WUSTL junior back Kate
Doyle has been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America®
Division III Women’s Soccer Team, announced by the College Sports
Information Directors of America.
Employees who book holiday gatherings through Dec. 14 at Ibby’s bistro in Danforth University Center are eligible to receive special offers, such as free desserts and appetizers for the group and $25 gift cards for the reservee. All reservations must be made in advance.
Bear Necessities is offering special discounts and expanded hours during its annual holiday sale. The store will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 11 and 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 12.
Bring burned out or unwanted light strings to Washington University this holiday season and help keep thousands of pounds of waste from landfills. The Holiday Light Recycling Drive is returning to WUSTL — with collection bins on all four campuses. The drive runs through Jan. 13.
Famed public intellectual Kwame Anthony Appiah, author of The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, will present the keynote address Thursday, Nov. 29 for “Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors,” Washington University’s 11th annual faculty book colloquium.
That’s not a new parking meter or air pump for your tires outside of Brauer Hall — it’s a charging station for electric vehicles. This first charging station on the Danforth Campus is another step in the university’s commitment to sustainability. A ceremony to celebrate the installation is set for 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, outside of Brauer Hall. A station also is planned for the Millbrook Parking Facility and more may follow, depending on demand.
Gastric bypass surgery has been thought to offer advantages, independent of weight loss, for improving insulin sensitivity and blood glucose levels in obese patients. But new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that those improvements are related to weight loss alone and not to the surgical procedure itself.
Actor Patrick Dempsey plays Dr. Derek Shepherd, a surgeon on the ABC drama Grey’s Anatomy. Washington University surgeon Susan E. Mackinnon advised the show on scenarios involving a hand injury suffered by the character.
Edward Geltman, MD, professor of medicine, has been named the first recipient of the Philip A. Ludbrook Award. The award will be given annually to a member of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for outstanding service and dedication to the protection of human subjects involved in research.
Ah, December. Days grow shorter, checkout lines longer, and final exams inexorably closer. But on Dec. 2, audiences are invited to pause for an afternoon of “Joy and Wonder.” Presented by the Washington University Concert Choir and the Washington University Chamber Choir, the concert will feature a range of music relating to the holiday season.
