Honoring achievement

Photo by Bob BostonAward-winners Lee Epstein and Eugene M. Johnson Jr. greet each other at the recent Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony.

Forming bonds

Photo by Bob BostonDean Larry J. Shapiro welcomes Sen. Kit Bond, who was visiting the Medical Campus to discuss technology transfer.

A commitment to excellence

Wayne M. Yokoyama, M.D., gives that advice to medical students and postdoctoral fellows aiming to become independent researchers. “Work hard, exceed people’s expectations and you’ll be successful,” he continues. “We are often limited most by constraints we place on ourselves.” That philosophy helped Yokoyama become a two-time Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, the Sam J. […]

Against all odds

Carol S. North was camping in rural Missouri with her two Great Danes on Sept. 11, 2001. Shortly after the hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, reporters started calling. Soon she had been tracked down and brought back to town. To understand why the media immediately went looking for North […]
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