Q&A: Hillary Sale
Hillary Sale, the Walter D. Coles Professor of Law and professor of management, on governance and diversity in the board room.
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Danforth receives 2012 St. Louis Award
William H. Danforth, WUSTL chancellor emeritus and chairman of the board of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, received the prestigious 2012 St. Louis Award for outstanding leadership and commitment to the region.
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.
Interview with Karen Butler
Karen K. Butler, assistant curator at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, discusses Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928-1945. The exhibition, which opens Jan. 25, is the first to explore Braque’s work in the years leading up to, and through, World War II.
Time to mandate flu vaccines for healthcare workers, says health law expert
The widespread flu reports are a harsh reminder of
the importance of influenza vaccines. This is particularly true for
healthcare workers, says Elizabeth Sepper, JD, health law expert and
professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. “One-third of healthcare providers fail to protect themselves, their
patients, and the public from influenza.” Sepper says that it is time for a national flu vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
Obama’s second inaugural offers chance to assert his legitimacy both as president and American
As Barak Obama prepares for his second inaugural address on Jan. 21, he faces a nation still bitterly divided over his “legitimacy,” suggests Wayne Fields, PhD, an expert on the history of presidential rhetoric and speechmaking at Washington University in St. Louis. “Obama will offer his inaugural address to a nation in which a large and vocal percentage of the population are not just disappointed, but almost furious, that he’s been re-elected,” Fields says.
Internship & Job Career Fair to be held Jan. 30
The Danforth Campus will host local and national organizations on Wednesday, Jan. 30, for the Spring 2013 Internship & Job Career Fair. The fair will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. in the recreational gym of the Athletic Complex.
Career Center offers Etiquette Dinner for students
All students at Washington University in St. Louis are invited to the Etiquette Dinner Program, an opportunity to enjoy a three-course meal while learning the basics of fine dining. The dinner is scheduled from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the Danforth University Center Orchid Room. The program simulates a lunch/dinner interview and offers tips on fine dining etiquette, professional dress and business protocol.
Global plant diversity still hinges on local battles against invasives, study suggests
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis long suspected that dueling findings about the impact of invasive species on biodiversity reflect the different sizes of study sites. Now field work confims that the impact of invasive species is different at small scales than at large ones. The scientists hope an understanding of this “scale dependence” will help settle arguments that have broken out in the scientific community and discourage recent popular science articles downplaying the damage invasives cause.
Brown School’s Purnell selected as ‘Young Leader’ by St. Louis American
Jason Q. Purnell, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected as one of 20 Young Leaders under 40 for 2013 by the St. Louis American Foundation.