Let the celebration begin!
Commencement week begins Monday, May 17, with a variety of celebrations and ceremonies designed to warmly send Washington University in St. Louis graduates out into the world.
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First impressions
As an undergraduate pre-med student, Danielle Bristow worked as a tour guide for the University of the Pacific, welcoming prospective students and their families to her campus. The idea that Bristow would one day find a career in making people feel welcome didn’t occur to her. Not at first, anyway.
Overweight children risk serious diseases found in adults
Being overweight can touch so many aspects of a child’s life. His or her schoolwork can suffer and social lives can be limited. Overweight or obese children have more difficulty sleeping, playing and even breathing.
Notables
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, […]
Flight day
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.
2010 I-CARES research awards announced
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.
Obituary: Victor Le Vine, professor emeritus of political science, 81
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.
Benefits Department to add online enrollment and changes
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.
Older adults with depression sought for treatment study
Eliot Society’s Search Award given to McLeod
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.