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April 7, 2006 Volume 30 No. 28 ^V^shington University in StLouis John Major to deliver 145th Commencement address BY ANDY CLENDENNEN the world's great countries, and he has an . Major was born in 1970s, before securing election to Parlia- extremely important perspective on inter- 1943 and grew up in ment for Huntingdon in 1979. The Right Honorable Sir John Major, national issues. I am just delighted that he Brixton, south London. In Parliament, Major served in the gov- former prime minister of Great Britain has accepted our invitation to speak this He attended the Rutlish ernment for 16 years, 10 of which were in and Northern Ireland and a leading year at our most important academic Grammar School but left the Cabinet. Commenting on his rapid rise authority on the changing global landscape, event." at 16 to help support his through the ranks to prime minister, Major has been selected to give the 2006 Com- Commencement will mark Major's sec- family. He had a variety noted that he had only once done a govern- mencement address, according to Chancel- ond visit to campus. On April 20,2005, he of jobs before joining ment job for more than a year: he was chief lor Mark S. Wrighton. was a keynote speaker at an Olin School of Standard Chartered Bank secretary to the treasury from 1987-89. The University's 145th Commencement Business conference exploring the interna- Major (1965-1979), rising to the His one-year positions were junior whip will begin at 8:30 a.m. May 19 in Brookings tional business environment. rank of bank executive. in 1983; senior whip in 1984; parliamentary Quadrangle. Major's talk is titled "The Major was appointed prime minister on Major became interested in politics as a secretary 1985; and minister of state for so- Changing World." Nov. 28,1990, and re-elected when the teen, joining the Young Conservatives, and cial security and the disabled 1986. "We are fortunate to have an interna- Conservative Party won an unprecedented in 1968, won his first election to a local au- In July 1989, he was appointed secretary tional leader as this year's Commencement fourth term in office at the general election thority, the Lambeth Borough Council. He of state for Foreign and Commonwealth Af- speaker," Wrighton said. "Sir John led one of of April 1992. stood for the British Parliament twice in the See Major, Page 6 Researchers study effects of adolescent weight loss BY JIM DRYDEN that can bring them to the atten- tion of a physician. If fatty liver School of Medicine researchers goes untreated and risk factors are studying how fatty liver are not controlled, a small per- disease affects sugar and fat meta- centage of young people may bolism in overweight adolescents progress to liver scarring or even and how losing weight affects the liver failure. condition. Fatty liver disease is thought In the past 30 years, the num- to affect about 20 percent of the ber of overweight children has population in the developed doubled in the United States, and world, but like type 2 diabetes, it overweight children are at in- has been uncommon in young creased risk for the problem. people until recendy. In fatty liver "The prevalence of fatty liver disease, fat ac- disease is increasing in children cumulates in because of the marked increase in liver cells. A childhood obesity," said Samuel patient is diag- Klein, M.D., the Danforth Profes- nosed with Bp59"~<*29" sor of Medicine and Nutritional fatty liver when Science, director of the Center for there is more -.-•.-' H Human Nutrition and chief of Honoring Ibby A student chats with (from right) Justin X. Carroll, assistant vice chancellor for than 5 percent the Division of Geriatrics and students and director of residential life, and William H. Danforth, Life Trustee and chancellor emeri- fat in the liver. I K Nutritional Sciences at the School tus, at a tree-planting ceremony April 4. Students from the William Greenleaf Eliot College Council In children Klein of Medicine. "We are evaluating planted a Katsura tree (foreground, left) in honor of Elizabeth "Ibby" Gray Danforth in front of Eliza- and adoles- how excess fat in the liver impairs beth Gray Danforth House on the South 40. The tree replaces one that blew over a couple of years cents, fatty liver is most common liver function and can contribute ago. Andrew O'Connell, a junior resident adviser in William Greenleaf Eliot Residential College, and in those who are overweight, but to high blood sugar and abnor- A.J. Singletary, president of the council and a Danforth Scholar, each delivered remarks at the cere- it also can occur in young people mal blood lipids." mony, which was attended by several staff and students. "When you had the chance to meet with with diabetes or, less commonly, Klein and his colleagues are (Ibby), you not only knew you were in the presence of great person, but she made you leave feeling with other conditions. studying children ages 13-17. that you were a great person yourself," Singletary says. "I like to think that this tree will symbolize Those with fatty liver disease Participants in the study cannot these same characteristics to students, providing a bright greeting or a haven for reflection. Just as may have an enlarged liver or ele- have diabetes or weigh more than this tree shall continue to grow in our residential college, the legacy of Elizabeth Danforth will con- vations in liver enzymes. Most do 