Spring break begins this weekend, and, as students and faculty take a mid-March break, so does the daily Record e-mail. The Record will publish once next week on Wednesday, March 14, then resume regular five-day-per-week publication Monday, March 19. For the latest campus news and announcements, continue to check record.wustl.edu.
Research has shown that youth violence is a major
cause of injury and death among Latinos. However, there is little
understanding of violent behaviors of youths within various Latino
ethnic subgroups such as Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Mexicans. Lorena
Estrada-Martínez, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at
Washington University in St. Louis, recently examined how family
dynamics and neighborhood racial/ethnic composition and socioeconomic
status (SES) impact youth violence among Latino subgroups. “Higher
levels of youth independence can reduce the risk of violence in
primarily Latino neighborhoods,” Estrada-Martinez says.
Lee E. Ohanian, PhD, professor of economics and
director of the Ettinger Family Program in Macroeconomic Research at the
University of California, Los Angeles, will present “Depressions,
Crises, and Economic Policy: The 1930s and Today” at Washington
University in St. Louis for the inaugural Lloyd Cole Lecture at 4:30
p.m. Tuesday, April 3, in the Danforth University Center, Room 276.
WUSTL will test its emergency communication systems three times in March: at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 14; and at noon Wednesday, March 21. The tests will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time. The drills are being held in conjunction with Missouri Severe Weather Awareness Week March 12-16.
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton has announced two senior leadership appointments. Jennifer R. Smith, PhD, associate professor of earth and planetary sciences and of environmental studies, both in Arts & Sciences, has been named dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. Sharon Stahl, PhD, associate vice chancellor for students and dean of the First Year Center, has been named vice chancellor for students. They will fill the dual roles held by James E. McLeod before his death Sept. 6.
Bon Appetit, the food service company that manages WUSTL Dining Services, has announced its new farm animal welfare policy. The changes will affect meat, poultry and eggs served at WUSTL Dining Services locations. Under the new standards, Bon Appetit will employ the food service industry’s most comprehensive farm animal welfare policy to date, says Nadeem Siddiqui, director of WUSTL Dining Services.
Do you swim, bike and run? Register now for the 3rd Annual Washington University Sprint Triathlon to be held at 9 a.m. Sunday, April 1, on the WUSTL campus and in Forest Park.
Kathryn A. Dean, director of the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design and professor of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed as the JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen Professor of Architecture. The ceremony was held Dec. 2, 2011, in Steinberg Auditorium.
A lone tenor takes the stage. Her voice is hushed and plaintive over a pair of drums but quickly grows full and strong as she’s joined by a score of fellow singers. The song is Jesu Ngowethu, a traditional Zulu spiritual, and it marks the beginning of African Grace, the new program by Soweto Gospel Choir. On March 23, the Grammy Award-winning ensemble will return to Washington University as part of the Edison Ovations Series.
Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, working with Shriners Hospital for Children and other institutions, have identified a promising new treatment for a rare and sometimes life-threatening bone disorder that can affect infants and young children. Known as hypophosphatasia, the condition upsets bone metabolism, blocking important minerals such as calcium from depositing in the skeleton.
