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Monsanto grants $2.2 million to help expand MySci at WUSTL
Washington University in St. Louis’ Institute for
School Partnership has received a $2.2 million grant from the Monsanto
Fund to take the institute’s cornerstone program, MySci, to the next
level. In its eighth year serving the St. Louis community,
MySci’s mission is to cultivate the region’s next generation of
scientists by engaging elementary students in science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) through interactive learning experiences and
creative curriculum.
Deadline for diversity, inclusion grant proposals Oct. 29
WUSTL faculty and administrators with ideas for improving the campus environment for women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and other diverse groups are encouraged to apply for a Diversity and Inclusion Grant. Proposals are now being accepted until Oct. 29 for program initiatives that strengthen and promote diversity on campus.
Shedding light on childhood cancer
Cancer is the second leading cause of death among children ages 1-14 and will affect over 12,000 families in the United States this year alone. To increase awareness, September is designated Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with Wednesday, Sept. 12, pegged as Childhood Cancer Awareness Day. WUSTL researchers Kimberly J. Johnson, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School and Todd Druley , MD, PhD, pediatric oncologist and assistant professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, are working to alleviate childhood cancer.
George Will lecture scheduled for tonight at Washington University has been rescheduled
Due to pre-election media responsibilities, George Will, who was to present the Fall keynote lecture for the John H. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University tonight, has rescheduled this event for 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 4, Graham Chapel.
Wang receives $3.8 million NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
Lihong Wang, PhD, the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering has received an National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award to explore novel imaging techniques using light that promise significant improvements in biomedical imaging and light therapy.
Edward Boccia, professor emeritus of art, 91
Painter and poet Edward Boccia, professor emeritus of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, died Monday, Sept. 3, in his home in Webster Groves, from pneumonia. He was 91.
VIDEO: Wes Moore discusses book with First-Year Reading Program essay winners
Author Wes Moore visited campus Sept. 4 and spent the day talking with groups of students and faculty, before giving an Assembly Series address. His book, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, is the 2012-13 selection for the First-Year Reading Program. Winners of the reading program essay contest had a special opportunity to sit down with the author in the Whittemore House.
Entrepreneurship competitions launch Sept. 6
The Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
will kick off its two business plan competitions at 5:30 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 6. Combined, the Olin Cup and YouthBridge Social Enterprise and
Innovation Competition will award more than $200,000 in funding for new
commercial and social ventures.
Nicholson new ombuds for Danforth faculty
Linda Nicholson, PhD, the Susan E. and William P. Stiritz Distinguished Professor in Women’s Studies in Arts & Sciences, has been named the new ombuds for Danforth Campus faculty at Washington University in St. Louis. The Office of Ombuds was established in September 2010 to provide faculty a confidential, informal place to discuss concerns about the university, its policies or its procedures.