Pope promoted to associate dean in Arts & Sciences
As assistant dean, she “has made outstanding contributions to many aspects of the graduate school’s mission,” Dean Robert E. Thach says.
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Physicist is named DOE outstanding investigator
Henric S. Krawczynski is one of eight scientists in the country to receive the prestigious Outstanding Junior Investigator Award.
Potential new oncogene may be missing link in cancer-causing chain
High levels of a protein called LRP6 can make cancer cells more aggressive, according to Washington University researchers affiliated with the Siteman Cancer Center. The protein’s ability to enhance tumor development suggests that the gene that codes for LRP6 is an oncogene — a gene that contributes to tumor development when overactivated.
Political commentator Farai Chideya to discuss ways to reach out to the 100 million ‘missing voters’
ChideyaFew people are more knowledgeable about the complicated reasons why young adults in America, as well as the traditionally disenfranchised groups, don’t exercise their right to vote. Farai Chideya will explore the reasons for this and discuss ways to reach these large groups of Americans, at her talk on Oct. 27.
WUSTL physicist is named DOE outstanding investigator
Henric S. Krawczynski, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in high-energy physics, one of eight scientists in the country to receive the prestigious recognition in 2004.
Author of The Burning Tigris to give annual Holocaust Lecture
In his most recent book, The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response, published in 2004, author and poet Peter Balakian describes the systematic deportation and murder of as many as 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks during World War I. The book was a New York Times Notable Book and a New York Times best seller.
Kirkwood resident receives U.S. Department of Energy’s Outstanding Junior Investigator Award
Henric S. Krawczynski, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in high-energy physics, one of eight scientists in the country to receive the prestigious recognition in 2004.
Genetically modified parasite reveals new details of immune system’s memory
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania have found an immune system cell can “remember” a parasite’s attack and help the body mount a more effective defense against subsequent invasions by the same parasite.
St. Louis City resident promoted to associate dean in Arts & Sciences at Washington University
Nancy P. Pope, Ph.D., was promoted to associate dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, announced Dean Robert E. Thach, Ph.D.
Norberg shares prestigious ISMAR Prize
He wins the prize with his former doctoral student Irving J. Lowe, who is now at the University of Pittsburgh.