Shirley K. Baker, Dean of University Libraries and Vice Chancellor for Information Technology, has been appointed for a three year term to the National Institutes of Health’s PubMed Central National Advisory Committee. She has also agreed to serve a two-year on the Advisory Board for the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, a collaborative program of Canadian universities to provide access to digital publications for the academic community nation-wide. …
The WUSTL Model United Nations club recently was named “Best Small School Delegation” at a Model UN conference hosted by the University of Chicago. …
John E. McCarthy, Ph.D., professor of mathematics, received a five-year, $270,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study “Operator Theory and Complex Geometry.” …
The Movement Science Program (MSP) received national recognition with the MENTOR Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). This award is presented to the school that received top reviews on its grant application and provides superior training to its pre-doctoral students. Only one school receives the MENTOR award each year. …
At the recent annual meeting for the Midwest Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists, which was held at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Washington University undergraduate Kiani Arkus won the award for “Best Undergraduate Presentation,” accompanied by a $100 cash prize, for her work titled “Mechanistic Analysis of Wheat Chlorophyllase Reveals a Connection to the Carboxyesterase Enzyme Family.” Kiani is a sophomore biology major from Honolulu. …
Victoria May, Director of Science Outreach, received a three-year, $3.7 million grant from the Monsanto Fund for “Science on the Move,” a mobile science van program. …
Rebecca Rogers, Ph.D., assistant professor of education in Arts & Sciences, was recently awarded the Early Career Award by the National Reading Conference. Given annually, the award recognizes scholars who have made significant contributions to literacy research and education early in their careers. …