300 pounds; liver disease and a tinue to grow and benefit our University community well into the future." not have obvious symptoms, but history of excessive alcohol use some may complain of fatigue, also make a person ineligible. malaise or vague abdominal pain See Liver, Page 6 Pollinators especially needed in areas Truman Scholarship goes of high plant diversity, biologists say BY TONY FITZPATRICK gions of high diversity may be in- plants and compared them with creased competition between the control plants that were pollinat- to Arts & Sciences junior Mother Nature could use a few plants — there are more plant ed naturally. Vamosi, Knight and BY NEIL SCHOENHERR nancial aid at more good pollinators, espe- species vying for the services of their colleagues created a database some premier cially in species-rich biodiversity pollinators. of more than 1,000 worldwide Arts 8c Sciences junior Laura graduate insti- hotspots, according to a recent Also, when there are a lot of pollination experiments. Kleinman has been awarded tutions, along study in the Proceedings of the species around, plants become "If pollinators are doing a a 2006 Harry S. Truman Scho- with leader- National Academy of Science. more separated from other indi- good job, you wouldn't expect a larship. ship training, Tiffany Knight, Ph.D., assistant viduals of the same species, caus- treatment effect," Knight said. Each scholarship provides career and professor of biology in Arts 8c Sci- ing pollinators to have to fly long "But for some of our plants, we $30,000 — $3,000 for the stu- graduate- ences, Jana Vamosi, Ph.D., post- distances to deliver pollen. When saw a huge treatment effect. We dent's senior year and $27,000 school coun- doctoral associate at the Universi- pollinators do arrive, they may saw that a lot of the plants are in- for two or three years of gradu- Kleinman seling and ty of Calgary, and their collabora- deliver lots of unusable pollen credibly pollen-limited. ate study. The program is open special intern- tors have performed an exhaustive from other plant species. "Biodiversity hotspots, such as to juniors interested in public- ship opportunities within the global analysis of more than 1,000 Knight and her colleagues tropical rainforests, are a global service careers. federal government. pollination studies that included found this pattern to be especially resource — they are home to Truman Scholars are selected Kleinman said she is honored 166 different plant species. true for species that rely heavily many of the known plants used based on academic perform- to have been awarded such a They found that, in areas on pollinators for reproduction for medicine and may be a source ance, leadership and dedication prestigious scholarship. where there is a great deal of plant — those that require out-crossing for future cures, and they absorb to public service. "I feel privileged to become diversity, plants suffer lower polli- — and for trees, in relation to huge amounts of carbon dioxide Seventy-five scholars were part of a community of such ex- nation and reproductive success. herbs or shrubs, because individ- and generate volumes of clean selected this year from 598 can- ceptional students," she said. For some plant species, this re- uals of the same species tend to oxygen. didates, who were nominated by "The kids I met when I inter- duction in fruit and seed produc- be separated by large distances "Our research suggests that 311 universities. viewed as a finalist are not only tion could push them toward ex- when species diversity is high. plants in these areas area also very Scholars also receive priority academically motivated, but also tinction. To test for pollen limitation of fragile. They already suffer from admission and supplemental fi- See Kleinman, Page 6 One reason that pollen be- each plant species, scientists low pollen receipt, and future comes limiting to plants in re- added pollen to a number of See Pollinators, Page 6

3 2201 20353 1336 2 RECORD WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

Academic Year Highlights: A Letter From Chancellor Wrighton Dear Colleagues: in our community — faculty, students, are provided to us through tuition paid by much-needed University Center. Before and staff — we put great emphasis on the students and their families, research sup- we are able to start construction of a Uni- As this academic year comes to an end individual and on the development of port from government and foundations, versity Center in about two years, we must I want to share with you plans the Univer- each person's capabilities and contribu- gifts from alumni and friends, and sup- first construct an underground garage for sity is initiating shortly after Commence- tions to the University as a whole. port from clinical services derived from up to 500 cars. Construction on this proj- ment, and I also want to review with you It is for all of these reasons that I am our physicians and partner hospitals. Our ect will begin after Commencement and some of the achievements and milestones pleased that we have decided to especially wise use of these resources assures our will represent a half-year of excavation of the past academic year. recognize one long-standing member of continuing strength as we look to the fu- and removal of materials to make this As always, I am proud to work with the community, his family, and the family ture and meet the challenges of the era