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Sept. 20, 2002 Vol. 27, No. 4
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University moves to 12th-place tie in U.S. News undergrad rankings

Washington University is now tied with the University of Chicago for 12th place in undergraduate programs, according to U.S. News & World Report magazine. Full story

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Steven G. Krantz, Ph.D., professor and chair of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, observes a mathematical grid of a human face taken by an innovative 3-D scanner.


Researchers collaborate to make plastic surgery more precise

Beauty may well be in the eye of the beholder. But in the future, it could be in the realm of mathematics.

Steven G. Krantz, Ph.D., professor and chair of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, is working with collaborators on the West Coat to create a system that will make the practice of reconstructive surgery analytical. Full story
 Marc Foley displays his first-prize             award from the Culinary Challenge             recipe contest, which was sponsored             by the National Association of             College and University Food Services.
Marc Foley displays his first-prize award from the Culinary Challenge recipe contest, which was sponsored by the National Association of College and University Food Services.


Chef wins national award for recipe

When Marc Foley, executive sous-chef with Bon Appétit, entered the Culinary Challenge recipe contest sponsored by the National Association of College and University Food Services, his only instructions were that the recipe had to be original and had to use scallops.

Foley's concoction, "Seared Sea Scallops With Vegetable Couscous and Tomatillo Gazpacho," earned him first place in the nationwide competition.
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Scientists learn how herpes tricks immune system

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Herpes viruses enter the body and hide away in cells, often re-emerging later to cause illnesses such as shingles, genital herpes and cancer.

How these viruses evade the immune system remains poorly understood, but School of Medicine researchers discovered that a mouse herpes virus uses molecules that mimic a cell's proteins to help thwart an immune attack. Full story

Joseph A. O'Sullivan, Ph.D., professor of electrical engineering, leads a recent class.
Joseph A. O'Sullivan, Ph.D., professor of electrical engineering, leads a recent class.


O'Sullivan new chair of Faculty Senate Council

Joseph A. O’Sullivan, Ph.D. professor of electrical engineering, has been elected chair of the Faculty Senate and the Faculty Senate Council for this academic year.

“It’s an honor to be in a position to serve the faculty and give something back to the University,” said O’Sullivan, who also is a professor of biomedical engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science and an associate professor of radiology in the School of Medicine. Full story

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