Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science, professor of chemical and civil engineering and head of the University's environmental engineering program, adjusts the electrical field in an instrument in the Aerosol and Air Quality Research Laboratory to measure on a real-time basis the size distribution of nanoparticle sorbent agglomerates. |
Mercury-trapping technique patented by BiswasBy Tony Fitzpatrick Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., has patented a technique that uses nanoparticle agglomerates, or clusters, to firmly bind and remove mercury from fossil fuel combustion exhausts. Biswas, the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science, professor of chemical and civil engineering and head of the University's environmental engineering program, introduces a vapor phase precursor of titanium into the combustion chamber. This results in the formation of nanoparticle agglomerates of titanium dioxide. |
| Taking it back Nearly 100 students gathered in Brookings Quadrangle Oct. 25 for the annual Take Back the Night, one of the Sexual Awareness Week activities on campus. The event was part of a national campaign to call community attention to issues of rape, sexual assault and sexual violence, while celebrating the empowerment of women and the dedication of men thward the cration of a safe environment for everyone. |
Surprise conference honors BerliantMarcus Berliant, Ph.D., professor of economics in Arts & Sciences, recently was taken by surprise when a clandestine group of current and former students organized and hosted an academic conference in his honor. Titled "Perfect Math, Imperfect World," the Fall 2001 Marcus Berliant Conference included presentations and panel discussions by 20 scholars. The event, kept secret from Berliant, attracted dozens of his colleagues and former students, many of whom are now teaching or conducting research in economics at top universities, corporations and global institutions such as the World Bank. On-campus participants included students and faculty from several departments, programs and centers in areas such as economics, political science, political economy and public policy. A faculty member since 1994, Berliant won the 1999-2000 "Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award" from the Graduate Student Senate. |
Media response to Sept. 11 topic of panelThe media's response to Sept. 11 and to the U.S. war in Afghanistan is the topic of a panel discussion to be held from 4-6 p.m. Nov. 8 in Brown Hall Room 100. The discussion is free and open to the public. Panelists are David Winder, former correspondent and international news editor for The Christian Science Monitor; Repps Hudson, business reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and coordinator of communications and journalism in University College in Arts & Sciences; and Amanda Lotz, Ph.D., Mellon fellow in film and media studies and American culture studies, both in Arts & Sciences. Margaret Garb, Ph.D., assistant professor of history in Arts & Sciences, will serve as moderator. Garb is a regular news and community contributor to The New York Times real estate section and a former police reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago. Hudson and Winder will discuss newspapers' coverage of Sept. 11 and the resulting war in Afghanistan, focusing on such issues as biased reporting, the lack of a plurality of sources and the minimal coverage given to critics of the U.S. response to the terrorist acts. Lotz will take a critical look at television news coverage, illustrating her remarks with several video clips from recent newscasts. The discussion is co-sponsored by Washington University Peace, the University's chapter of Amnesty International, and the September 11th Coalition for Justice and Peace --a group of University students, faculty and staff opposed to military retribution. |
Fiction writer Hempel to read for Writing ProgramBy Liam Otten Fiction writer Amy Hempel, author of "Tumble Home" (1998) and "At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom" (1995), will read from her work at 8 p.m. Nov. 8 for The Writing Program Reading Series. In addition, Hempel will lead a colloquium on the craft of fiction at 8 p.m. Nov. 15. Both events are free and open to the public and take place in Hurst Lounge in Duncker Hall, Room 201. A book signing will follow the reading, and copies of Hempel's works will be available for purchase. Hempel is in residence for two weeks in The Writing Program in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences, serving as Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature. Hempel's first book, "Reasons to Live" (1995), includes the prize-winning short story "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried," which has been anthologized and translated into 15 languages. "Tumble Home" is a collection of stories and the title novella, which was described by The New York Times as "elegant," "jewel-like" and "showing us the larger shapes of our lives by capturing their most fleeting and imaginary moments." In addition, Hempel, who herself trains Seeing Eye dogs, is co-editor of "Unleashed: Poems by Writers' Dogs" (1999). Zachary Lazar, The Writing Program's writer-in-residence for fall 2001, said that Hempel's work "distills the world into its essential strangeness. Stripping away habit and assumption, she takes us to a place where sadness, humor and fear happen in such quick succession that they are almost simultaneous. Her stories plunge us instantly into the urgent core of things." For more information, call 935-7130. |
Bone marrow drives scheduled Nov. 7-8More than 3,000 people in the United States, including 30 in the St. Louis area, need a bone marrow transplant for a chance at a healthy life. University students are hosting two bone marrow drives on campus that will be open to faculty, staff, students and the general public. The times are: ¥ Nov. 7, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Gargoyle Lounge in Mallinckrodt Student Center; and ¥ Nov. 8, from 4-10 p.m. at Friedman Lounge in Wohl Student Center. Donating costs $21, which includes membership to the National Marrow Donor Program. To enroll, participants must be between the ages of 18 and 59 and in good health. Participants will be asked a number of medical questions in the screening process, and a small sample of blood will be drawn to determine marrow type. For more information or to volunteer to work at the drives, visit www.students.cec.wustl .edu/~bonemarrow or call Laura Seger at 935-2049 or Marla Esser at (636) 938-3286. |
| Ukrainian ŽmigrŽ Shimon Okshteyn's painstakingly detailed pencil drawings, which depict everyday objects such as this clock, will be on display at the School of Art's Des Lee Gallery downtown from Nov. 9-Jan. 2. |
Drawings by Shimon Okshteyn at Des Lee Gallery Nov. 9-Jan. 2By Liam Otten Shimon Okshteyn takes pictures. No, wait. Shimon Okshteyn makes drawings, but you'll forgive the mistake: Shimon Okshteyn makes large, painstakingly detailed pencil drawings of everyday objects --pins, clocks, hats, shoes --whose rich tones and straightforward presentation rival the illusionism of photography. Starting this month, the School of Art is presenting Okshteyn's striking creations (which often top 6 feet in height) at the Des Lee Gallery downtown. The exhibition is free and open to the public. A reception for the artist will be held from 5:30- 9 p.m. Nov. 9, and the show remains on view through Jan. 2. |
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Author Young to deliver Holocaust Memorial LectureBy Kurt Mueller Author James Young will deliver the annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture as part of the University's Assembly Series. Young's talk, "A Holocaust Memorial for Berlin?" will take place at 11 a.m. Nov. 7 in Graham Chapel. Young chairs the Department of Judaic & Near Eastern Studies and is a professor of English and Judaic studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of "Writing and Rewriting the Holocaust" and "The Texture of Memory," which won the National Jewish Book Award in 1994. |
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