American Indian Awareness Week April 4-9
An American Indian powwow, traditional cuisine, storytelling, music and crafts will be among the highlights.
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Sequenced genomes provide key clues into ‘dirty work’ of fungus
Photo by Robert BostonMichael R. Brent, Ph.D., and Tamara L. Doering, M.D., Ph.D., examine data from the *C. neoformans* gene expression microarray.A team of collaborators, including two WUSTL researchers, has sequenced the genomes of two strains of Cryptococcus neoformans.
Greek networking
Photo by Kevin LowderThe “Letters Today, Leaders Tomorrow” program discussed ways for members of Greek life to use their connections get jobs.
Dancing dynamo
Photo by Kevin LowderAlberto del Saz, visiting Marcus Artist in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences’ Dance Program, leads a master class.
Campus Watch
The following incidents were reported to University Police March 23-29. 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. March 24 8 a.m. — A vehicle […]
Distinguished guest
Photo by Mary ButkusDean Stuart I. Greenbaum visits with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez after the latter spoke at the Olin School of Business.
Elizabeth Gray Danforth dies
She was the wife of Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth and first lady of Washington University for nearly a quarter century.
Medical students elected to national positions in AMSA
WenThree students from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been chosen for prominent offices, including national president, within the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). Leana S. Wen was elected national president; Andrew R. Reinink was named an associate regional trustee for Region VIII; and Kao-Ping Chua was hired for the position of Jack Rutledge Fellow.
Lightmans fiction serves as a ‘travel guide’ for the scientific world
LightmanAlan Lightman, popular novelist and MIT physicist, will deliver the ArtSci Council, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi Lecture for Washington University’s Assembly Series. His talk, “The Physicist as Novelist,” will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, in Graham Chapel.
Elizabeth Gray Danforth dies at 75
DanforthElizabeth Gray Danforth, wife of Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth and first lady of Washington University for nearly a quarter century, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2005, of cancer. She was 75. Known as “Ibby” to her friends and to the campus community, she became a tireless ambassador for the university when her husband was named vice chancellor for medical affairs in 1965 and then chancellor in 1971.