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Kittlaus named assistant dean for communications at Brown School
Ann Kittlaus has been named assistant dean for communications at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. She was a senior vice president at Fleishman-Hillard in St. Louis and held several positions at government agencies in Washington, D.C.
Heuckeroth named Alumni Endowed Professor
Robert O. Heuckeroth, MD, PhD, has been named the Alumni Endowed Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is a professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine and a pediatric gastroenterologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
October Car-Free Month draws to a close
During October, more than 180 faculty, students, and staff members participated in WUSTL’s second car-free challenge. Throughout the month, participants were encouraged to leave their cars in the garage and go “car-free” by using public transit, walking, biking, and carpooling.
Holobaugh recipients honored Nov. 7
Members of the Washington University in St. Louis community were recognized during the fifth annual James M. Holobaugh Honors ceremony Nov. 7 in Ridgley Hall’s Holmes Lounge. The award honors individuals and organizations that promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, perform direct advocacy and service to the St. Louis metropolitan area and incorporate education and dialogue as part of their practice.
Gruev receives grant to study, recreate mantis shrimp vision
Mantis shrimp, aggressive, predatory sea crustaceans, have among the most sophisticated vision of all animals. A group of researchers, including Viktor Gruev, PhD, want to recreate that vision to make a specialized camera that could
bring more precision to biomedical imaging and weapon targeting in
defense.
Information session Dec. 6 for employees interested in part-time graduate degrees
WUSTL employees interested in learning about evening
and part-time graduate programs are encouraged to attend a
lunch-and-learn session at noon on Dec. 6 in the Danforth University
Center.
Student chapter collects ‘Locks of Love’ for children
The student-run local chapter of Locks of Love encouraged WUSTL community members to participate in the annual campus-wide hair drive Nov. 12. The drive yielded $600 and 26 hair donations. All hair and money collected is sent to the Locks of Love national organization, which aims to help restore self-esteem and confidence in children afflicted by disease-related, long-term hair loss.
Novel process to detect proteins could simplify kidney disease detection
Detecting whether a patient will have acute kidney
injury could become as simple as dipping a paper test strip printed with
gold nanorods into a urine sample, a team of Washington University in
St. Louis researchers has found.
Less of a shock
Two scientists at Washington University have developed a low-energy defibrillation
scheme that significantly reduces the energy needed to re-establish a
normal rhythm in the heart’s main chambers. They hope this
electrotherapy will be much less painful than the existing electrotherapy, making treatment with a defibrillator much more acceptable to patients.