Notables

Week of Feb. 7, 2011

D. Craig Allred, MD, professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $24,000 grant from the Longer Life Foundation for research titled “Predicting Prognosis in Invasive Breast Cancer by Genetic Instability.” …

Tamara Burlis, DPT, assistant professor of physical therapy and associate director for clinical education in physical therapy, has been appointed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to the Missouri Advisory Commission for Professional Physical Therapists. The commission is responsible for advising the Board of Healing Arts on the licensure and regulations of their respective disciplines. …

John Heil, PhD, professor of philosophy and professor and director of Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, both in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $50,400 Fellowship for University Teachers from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research titled “The Ontological Turn,” which concerns the relation of metaphysics to the empirical sciences and everyday experience. …

Sarah A. Lacy, graduate student in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $9,995 grant from the National Geographic Society and Waitt Institute for Discovery for research titled “Transitional Homo Project: Loiyangalani Summer 2011.” …

Jamie Newhard, PhD, assistant professor of Japanese in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $50,400 Fellowship for University Teachers from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research titled “A Market of Their Own: Books for Women in Early Modern Japan.” …

Washington University received the St. Louis Minority Business Council’s (SLMBC) 2010 Institution of the Year award at the SLMBC’s annual awards banquet Dec. 3, 2010. The award is given each year to a St. Louis organization that has performed exceptionally well in the following areas: the number of minority-owned companies used; the volume of dollars spent with minority-owned companies; the support for minority-owned business development; and the use of an organized, documented program for minority-owned business participation.

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