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News for the Washington University Campuses & Community
Straight from The Source
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Racial differences in Alzheimer’s disease unveiled
A new study at the School of Medicine finds disparities between African-Americans and Caucasians in a key biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease — suggesting that some diagnostic tools may not work as well in African-Americans.
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Campus Announcements
The Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award recognizes members of the university community who exemplify service and contribution to the St. Louis region. Honorees include alumni, employees, retirees, students and volunteers. The nomination deadline is Feb. 1.
Nominations are being accepted for the university’s annual Faculty Achievement Awards, known as the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award and the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award. The deadline to submit nominations is Feb. 15.
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WashU’s winter wonderland
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Obituaries
 Henry W. Berger, professor emeritus of history in Arts & Sciences, died Dec. 10. He was 81. Berger joined the Washington University faculty in 1970, teaching classes on American history and foreign policy. He served as chair of Jewish and Near Eastern studies from 1984-89.
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Peter Boumgarden, professor of practice at Olin Business School, and Andrew Schuette, an audiologist at the School of Medicine and a PMBA candidate at Olin, write an op-ed in Stat about the debate over the future of the nation’s health-care system and the need for all sides to consider other points of view.
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 Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, of the School of Medicine, and Yoram Rudy, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, have been selected as National Academy of Inventors fellows. They will be inducted in April during the academy’s annual meeting in Houston.
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 Alexis Elward, MD, was named St. Louis Children’s Hospital chief medical officer. The appointment became effective Jan. 1. A professor of pediatrics, she previously served as associate chief medical officer.
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Who Knew WashU?
 Question: Famous aviator Charles Lindbergh received an honorary degree in absentia from Washington University in which year? (He planned to attend the ceremony but had to cancel on short notice.)
Answer: B) 1928. Lindbergh intended to pick up the degree later but never did. In 1996, as School of Law faculty and staff were moving from Mudd Hall to Anheuser-Busch Hall, they uncovered his honorary degree.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Karen Redeker, who works in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the School of Medicine and will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!
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