Levitt, 50-year clinical professor, 86
Joseph Levitt, M.D., professor of clinical medicine, died Sunday, March 30. He was 86.
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Human Resources offers Financial Education Seminars
WUSTL’s Office of Human Resources cordially invites faculty and staff to Financial Education Seminars conducted by TIAA-CREF and Vanguard consultants. The seminars will last about 90 minutes and will feature a discussion of basic investment choices and a review of some simple strategies and concepts to make sound investment decisions. Topics will include: • assessing […]
Finishing touches
Photo by Joe AngelesRobin Shield (left) helps her daughter, Jolona, prepare for the grand entry of dancers during the 18th annual Pow Wow on April 5 in the Athletic Complex.
Measuring up
Photo by Robert BostonKelly Mushill, a second-year doctoral student in the Program in Physical Therapy; Suzanne Cornbleet, DPT, assistant professor of physical therapy and of orthopaedic surgery; and Marie Harper, a second-year doctoral student in the Program in Physical Therapy, evaluate Maplewood-Richmond Heights Elementary School fourth-grader Zackery Kottkamp’s posture and flexibility.
Kling, former provost, 89
As the Record went to press, we learned of the passing of Merle Kling, Ph.D., former provost, executive vice chancellor, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences and professor of political science, on April 8 from esophageal cancer. He was 89.
Lessons not learned from 1993 flood, geologist says
Patterns in the Midwest this spring are eerily reminiscent of 1993 and 1994, back-to-back years of serious flooding. But Midwesterners have not learned “geologic reality,” says Robert E. Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences.
Researchers close in on origins of main ingredient of Alzheimer’s plaques
The ability of brain cells to take in substances from their surface is essential to the production of a key ingredient in Alzheimer’s brain plaques, neuroscientists at the School of Medicine have learned. The researchers used a drug to shut down the intake process, known as endocytosis, in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. The change led to a 70 percent drop in levels of amyloid beta, the protein fragment that clumps together to form Alzheimer’s plaques.
Teno to speak on African filmmaking
Celebrated Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno will address the challenges of filmmaking in Africa as a follow-up to African Film Festival. Teno will speak at 6 p.m. Monday, April 14, in Lab Sciences 300 on “Filmmaking in Africa: An Ongoing Struggle.” Teno will place the filmmaking industry in Africa in a global context, examining both issues […]
University offers Financial Education Seminars
WUSTL’s Office of Human Resources cordially invites faculty and staff to a Financial Education Seminar conducted by TIAA-CREF and Vanguard consultants. The seminar will feature a discussion of basic investment choices and a review of some simple strategies and concepts to make sound investment decisions.
Williams, 87
Byron L. Williams, Ph.D., affiliate professor of engineering and policy from 1989-1992, died Sunday, March 16. He was 87.