Reaching out

Strengthening families and helping stabilize community life in St. Louis are the goals of a new community service-field education partnership between AmerenUE and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.

Made possible by a $250,000 grant from AmerenUE, the three-year program will provide stipends ranging from $500 to $1,000 to master of social work students involved in semester-long field education internship projects that address critical social problems in St. Louis-area communities.

Among the many efforts that will benefit directly from the new partnership are an after-school recreation program for East St. Louis children living in violent, poverty-stricken public housing projects; an activities program for inner-city teens at high risk for gang involvement; and a treatment program for delinquent, neglected, abused or emotionally disturbed adolescents in St. Louis County.

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Hatchlings: Fund to help new business ventures

With a little seed capital, some promising ideas generated by students in the Hatchery entrepreneurship program at the John M. Olin School of Business might grow into big businesses. That's the thought behind the Skanda-laris Seed Capital Fund, established at the business school through a $1 million pledge by Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Skanda-laris of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., as part of the Campaign for Washington University.

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NAS elects Waterston

Robert H. Waterston, M.D., Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Professor of Genetics and head of the Department of Genetics at the School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of 60 new members chosen May 2. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on an American scientist or engineer. The newly elected members bring the total number of active members to 1,843.

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The common good - technology transfer's ultimate purpose

If you're trying to stop smoking, thank the University of California, Los Angeles, for the nicotine patch. If you get thirsty when you're working out, thank the University of Florida for Gatorade. But if you're in an emergency room with chest pains and need a diagnosis, you can be grateful to Washington University.

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