Of note

Katherine M. Grillo, Kenneth Harrington, Samuel L. Stanley Jr., Samuel A. Wickline, M.D., William A. Peck, M.D., and more …

Back to nature

Photo by Robert BostonSherry Teefey, M.D., professor of radiology, enjoys both her professional time with patients and colleagues and personal time spent not only hiking in mountain ranges around the world but also in medical education efforts in countries in Africa, Asia and South America.

Schweich to serve as Ambassador-in-Residence

Thomas A. Schweich, J.D., the State Department’s coordinator for counternarcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan, will join the School of Law as Ambassador-in-Residence.

All’s fair in tug of war

Photo by Whitney CurtisThe Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts hosted a student vs. faculty tug of war March 21 on the south lawn of Bixby Hall.

Truman Scholar

Photo by Joe AngelesJunior Kelley Greenman (right) is all smiles upon learning from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton that she has just been awarded a 2008 Harry S. Truman Scholarship.

WUSTL takes Directors’ Cup lead

WUSTL has taken the lead in the 2007-08 U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup Division III standings. The University accumulated 371.5 points during the winter season to move past Williams College, who led after the first set of winter standings were released. WUSTL sits in first place with 693.50 points, while Amherst College is second with […]

Peter MacKeith receives national ACSA teaching honors

Peter MacKeithPeter MacKeith, associate dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and associate professor of architecture, has received one of three national Creative Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). MacKeith received the award for the design studio “Lighthouses: Adventures on the Mississippi,” which he led in the spring of 2007.

Irish poet and novelist Ciaran Carson to read from work April 14

Irish poet and novelist Ciaran Carson will read from his work at 8 p.m. Monday, April 14, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. Born in Belfast in 1948, Carson is the author of nine collections of poems, including The Irish for No (1987) and Breaking News (2003), as well as four prose works, including the novel Shamrock Tea (2001), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Geologist decries floodplain development

Photo courtesy of USGSLevees are not infalliable.Midwesterners have to be wondering: Will April be the cruelest month? Patterns in the Midwest this spring are eerily reminiscent of 1993 and 1994, back-to-back years of serious flooding. Parallels this year include abnormally high levels of precipitation in late winter and early spring, early flooding in various regions, and record amounts of snow in states upstream. One thing Midwesterners have not learned is “geologic reality,” says Robert E. Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.