Of note Jonathan M. Chase, PhD, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences and director of the Tyson Research Center, and Tiffany M. Knight, PhD, associate professor of biology, have received a five-year, $705,546 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Mechanisms of Species-Area Relationships in Ozark Glades.” … Paul Goodfellow, PhD, […]
More than 150 St. Louis-area high school students gathered May 7 in the Field House to launch their custom-built aluminum gliders as part of the Boeing Engineering Challenge Final Flight. The Engineering Challenge — the culmination of a series of technical meetings, design reviews and prototype development activities — is a partnership between Boeing and WUSTL intended to get high school students excited about the engineering field.
The International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) has awarded 11 faculty members — university professors undertaking innovative and collaborative research in the broad areas of bioenergy and sustainability — grants totaling nearly $300,000.
Victor T. Le Vine, PhD, emeritus professor of political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University and internationally known expert on terrorism, hostage situations, guerrilla warfare and political problems of the Middle East and Africa, died May 7, 2010, at his home in University City. He was 81.
WUSTL faculty, staff, postdoctoral appointees and clinical fellows soon will be able to enroll in and make changes to their benefits themselves through the university’s new online benefits program, eBenefits.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are studying people age 60 and older to determine whether augmenting medication for depression with a second drug might help older patients break free of clinical depression. Both study drugs are FDA-approved therapies for depression in younger adults, but the benefits need to be examined in older adults.
James E. McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, was presented with the Search Award at the university’s 43rd annual William Greenleaf Eliot gala May 11. McLeod was honored for 35 years of invaluable contributions, inspiration, devotion and guidance to the Washington University community.
Scientists regularly discard up to 90 percent of the signals from monitoring of brain waves, one of the oldest techniques for observing changes in brain activity. Now, though, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found evidence that this data may contain significant information about how the brain works.
Jaimie McFarlin is a leader, motivator and NCAA national champion in women’s basketball. On May 21 McFarlin, chosen by the Record as an Outstanding Graduate from the Olin Business School, will pick up one more well-deserved honor: A master’s of business administration.
