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School of Medicine puts Heuser micrographs on permanent display

First-year medical students at Washington University School of Medicine have much to learn about the structure of the body and its cells. Soon, they will have new inspiration for that learning journey in the form of a series of detailed black-and-white electron micrographs of cells and their interiors created by John Heuser, MD, professor of cell biology and physiology.

Trustees grant faculty promotions, tenure

At recent Board of Trustees meetings, the following faculty members were appointed with tenure or promoted with tenure: Randall J. Bateman, MD; Paul W. Hruz, MD, PhD; Catherine E. Lang, PhD; David Rudnick, MD, PhD; Sheila Stewart-Wigglesworth, PhD; Brad A. Racette, MD; and Chengjie Xiong, PhD.

WUSTL Dining Services emphasizes serving local food

If you’ve sampled trout, milk and green beans this fall from a WUSTL Dining Services eatery, chances are, you’ve eaten local. Between 18 percent and 20 percent of food served by WUSTL Dining Services comes from local sources, says Jill Duncan, dining services marketing director. “The exact number fluctuates, depending on the time of year,” she says. No matter what the season, Dining Services is making a significant effort to give WUSTL diners more local dining choices, Duncan says.

Bringing Morocco to WUSTL

Morocco’s renowned Abdellah el Miry Trio visited campus Dec. 6 to perform and engage in an Arabic-language question-and-answer session with students in a course taught by Younasse Tarbouni, a lecturer in Arabic Language Studies in Arts & Sciences. The performance was arranged by the recently opened St. Louis office of American Voices, a nonprofit group that conducts cultural diplomacy to countries emerging from conflict or isolation.

Bear Necessities Holiday Sale Dec. 13, 14

The Bear Necessities store, located in Umrath House on the South 40, will hold its annual holiday sale Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 13 and 14. The store will offer 15 percent off its entire stock of regular-priced WUSTL logo items and an additional 15 percent off already marked-down prices on all clearance items. The sale will be held from 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Dec. 13 and from 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Dec. 14.

WUSTL partners with St. Louis Winter Outreach

WUSTL is partnering with the St. Louis Winter Outreach Team to help the homeless. On winter nights when the temperature is predicted to drop below 20 degrees, the volunteer teams meet, drive around the city looking for those at risk, and offer blanket, coats – or transportation to those willing to go to a shelter. There are a number of ways WUSTL community members can get involved — from collecting coats or blankets to volunteering in a shelter.

Free winter vehicle inspection Dec. 10

The Washington University Police Department and Parking Services, in partnership with Hartmann’s Towing, once again will sponsor a free Traveler’s Vehicle Inspection service to WUSTL students, faculty and staff from noon-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. Persons anticipating traveling by car for winter break can bring their vehicle to the lower level of Millbrook Garage in the early afternoon for a free inspection.

Arts & Culture

Washington University Opera Dec. 15 and 16

Opera on the Kansas plains? Picnic, a recent work by American composer Forrest Pierce, centers on a handsome drifter whose arrival in small Midwestern town spells both liberation and catastrophe. At 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 15 and 16, the Washington University Opera Workshop will present excerpts from Picnic, which features a libretto by WUSTL’s Tim Ocel, and four other operas in the 560 Music Center Ballroom Theater.

Science & Technology

Brauer Hall receives six construction awards

Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall, a new engineering building at the northeast corner of the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis, was recently honored with a Project Achievement Award by the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA). But the CMAA award is only the latest of seven honors garnered by Brauer Hall, home to the School of Engineering & Applied Science’s Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering.

Raising AIDS awareness

Student groups collaborated to raise campus awareness of World AIDS Day Thursday, Dec. 1. The students held red balloons and formed the shape of a ribbon on Mudd Field. This was just one of several events that took place throughout the day.