possible. This will be a temporary chal- such an exceptional group of faculty, staff, foundation. Bill Danforth in particular ahead. lenge, and I ask for our community's pa- and students. All of you are working hard embodies the very qualities I honor here. The University remains committed to tience in this first step toward construct- so that we might all enjoy the benefits of The renaming of the Hilltop as the Dan- environmental responsibility and to find- ing the University Center for our students. our diverse campus community, our aca- forth Campus will serve as a testament to ing ways to conserve energy while provid- And as always, there will be continuing demic accomplishments, and the knowl- the ability of individuals to affect mean- ing greater service. Starting this summer smaller projects, such as an extension to edge that we are expanding the intellectu- ingful and significant change. The Dan- we will be providing qualifying faculty, The Village parking facility and improve- al resources of the world. Each and every forth legacy has enabled us to create ex- students and staff with all-points Metro ments to heating and cooling delivery one of us makes a contribution to the traordinary scholarships, facilities, and passes that will allow them free access to systems. benefit of this community, and we strive operating resources to build on our cen- MetroLink and MetroBus on both sides of Over the summer we will see the com- to create and maintain an atmosphere in tury-and-a-half of momentum and the the river in urban and suburban Illinois pletion of our long-awaited Mildred Lane which all of us can be productive contrib- half-century legacy represented by Bill and Missouri. Five MetroLink stops will Kemper Art Museum and Earl E. and utors to the process of learning, discovery, Danforth as a teacher, scholar, researcher, serve our campuses so that everyone from Myrtle E. Walker Hall at the Sam Fox and service. administrator, and visionary. our lower-paid workers to distinguished School of Design & Visual Arts. We will be The strength of Washington University Just last week we unveiled a "Benefits faculty can now opt for public transporta- announcing dedication plans soon as we is built from the work and creative efforts Plan for the Future," which will provide a tion paid for by the University. We are es- anticipate the important contribution of our faculty and students, and I am more flexible and complete benefits pro- pecially pleased that we are able to make these facilities will make not only to arts proud that we now have more than 20 de- gram for all of our faculty and staff. We these passes available to employees of our and design education, but also as a re- partments and academic areas that are continue to address the nationwide pres- contracted companies — a group of source for the entire St. Louis region ranked by external validators in the top sures faced by institutions regarding cost workers to whom we have made commit- through the University's exceptional col- ten in the nation. But the continuing im- containment, while remaining competitive ments to help improve wages and to pro- lection of fine art — much of which has provement of our research and scholarly in our compensation, tuition and fees, vide greater access to benefits. not been exhibited because of limited activities goes beyond academic honors as and our overall benefits package. Specifi- This past year I am proud that we were gallery space. measured in rankings, prizes, and mem- cally, we are addressing retirement savings able to develop a generous entry-level Most importandy, I want to thank each berships in national and international plans, tuition assistance, the rising costs of wage that is well above starting average member of this community for the role academies. health insurance, health savings accounts, hourly compensation levels in the St. that you play in making this such a fine Throughout the past year many of our and retiree health insurance. Louis region. We also are working hard to place to study, live and work. The accom- students have been recipients of scholarly At a time when the news media report provide access to healthcare for contract- plishments of the past year and the prom- honors and awards that will carry them challenges to retirement and pension ed company workers who are such a vital ise of the next embody the rich tradition forward into graduate study and postdoc- funds, as well as dramatic reductions in part of the University's operation. In the of more than 150 years and a future filled toral activities. In the last few days, for ex- health benefits and downsizing, Washing- coming year we will provide additional with discovery of the unknown, new in- ample, Laura Kleinman was awarded a ton University continues to have a healthy significant funds toward continuing the terpretations of what is known, creative Truman Scholarship for graduate study and strong enterprise that must continue improvement of circumstances for lower- achievements, basic understanding of the toward promising careers in public service to serve all those who work here, from paid workers. To this end we are commit- human organism and cures for its afflic- and Jessica Friedman was named a Udall those devoted to support and administra- ted to fair labor practices respecting those tions. This is why our enterprise is so im- Scholar for her commitment to and previ- tive functions to those who are