Notables

Week of Feb. 21, 2011

Ramesh K. Agarwal, PhD, the William Palm Professor of Engineering, has received a one-year, $86,000 subaward from Missouri University of Science & Technology for a project titled “NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium.” …

Ray Barber, project manager in Facilities Planning and Management, received the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers’ Diversity Champions Award at an awards ceremony Dec. 16 at the Sheraton Westport. The award recognizes individuals for excellence in promoting greater diversity and advocacy in the construction industry. …

Steven Edmundowicz, MD, professor of medicine, was named one of the 75 best gastroenterologists in America by Becker’s ASC Review. …

A book co-authored by Shanti Parikh, PhD, associate professor of anthropology and of African & African-American Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, The Secret: Love, Marriage, and HIV, has been named an outstanding academic title of 2010 by CHOICE, the publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries. …

Barry P. Sleckman, MD, PhD, the Conan Professor of Pathology and Immunology and chief of the Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, and Eugene M. Oltz, PhD, professor of pathology and immunology, have received a two-year, $418,000 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Services for research titled “Localized Revision of Epigenetic Landscapes Induced by DNA Double-Strand Breaks.”

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