Ralph S. Quatrano, Ph.D., immediate past dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences and the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences, will become dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science effective July 1, 2010, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. Quatrano will succeed Salvatore P. Sutera, Ph.D., senior professor of biomedical engineering, who has served as interim dean since July 1, 2008. During a four-month transition beginning March 1, Quatrano will serve as dean designate. “Ralph Quatrano has been an outstanding academic leader at Washington University for over a decade,” Wrighton says. FULL STORY
Tuesday, Feb. 9 4-6 p.m. Inst. for Public Health Lecture Series. "Understanding and Eliminating Disparities in Health Care." Bradley Stone, assoc. prof. of anthropology and medicine, and others. (Refreshments served.) Mo. History Museum, 5700 Lindell Blvd. 935-9545.
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Olin Cup awards $75,000 in start-up money
Student entrepreneurs and founders of Quad Connect (from left) Justin McClain, Emmanuel Bamfo, Josh Charney and Micah Herstand celebrate at the Olin Cup award ceremony in which their new venture received $5,000 in funding. They plan to launch their online social platform for WUSTL this year and sell the concept to universities and colleges nationwide. Three other new ventures were awarded funds Feb. 5 at a ceremony in Graham Chapel. FULL STORY
Swimming and diving teams earn academic honors The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams each earned College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar-Athlete All-America accolades.
Men's indoor track team wins invitational The men’s indoor track and field team, led by junior Ben Harmon and sophomore Dan Davis, won the Illinois Wesleyan University Bob Keck Invitational Feb. 5-6 in Bloomington, Ill.