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| | Macias named provost, will step down as dean  Executive Vice Chancellor Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., dean of Arts & Sciences and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, has been named provost, effective Jan. 1, 2009, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced. Macias will relinquish his duties as dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences on June 30, 2008, and will take on expanded leadership responsibilities as provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs following a six-month sabbatical. Volunteer for Oct. 2 VP debate Beginning April 14, applications will be accepted for volunteer positions for the 2008 vice presidential debate, to be held at Washington University on Oct. 2. All full- and part-time WUSTL students, postdoctoral appointees, faculty and staff who will be on campus for the fall 2008 semester are eligible to apply. Thurtene Carnival to 'create the wonder' Theatre, dance, carnival rides, dog adoptions, poetry and a capella music are just some of the attractions to be featured at Thurtene Carnival, scheduled 11 a.m.-8 p.m. April 12-13 on the Danforth Campus.
Muscle mass maintenance differs in women Women over age 65 have a harder time preserving muscle than men of the same age, which probably affects their ability to stay strong and fit. Adaptive reuse concept along Mississippi riverfront wins Steedman Fellowship New York architect Nikole Renee Bouchard has won Washington University's 2008 Steedman Fellowship in Architecture International Design Competition. The biennial competition, sponsored by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts' College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, is open to young architects from around the world and carries a $30,000 first place award to support study and research abroad — the largest such award in the United States. Lessons not learned from 1993 flood, geologist says Patterns in the Midwest this spring are eerily reminiscent of 1993 and 1994, back-to-back years of serious flooding. But Midwesterners have not learned "geologic reality," says Robert E. Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences. World's oldest novel celebrates 1,000th birthday One mark of a great novel, it's been said, is its ability to stand the "test of time," to remain captivating to readers from generation to generation. Washington University will honor such a novel Friday, April 18, with two campus events celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of "The Tale of Genji", a central pillar of the Japanese literary canon.
Kling, former provost, 89 As the Record went to press, we learned of the passing of Merle Kling, Ph.D., former provost, executive vice chancellor, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences and professor of political science, on April 8 from esophageal cancer. He was 89. Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption
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