Covered in both graffiti and secrets, a simple brick wall alternates between playground and refuge from the world. On Saturday, May 5, Montreal’s Dynamo Theatre will return to St. Louis with Mur-Mur (The Wall), an acrobatic exploration of friendship and young love, as part of Edison’s ovations for young people series.
Washington University in St. Louis has awarded five Bear Cub fund grants totaling $190,000 to support innovative research that has shown commercial potential. Jerry Morrissey (right), PhD, received one of the grants to develop rapid tests for the early development of kidney cancer.
New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that the same genes that promote healing after cartilage damage also appear to protect against osteoarthritis, a condition caused by years of wear-and-tear on the cartilage between joints. Although the research was conducted in mice, the genes are likely to be important in people, too.
Robert Mecham, PhD, a pioneering cell biologist, and Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, a leading national scholar in gerontology, will receive Washington University’s 2012 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced. Mecham is the recipient of the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award, and Morrow-Howel the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award. They will receive their awards and give presentations of their scholarly work during a ceremony in December.
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law celebrated the outstanding achievements of seven individuals at the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner April 20. Four alumni received Distinguished Law Alumni Awards; two received Distinguished Young Law Alumni Awards; and one received the Dean’s Medal.
The PLAN worked, and now organizers of the
Washington University in St. Louis Professional Leadership Academy & Network program are looking for a second
group of participants, including staff from the School of Medicine. PLAN is a yearlong professional development program intended to help
build participants’ leadership skills as well as provide
WUSTL with a cadre of leaders who can contribute to university-wide
initiatives and projects. Applications are due May 29.
Sophomore Marnie Abeshouse (left), an anthropology major in Arts &
Sciences, explains her research project on the Israeli pharmaceutical
industry during a poster
presentation April 24 for the Olin Business School course “Business,
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Israel.”
Attendees dare to ride Pharaoh’s Fury at the 2012 Thurtene Carnival held this past weekend on the Danforth Campus. The entirely student-run carnival featuring rides, games and well-rehearsed plays and musical performances, has been a part of campus life for more than 100 years. Proceeds from this year’s event benefited Guardian Angels Settlement Association.
The Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, set for Saturday, April 28, will feature 230 student presenters from a wide variety of disciplines. The full day of activities features a keynote address; presentation of the Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Research; talks by students; a poster session; colloquiums; and an international review conference on migration and identity. All events are being held in the Laboratory Sciences Building.
The National Day of Prayer typically sparks debate about whether the day violates the establishment clause from the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This year’s observance on May 3, however, likely will take on added significance, says John Inazu, JD, first amendment expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. The reason? 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Engel v. Vitale, which invalidated official prayer in public schools.
