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.
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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.
Annual art show opens Jan. 22
The School of Medicine’s 9th Annual Art Show opens Jan. 22 and runs through Feb. 17 at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center atrium.
Schlaggar honored for pediatric research
Estrogen fights urinary infection in mouse study
Super-TIGER shatters scientific balloon record in Antarctica
Over the holiday weekend, the WUSTL-led cosmic ray experiment Super-TIGER set a record for the longest flight ever made by a heavy-liftscientific balloon. Now aloft for 45 days, shattering the previous record of 42 days, it has recorded more than 50 million “events,” or hits by cosmic rays arriving from space. The scientists are ecstatic to have such a great balloon because the longer the it stays up, the more data they will collect and the more they will learn about the mysterious mechanism that accelerates these particles and sends them streaming across space.