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Woman’s Club welcome to WUSTL
Gloria Lubowitz, president of the Woman’s Club of Washington University, talks to club members and other members of the WUSTL community during the club’s Fall Welcome Lunch at Harbison House Sept. 16. Woman’s Club members Risa Zwerling Wrighton hosted the luncheon to introduce women new to the university to the Woman’s Club. The club offers members opportunities to form friendships and grow intellectually through luncheons, lectures, tours and programs.
Sports update Sept. 26: Men’s soccer suffers first loss
The No. 4 men’s soccer team saw its seven-game winning streak to start the season come to an end with a 3-1 loss at No. 15 Dominican University Sept. 25 in River Forest, Ill. Updates also on football, men’s tennis, women’s golf, women’s soccer and cross country.
Plax, The SPOT recognized for commitment to adolescents
Katie Plax, MD, and The SPOT have received the Promising Practices Award for Promoting Adolescents’ Strengths from the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Adolescent Health Partnership Project.
Institute for School Partnership launches to improve teaching, learning in K-12
More than 20 years ago, Sarah C.R. Elgin, PhD, the Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, founded Washington University’s Science Outreach. Today, Elgin’s success with Science Outreach is being recognized as WUSTL launches the interdisciplinary Institute for School Partnership, the university’s signature effort to strategically improve teaching and learning within the K-12 education community. Elgin’s work with Science Outreach and the institute’s opening will be recognized during a reception at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, in Holmes Lounge, Eads Hall.
Restorative benefits of beach peak during low tides and cooler days
Memorial set for James McLeod
James E. McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will be remembered by the university community in a memorial service set for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. McLeod died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital of kidney failure after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 67.
Washington People: Brent Ruoff
Brent Ruoff’s quick thinking and calm demeanor have likely saved his own life in the wilderness, and he draws on these same skills when diagnosing and caring for patients who arrive with shattered bones, gunshot wounds or head injuries.
Preston M. Green Hall dedicated Sept. 23
Preston M. Green Hall, a new engineering building on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis, was dedicated Friday, Sept. 23. The keynote speaker at the dedication was be Charles M. Vest, PhD, president of the National Academy of Engineering and president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nancy Green, widow of WUSTL benefactor Preston M. Green, for whom the building is named, also spoke.
Trustees meet, dedicate Preston M. Green Hall
At its fall meeting Sept. 23, the Board of Trustees heard a number of presentations by top university officials, including a report on the Washington University endowment by Kimberly G. Walker, chief investment officer; a student housing and off-campus development planning update from Executive Vice Chancellor Henry S. Webber; and a presentation on the new Preston M. Green Hall by Ralph S. Quatrano, PhD, dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science and the Spencer T. Olin Professor.