rewarded who work for the University, as well as portant and why I personally thank you ous work on the environment. Both are for exceptional skills and talents providing those who work for contractors providing for your engagement and commitment to juniors in Arts & Sciences. Outcomes like life-saving healthcare, cutting-edge tech- services to our community. the future of Washington University. these are the result of a dedicated com- nological discoveries, and great teaching As we make progress in serving our munity that works toward success for all and scholarship. Every member of the community, we are mindful of the chal- Sincerely, of its members, and that is why I treasure community can make a positive contribu- lenges presented by improving the Uni- the opportunity to lead this University tion to enhance our quality and impact, versity's infrastructure. I am pleased that and to see us collaborate with one another and all should share in the benefits that we are going to initiate several important to make such good things happen. stem from our collective efforts. That said, construction projects follpwing com- We continue to grow in strength and we also are pledged to the careful and mencement, including the first stage in Mark S. Wrighton quality. While there are 25,000 members prudent stewardship of the resources that pur longer-term plans to construct a Chancellor Biological sciences jumps into top 10 in U.S. News rankings BY ANDY CLENDENNEN among the top few medical schools in the country," said Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., ex- For the first time, biological sciences ecutive vice chancellor for medical affairs at Washington University has cracked and dean of the School of Medicine. "We the top 10 of the U.S. News & World take especially great pride in our medical Report rankings of graduate and profes- students, who again this year achieved sional programs, to be released April 3. the highest scholastic ranking in the Biological sciences — which includes country." biology in Arts & Sciences, biomedical sci- Within the School of Law, trial advo- ences in the School of Medicine and bio- cacy was ranked in a tie for seventh, while medical engineering in the School of Engi- clinical training was ranked No. 4. The neering & Applied Science — jumped five School of Law entered the top 20 for the places, from a tie for 14th to a ninth-place first time, climbing from a tie for 24th tie with Princeton University and the Uni- last year to a tie for 19th this year. versity of California, San Francisco. The M.B.A. program in the Olin Radhika Regmi Pokharel (left), coordinator and trainer for the Community Mediation Ralph S. Quatrano, Ph.D., chair of the School of Business climbed six places, Program of the U.N. Development Program's Mainstreaming Gender Equity Programme executive council of the Division of Biol- from a tie for 32nd last year to a tie for in Kathmandu, meets with students during a recent alternative dispute-resolution class. ogy and Biomedical Sciences and chair of 26th this year. biology, said: "We are glad to see recogni- "We are pleased about the improve- tion of our strong programs across the ment in the rankings, but we don't feel Nepali lawyers visit School of Law whole University in biology and biomed- the numbers accurately reflect the value ical science, medicine and engineering." of Olin," said Mahendra K. Gupta, Ph.D., Twenty WUSTL schools, academic dean of the Olin School of Business and to help foster mediation programs areas and departments at the graduate the Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Pro- A delegation of law faculty and public- gained many new ideas from the mediation and professional level now hold top-10 fessor of Accounting and Management. rtinterest lawyers from Kathmandu, Nepal, programs in the U.S., which focus on con- rankings by U.S. News. For a complete "We are on a fast trajectory to be a recently visited the School of Law for two sumers, juveniles and victims. list of these rankings, go online to world leader in management education weeks through a U.S. State Department ex- "The partnership with Washington Uni- news-info, wustl. edu/rankings. and research. Our goal is to consistentiy change designed to develop mediation pro- versity will bear fruits for both countries in The School of Medicine had several bring innovation and new ideas into the grams in Nepal. the future." academic areas rise significandy in the classroom and to the M.B.A. marketplace The visitors made presentations to law In addition to Sangroula, members of the rankings. The U.S. News areas of im- as a whole." school faculty and students on community delegation were: munology/infectious diseases and molec- The School of Engineering & Applied mediation, legal education and the legal pro- • Sudeep Gautam, coordinator of the ular biology both tied for fifth; Science rose one place to a tie for 33rd, fession in Nepal. LL.M. Business and International Trade Law genetics/genomics/bioinformaticsand while earth sciences in Arts & Sciences In turn, the delegation received advanced Program for Kathmandu School of Law and microbiology both tied for sixth, and pe- was ranked No. 25 in a first-time ranking. mediation training and met dispute-resolu- program coordinator of the Community Me- diatrics remained at sixth in the nation. Overall, 40 graduate and professional tion providers in the St. Louis area, including diation