Murphy named Opie First Centennial Professor
Kenneth M. Murphy, MD, PhD, has been named the Eugene L. Opie First Centennial Professor of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Media Advisory: Move-in day Aug. 25 for WUSTL freshmen
Washington University’s main move-in day in the South 40 residence halls for freshmen is Thursday, Aug. 25. Nearly 1,500 freshmen are arriving for the 2011-12 academic year that begins Aug. 30. With help from family, friends and upperclassmen, the freshmen will be hauling everything from refrigerators and microwaves to carpets, bicycles and stereo systems into their new homes away from home.
Valko named director of sustainability
Phil Valko, a WUSTL alumnus, has been named director of sustainability at Washington University in St. Louis, announced Steven P. Hoffner, associate vice chancellor for operations. The director of sustainability is responsible for providing leadership, vision and strategy to advance WUSTL’s sustainability efforts.
Newly renovated Campus Store hosts celebration Aug. 29
Daily Record resumes Monday, Aug. 29
Beginning Monday, Aug. 29, the Record will shift into its academic year schedule. Look for emails Monday through Friday throughout the academic year when classes are in session. The Record website, record.wustl.edu, also will be updated daily.
Service First: WUSTL freshmen get to know St. Louis while lending a hand
More than 1,200 freshmen are expected to participate in this year’s 13th annual Service First event on Saturday, Sept. 3, at 12 St. Louis-area schools. Among the projects Washington University students will be participating in include painting playground maps and indoor and outdoor murals, creating bulletin boards, and assisting teachers in preparing classrooms for the new school year.
Precarious Worlds: Contemporary Art From Germany opens Sept. 9
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum has received an extraordinary gift from the David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation to support the acquisition of new works by artists living and working in Germany. This fall, the Kemper Art Museum will present Precarious Worlds: Contemporary Art From Germany. The exhibition will feature the first five works acquired thanks to the Kemper gift — monumentally scaled pieces by Franz Ackermann, Thomas Demand, Sergej Jensen, Charline von Heyl, and Corinne Wasmuht — along with significant works already in the permanent collection by Michel Majerus, Manfred Pernice and Wolfgang Tillmans, as well as a major installation, on loan for the exhibition, by Hans-Peter Feldmann.
Multi-center partnership aims to better diagnose, treat cancer
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Boise State University have been named partners in one of five U.S. centers that will use genetic data to search for proteins that are abnormally made by cancer cells. The partnerships form the new Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) supported by the National Cancer Institute.
New master’s program aims to help change health behaviors
Poor diet, lack of exercise and smoking are often cited as causes of preventable illness and death in the United States. A new master’s program in Applied Health Behavior Research launching this fall is designed to address the science of health behavior, says Mario Schootman, PhD, the program’s director.