and environmental solutions. The WUSTL-led McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environmental Partnership (MAGEEP) — a consortium of 28 international universities — is convening in Mumbai for the Fourth International Symposium on Energy and Environment: ACCESS. The symposium is co-hosted by Washington University, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay.
More patients can benefit from highly effective breast cancer drugs that are already available, according to an analysis of DNA sequencing studies by Ron Bose, MD, PhD, and his colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions.
At the December meeting of the Washington University Board of Trustees Dec. 6 and 7, trustees discussed the future of Washington University and the challenges it faces, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The board also elected a new trustee, William P. Wiesmann, president, CEO and founder of BioSTAR Group of Germantown, Md.
The Atlantic is inviting St. Louis residents
to join local public health and medical leaders for a free “Conversation
on Community Health” town hall forum from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Dec. 12
at the Hyatt Regency, 315 Chestnut St. in downtown St. Louis.
The past two summers, a group of 15 Washington University students and faculty members have taken part in Tsinghua University’s annual English summer camp in Beijing, and applications are now being accepted for this coming summer’s camp, which will be held from July 1 to July 19.
You Bin Lim celebrates after participating in
Washington University’s December Degree Candidate Recognition Ceremony
in Graham Chapel Saturday, Dec. 1. Lim, a psychology major with a minor
in French, is a candidate for a bachelor of arts degree in the College
of Arts & Sciences. She was among some 800 students who filed as
December degree candidates.
