A monumental move
Photo by David KilperStudents and staff from the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum lift Thaddeus Strode’s massive canvas “The Doppelganger’s Boneyard” (2007) into place in the Saligman Family Atrium last month.
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Cancer research grant requests due Oct. 10
Applications are due Oct. 10 for awards from the University’s American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant.
Applications available for Bear Cub Fund grants
The Bear Cub Fund is soliciting grant applications from researchers who want to move inventions from their labs toward commercialization.
Conflict-of-interest committee will work to ‘untie the knots’
Michael R. Cannon, J.D., executive vice chancellor and general counsel, and Susan K. Dutcher, Ph.D., professor and interim head of the Department of Genetics, have been appointed co-chairs of the Committee on Institutional Conflicts of Interest, a group that will formulate a University policy on institutional conflict of interest.
Friedmann receives lifetime achievement award for martial arts prowess
Alberto Friedmann hasn’t let a diagnosis of a degenerative joint disease stop him from doing anything he has wanted to do in life.
Institute for Public Health debuts with symposium
The Institute for Public Health will host its inaugural symposium on Friday, Sept. 5, at the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Medical Campus. The overall goal of the event is to raise awareness of public-health research and service activities currently conducted at the University.
Campus Watch
The following incidents were reported to University Police Aug. 26-Sept. 1. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Aug. 26 2:43 p.m. — A […]
‘Bold Strokes’ celebrates work of alumnus Ezell, renowned set designer
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ Des Lee Gallery presents “Bold Strokes and Finesse: The Stage Designs of John Ezell,” an exhibition beginning Sept. 11 that features the work of one of contemporary theater’s most influential set designers.
A good book, a great setting
Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr.Barbara Baumgartner, Ph.D. (top, center), associate director and senior lecturer in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program in Arts & Sciences, chats with freshmen outside the Danforth University Center Aug. 25. The group was discussing Elizabeth Kolbert’s book “Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change.”
A dog’s life
Photo by David KilperUno, winner of Best in Show at last spring’s Westminster Kennel Club dog show, makes an appearance on campus to celebrate the opening of the Danforth University Center.