Ronald Levin, JD, the William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law, has work featured in a recent report issued by an American Bar Association task force seeking to strengthen federal lobbying laws. Levin served as the reporter for the ABA Task Force on Federal Lobbying Laws. He produced multiple working drafts and oversaw all negotiations leading to completion of the 30-page final report, which advocates increased transparency of lobbying, curbs on conflicts of interest and improved enforcement of the lobbying disclosure laws. Recommendations based on the report will be considered by the ABA House of Delegates in August 2011. …
Thaddeus Stappenbeck, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology and immunology and of developmental biology, has received a one-year, $100,000 grant from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation for research titled “Identification of Microbial Triggers of Colitis in Genetically Relevant, Transmissible Mouse Model.” …
Herbert Virgin, MD, PhD, the Edward Mallinckrodt Professor and Head of Pathology and Immunology, director and principal investigator of the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, professor of molecular microbiology and of medicine, has received a four-year, $805,927 grant from the National Institutes of Health for research titled “Metagenomics of Enteric Disease in SIV-Infected and Uninfected Macaques.” …
Washington University in St. Louis received a 2011 Excellence Award for Leadership from Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and the Missouri Recycling Association for its exemplary performance in the 2011 RecycleMania contest and other sustainability initiatives. Bruce Backus, assistant vice chancellor for environmental health and safety, and Donna Hall, environmental manager, received the award on behalf of WUSTL. For more information about WUSTL's performance in RecycleMania 2011, visit news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22201.aspx. …