High achievement (From left) Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton; Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of Arts & Sciences; Raymond E. Arvidson, Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences; Robert H. Waterston, M.D., Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Professor and head of the Department of Genetics, director of the Genome Sequencing Center and professor of anatomy and neurobiology at the School of Medicine; and William A. Peck, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the medical school, talk Sept. 19 at the third annual Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. Arvidson, winner of the Arthur Holly Compton Award for Faculty Achievement, and Waterston, winner of the Carl and Gerty Cori Award for Faculty Achievement, received framed citations and gave lectures on their respective fields of study at the event.
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Disaster relief efforts continue around campus
The need for blood donations around the nation is still great. The University's third blood drive this year, co-sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega and Circle K, will be held Oct. 1-4 in Mallinckrodt Student Center and Wohl Student Center. Donors can sign up in advance or just show up. For more information, contact Christy Kaiser (clkaiser@ artsci.wustl.edu) or Nathalie de vos Burchart (schmuff_pup@ hotmail.com). The traditional fall Walk In, Lay Down (WILD) will take on an added component this year. It will be called WILDD --Walk In, Lay Down Donations --and will be a benefit concert to aid victims of the Sept. 11 tragedies. There will be no charge for the event, which runs from noon- 10 p.m. today in Brookings Quadrangle. Attendees are urged to make a donation, but it is not mandatory. WILDD will feature a raffle of gift certificates, signed merchandise from athletes and tickets to local attractions, as well as games, music and student activities. All money donated will go to the Red Cross' "September 11 Fund." |
Human genome to be introduced to nonscientistsBy Ann Nicholson The School of Law's Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and the School of Medicine are hosting two lectures on the "Human Genome: The Fundamentals" from 3-5 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. A reception will follow in Room 320. The lectures will kick off the yearlong program, "Law and the Human Genome Project: Research, Medicine and Commerce," which is being sponsored by both schools. The two 50-minute lectures will be presented by medical school faculty
Elaine R. Mardis, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Genetics
and director of technology development for the Genome Sequencing Center,
and John McPherson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Genetics
and co-director of the Genome Sequencing Center. |
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Interfaith gatheringDar al-Islam, a mosque at 517 Weidman Road in west St. Louis County, will host an interfaith gathering from 3-5 p.m. Sept. 30 to commemorate those who perished in the tragic events of Sept. 11 and to strengthen ties between Jews, Christians and Muslims. Imam Nur Mohammad Abdallah, Rabbi Susan Talve and Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman are among the participating religious leaders. The event was initiated by Rebecca Copeland, Ph.D., and Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ph.D., both associate professors in the Department of Asian & Near Eastern Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences. The gathering is open to the public and co-sponsored by the University's Religious Studies Program and Jewish, Islamic & Near Eastern Studies, both in Arts & Sciences. For more information, call 935-8677. |
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