Home sweet home
Photo by Robert BostonThe grand opening of the Washington University Orthopedics and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Outpatient Orthopedic Center was held Oct. 3.
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Who says business is no fun?
Photo by Mary ButkusDarrell Butler, MBA ’92, gets into the swing of things at the City Museum Saturday, Oct. 7, at the annual Olin Business School reunion.
New professorship in biology
Photo by Mary ButkusHimadri B. Pakrasi, Ph.D., receives a medal from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton signifying his appointment as the George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences Oct. 2 in a ceremony at Holmes Lounge.
Carnaghi recognized by state association
Jill Carnaghi, Ph.D., assistant vice chancellor for students and director of Campus Life, was presented with the 2007 Richard Caple Professional Award from the Missouri College Personnel Association at an awards ceremony Sept. 24.
Obituary: Terry, 69
Wanda Lee Terry, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, in St. Louis. She was 69.
Study of respiratory infections leads researchers to new virus
Scientists working to identify the microorganisms that make us sick have discovered a new virus potentially linked to unexplained respiratory infections.
Men’s basketball ranked No. 1
Washington University men’s basketball team has earned a No. 1 ranking in the 2007-08 Sporting News Division III preseason poll.
An evening of song with Jennifer Jakob
Soprano Jennifer Jakob will perform an intimate Liederabend for the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences. Literally translated as “evening of song,” Liederabend is a German term referring to a recital given by a singer and pianist, particularly of works by 19th-century Austrian or German composers. The program will include songs by Hugo Wolf, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss.
Trustees meet, issue tribute
The Washington University Board of Trustees met Friday, Oct. 5, and issued a tribute to Trustee J. Stephen Fossett, for whom a search continues following the disappearance of his plane over Nevada. They also heard a number of reports, among them one from Raymond E. Arvidson, Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences. Arvidson reviewed the research of his department in a talk titled “Geology, Habitability, and Life on Mars.”
Husband-and-wife team to lead master class in Indian dance Oct. 14
Husband-and-wife performers Sanjay Shantaram and Shama Sanjay will teach an introductory master class in the Bharata Natyam style of dance at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio in the Mallinckrodt Student Center.