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.
Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Mark S.
Wrighton has written the Missouri congressional delegation to express
continued concerns about the serious negative impact that sequestration, expiring tax provisions, and other elements of the “fiscal cliff” could have on the mission of higher education and the nation as a whole.
If Congress and President Obama don’t reach a compromise before the end of the
year to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” it will have major consequences on
Washington University in St. Louis as well as other universities and
colleges across the country, say WUSTL administrators.
Our bodies contain far more microbial genes than human
genes. And a new study suggests that just as human DNA varies from
person to person, so too does the massive collection of microbial DNA in
the intestine.
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton prepares to plug in a Nissan Leaf electric car during the Nov. 29 installation of the first electric car charging station on the Danforth Campus.
The team registration deadline for the Olin
Sustainability Case Competition is Friday, Dec. 7. Open to all WUSTL
students, this year’s competition, “Blight, Flight, and Urban Plight,”
hopes to stimulate sustainable development of vacant land in the City of
St. Louis.
First round submissions for the Sustainable Land Lab competition, sponsored by WUSTL and the City of St. Louis, are due Monday, Dec. 10. Teams
are encouraged to propose innovative projects that transform vacant
lots in St. Louis into assets that advance sustainability.
Coming up with creative, fresh ideas does not necessarily imply that theywill ultimately be put into practice. However, the odds of one’s ideas making it into practice are better
when people are driven to push their ideas through the organization and
are savvy networkers, finds new research from Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.
You try doing homework in the dark. For school-aged children across the developing world, access to electrical lighting remains precarious. Enter the Little Sun, a solar-powered lamp designed by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. Now Little Sun is at the center of two projects involving WUSTL students and faculty, which stretch from the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to the villages of Madagascar.
Washington University in St. Louis sophomore midfielder Anna Zambricki was named to the 2012 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Continental Tire Women’s Soccer Division III All-America Team, as announced Dec. 4 by the association.
