The deadline to register for media credentials for the 2008 vice presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis is Aug. 15. On-site credentialing will not be available. Please go to the Commission on Presidential Debates Web site — debates.org — to register for credentials. Media can also go to debates.org for Washington University’s rate card, which includes information on ordering everything from satellite truck parking and TV affiliate workspace to a seat in the Media Filing Center and Wi-Fi Internet connection.
image courtesy of Advanced BionicsCochlear implantJill B. Firszt, a cochlear-implant specialist at the School of Medicine, was working on her doctoral dissertation when she met with a 47-year-old patient who been deaf in one ear since childhood. The patient was scheduled to get a cochlear implant in her deaf ear because she recently had a tumor operation that destroyed the hearing in her good ear. Firszt knew there wasn’t enough pertinent information to predict how well the woman would hear with the implant. That experience inspired Firszt to propose an in-depth study, now funded by the NIH, of one-sided hearing.
The International and Area Studies Program in Arts & Sciences moved its offices to McMillan Hall from the first floor of Stix International House Aug. 4. The program promotes international education for students and faculty both here and abroad. It includes Overseas Programs, the international and area studies major and the freshman International Leadership Program […]
Annette Appell, J.D., professor of law, is the inaugural associate dean for clinical affairs at the School of Law. In her new position, she will oversee the school’s clinical programs, externships and related programs and courses. Appell also will work to create additional live client clinics at the law school and to integrate, to the […]
Eleven current or former WUSTL students have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships for the 2008-09 academic year. Eight are recently graduated seniors, and three are graduate students. They will spend a full academic year in a host country. The graduate students, along with their fields and locations of study, are Emilie Boone, art and architectural history, […]
Student Financial Services can help departments locate and hire part-time student workers for the 2008-09 academic year — and, at the same time, help departments stretch their budget dollars a little further.
Photo by David KilperMartha McDougall (left), chair of the Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) Awards Committee, presents the CSHEMA Award of Merit to Bruce Backus, assistant vice chancellor for environmental health and safety, and Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton at a ceremony July 28 at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis.
Photo by Whitney CurtisAkash Sharma, M.D. (black shirt), instructor in radiology at the School of Medicine, listens to Steven M. Ehrlich, associate dean for undergraduate and special programs at University College, speak about University College during the Fall Preview Night Aug. 7 at Holmes Lounge.