Volume 25, No.14, December 15, 2000
 Light of Hope Jill Carnaghi, assistant vice chancellor for student activities, lights a candle before her address on peace and light at the second annual Gathering for World Peace in Graham Chapel Dec. 13. Numerous campus groups participated in the event. Through attendance was sparse due to the heavy snowfall, organizers felt the event was a success. |
Two students named Rhodes ScholarsBy Gerry Everding, Tony Fitzpatrick & Neil SchoenherrSarah S. Johnson and Ian R. Klaus, seniors in the School of Arts & Sciences, were named recepients of Rhodes Scholarships on Saturday. This brings the number of University students who have won the highly acclaimed award to 21 since 1902. Washington University joins Yale University and the United States Military Academy at West Point as the only institutions to have multiple Rhodes Scholars this year. Johnson and Klaus were the only recipients from St. Louis-area schools. The two were among the 32 students in the United States chosen to receive the honor. Winners were selected from 950 applicants based on high academic achievement, personal integrity, leadership potential and physical vigor.
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Mellon minority program awards funding renewalby Neil Schoenherr The Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program recently awarded Washington University with a $300,000 funding renewal. The program, initiated here in 1992, has enabled minority students to pursue independent study projects, engage in summer research at the University and in foreign countries, and upon graduation, enter advanced graduate programs. The $300,000 renewal will be spread out over the next four years, said Susan Rollins, assistant dean and academic coordinator in the School of Arts & Sciences. |
Deep-sea vents studied by scientists on the ocean floorBy Trent Stockton The feeling that you're sinking in deep, dark, cold water hundreds of miles from dry land is not a pleasant one. Neither is the feeling of being confined, cold and wet, for over eight hours in a metal sphere the size of a bathtub. Yet this is the only playing field for scientists exploring deep-sea ecosystems. William H. Smith, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in the School of Arts & Sciences, recently was one of 25 scientists from many universities and research institutes on an expedition to explore several aspects of the sea floor associated with the Juan de Fuca Ridge, about 240 miles off the coast of Oregon. Smith was aboard one of the descents made in the submersible Alvin, a famous craft in which scientists 23 years ago discovered a unique ecosystem that broadened "origins of life" theories. Smith rode the cramped container to test his sophisticated imager for clues on whether and how microorganisms at the ocean floor might be using available light for photosynthesis. The depth in which Smith did the majority of his work was 7,220 feet. |
 William H. Smith, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, emerges after an eight-hour journey inside the fame submersible Alvin. Smith recently took an expedition inside the tiny craft to study deep-sea ecosystems and take measurements with a sophisticated imaging device he designed. He hoped the imager would reveal if and how microorganisms at the ocean floor might be using available light for photosynthesis. |
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