First Olin Award for research given to Nickerson, Zenger

Two professors at the Olin Business School are the winners of the first annual “Olin Award: Recognizing Research That Transforms Business.” Jackson Nickerson, Ph.D., and Todd Zenger, Ph.D., will share the $10,000 honorarium in recognition of their research that examined the negative impact that social comparison, or envy, causes in the workplace.

‘Put on a happy face’

Courtesy Photo”Bye Bye Birdie,” the spring musical production by School of Medicine students, will be held April 24, 25 and 26 at the Whelpley Auditorium on the St Louis College of Pharmacy campus.

PAD’s ‘The Lion and the Jewel’ explores culture and colonization

Photo by David KilperMen versus women, modern versus traditional, culture versus colonization. Such conflicts lie at the heart of “The Lion and the Jewel,” a sly and subversive comedy by Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka. The Performing Arts Department continues this deceptively light-hearted carnival of dance and song as its spring mainstage production this weekend, April 25-27.

Dance students take top honors at ACDFA Central Region conference

A group of 18 students dancers from the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences has taken top honors at the Central Region conference of the American College Dance Festival Association March 4-9 at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. The students were recognized for their performance of “Grid,” an original work choreographed by Cecil Slaughter, senior lecturer in dance.

Of note

Ramesh K. Agarwal, Ph.D., Roger D. Chamberlain, Ph.D., Mark A. Franklin, Ph.D., Ron K. Cytron, Ph.D., Jonathan M. Chase, Ph.D., and more…

A monster project

Photo by Kevin LowderThe Graduate Student Research Symposium, held April 5 in the Lab Sciences Building, enabled students to polish their communication skills in presenting their research to members of the WUSTL community.

So much to see, so much to hope for

Photo by Whitney CurtisEducators attend Faces of Hope, a University-wide celebration of civic engagement and community service May 8 at Whitaker Hall. Hosted by the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, Faces of Hope featured a poster session highlighting community service by students and faculty.