Program at the Center for Legal Re- Internal medicine ranked seventh, cell bi- academic areas at the University are private mediators and those with the family search and Resource Development; ology ninth, and drug and alcohol abuse ranked by U.S. News in its top 25. and juvenile courts. The delegation also net- • Radhika Regmi Pokharel, coordinator and women's health both ranked 10th. The newsstand book America's Best worked with University faculty, participated and trainer for the Community Mediation In addition, the School of Medicine Graduate Schools will hit newsstands in law school classes and special events, and Program of the United Nations Development ranked fourth overall among research- April 3. attended the American Bar Association Alter- Program's Mainstreaming Gender Equity Pro- oriented medical schools and continues The U.S. News rankings can also be native Dispute Resolution Conference in At- gramme in Kathmandu; and to rank No. 1 in the nation in selectivity, found online at vvvinv.M5news.com/ lanta. • Ratna Kaji Shrestha, human rights lawyer based on both college grade-point aver- usnewslrankguidelrgh.ome.htm. "In Nepal, we have been successfully im- and mediation trainer for the Forum for Wo- ages and MCAT scores. Many of the 2006 rankings are in the plementing community mediation programs," men, Law and Development in Kathmandu. "We are pleased and gratified that April 10 U.S. News magazine, also avail- said Yubaraj Sangroula, executive director of "The program design for our exchange these rankings continue to place us able at newsstands April 3. the Kathmandu School of Law. "However, we See Nepal, Page 6 record.wustl.edu WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS April 7,2006 3 School of Medicine Update Vitamin D may ease joint pain in breast cancer patients taking Arimidex

BY GWEN ERICSON dose vitamin D supplement once a week while the other half will Giving vitamin D supplements receive a placebo. Questionnaires to breast cancer patients tak- that the patients fill out before ing the drug Arimidex to pre- and during the six-month study vent recurrence of their disease will allow the researchers to as- may ease bone, muscle or joint sess the effect of high-dose vita- pains that they sometimes suffer, min D on patients' musculoskele- according to WUSTL physicians. tal pain. Now these physicians, who "We aren't certain why Arim- treat patients at the Siteman Can- idex would be associated with cer Center and Barnes-Jewish low levels of vitamin D, but sci- Hospital, are seeking to confirm entists theorize that the drug de- their clinical observations in a pletes the body's stores of vitamin controlled study, and they are call- D by interfering with enzymes in ing for participation by women the liver that process the vita- taking Arimidex (whose min," Rastelli said. "It's also chemical name is anas- interesting to note that vi- trozole) who have mus- tamin D is scarce in most culoskeletal pain. people's diets, coming Arimidex is an aro- mainly from whole milk, matase inhibitor, which liver and fatty fish. The completely blocks pro- majority of vitamin D is LlICk be a lady Medical students (from left) Chris Sumey, Michelle Moniz and Andy Zimolzak duction of estrogen, the produced in the skin in re- rehearse Guys and Dolls, which runs at 8 p.m. April 7-8 and at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 15 at Moore hormone implicated in action to sunshine, but in- Auditorium in the North Building at 4580 Scott Ave. For more information, e-mail Dana Sacco with the growth of many creasing avoidance of the the School of Medicine Arts Commission at [email protected]. breast tumors. Rastelli sun and the use of sun- "Arimidex has been screens reduce that source, shown to be even better than ta- so it is relatively easy to become moxifen (whose brand name is vitamin D-defkient." Kelle Moley is named vice chair for Nolvadex) in protecting breast Vitamin D has wide-ranging cancer patients from recurrence of effects in the body, including reg- cancer, so now most patients with ulating cell growth, immune research in obstetrics and gynecology estrogen-receptor-positive breast function, blood pressure and in- cancer receive Arimidex," said An- sulin secretion. It also is essential BY DIANE DUKE WILLIAMS tonella Rastelli, M.D., instructor in for calcium absorption and so is medicine. "Unfortunately, about involved in maintaining bone Kelle H. Moley, M.D., associate "Dr. Moley is one of the finest reproductive one-third of patients on Arimidex health. professor of obstetrics and biologists in the world and is well-positioned will experience significant joint All patients participating in gynecology, has been named vice tenderness, stiffness or muscle or the study will receive daily calci- chair for basic science research to lead this critical effort in the department." skeletal pain." um and low-dose vitamin D sup- and director of the Division of GEORGE A. MACONES Rastelli's colleague, Marie Tay- plements equivalent to the rec- Basic Science Research in the lor, M.D., assistant professor in ommended daily allowances in Department of radiation oncology, has found addition to their weekly vitamin Obstetrics and "Dr. Moley is one of the finest discovered in collaboration with that many patients with these D supplement or placebo. All Gynecology at reproductive biologists in the her husband, Jeffrey Moley, M.D., symptoms also have below-opti- participants will also receive a the School of world and is well-positioned to professor of surgery. Her work on mal levels of vitamin D in their bone density scan. Medicine. lead this critical effort in the de- these proteins demonstrates al- blood, and when given vitamin D Women are eligible to partici- George A. partment," Macones said. "The tered location and expression of supplements, these patients often pate in the study if they have Macones, M.D., University community will bene- these transporters in response to have a complete resolution of completed at least eight weeks of the Mitchell fit from Dr. Moley's leadership insulin exposure and diabetes, re- their pain. Arimidex therapy and have gen- and Elaine and vision in her new position." spectively. Rastelli and Taylor are initiat- eralized musculoskeletal pain Yanow Profes- Moley will be responsible for Her research has impacted the ing a double-blind, placebo-con- with or without localized areas of Moley sor and head of developing a strategic plan and understanding of reproductive trolled study of Arimidex takers discomfort that have developed the Depart- direction for the new division performance and glucose utiliza- with muscle and bone pain to try or worsened since starting Arim- ment of Obstetrics and Gynecolo- and enhancing the current pro- tion in diabetic animal models to confirm the connection be- idex therapy. gy at the School of Medicine and gram in reproductive science. and how this may be applicable to tween vitamin D supplementation To participate or to obtain, chief of obstetrics-gynecology at Moley, who also is associate the pathophysiology of diabetes and pain relief. Half of the study more information, call 362-2529 Barnes-Jewish Hospital, made the professor of cell biology and in humans. participants will receive a high- or 747-3056. announcement. physiology, is one of a handful of Moley is director of the Fel- people in the world studying the lowship Program in Reproductive effects of maternal type 1 and Endocrinology and the Clinical Cervical tumors can be detected using PET scans type 2 diabetes on the implanta- Mentorship Program for the Uni- tion and development of mice versity's Markey Pathway, a grad- BY GWEN ERICSON Since submitting their findings, the team has con- embryos. Her work has estab- uate program that provides stu- tinued its investigation with nearly 250 additional lished that short-term exposure dents with a deeper understand- Cervical cancers that take up a lot of blood sugar, patients. The trend of lower five-year disease-free to high concentrations of glucose ing of the nature of disease. She or glucose, are more resistant to treatment than survival with higher tumor glucose uptake has been or insulin during the first 72 also is co-principal investigator those that are less glucose-hungry, according to born out in the additional patients. hours after fertilization is enough on a National Institutes of Health School of Medicine research. Further, the continuing study has clearly demon- to alter the embryos and result in grant to train future reproductive Scientists also found that the high glucose-uptake strated that the overall (disease-free and disease-re- the increase in congenital mal- biologists. tumors can be identified with PET scans, which are curring) five-year survival rate was lower in the formations and miscarriages, as She joined the University fac- already routinely used to determine tumor size and group of patients whose tumor glucose uptake was seen in women with diabetes and ulty in 1992 as an instructor in lymph-node involvement in cervical cancer patients. above the median of 10.2. other metabolic disorders. obstetrics and gynecology and as PET scans monitor the amount of a ra- "Our clinical experience has taught us that She also is known for cloning a postdoctoral fellow in cell biolo- dioactive glucose tracer absorbed by cells, so standard therapy, which includes both chemo- and characterizing two novel glu- gy and physiology after a residen- the brightness of the image reveals how therapy with cisplatin and radiation treat- cose transporters, GLUT8 and cy and fellowship at the School of much glucose a tumor takes up. The re- ments, doesn't seem to be able to cure these GLUT9, the latter of which she Medicine. search team's analysis indicates PET scans cancers if their glucose metabolism is high," can be used to better determine prognosis said Grigsby, a radiation oncologist with the in cervical cancer patients. Siteman Cancer Center. "We don't yet know Diabetes Research and Training "Cervical tumors vary more in their glu- what therapy will be more effective in these cose uptake than other kinds of cancer, mak- cases. For the time being, we're closely watch- ing glucose uptake a very useful indicator ing the response of the tumor to treatment Center provides grant funding for cervical cancers," said Perry W Grigsby, Grigsby and surgically removing the tumor and sur- The Diabetes Research and run for a two-year period, based M.D., professor of radiation oncology, of rounding tissue when necessary." Training Center in the School on an approved progress report. nuclear medicine and of obstetrics and gynecology. To improve treatment options in the future, of Medicine is offering grant The center's pilot and feasi- "We found that the tumors with higher uptake were Grigsby is initiating a study to uncover the cellular funding to faculty members bility program fosters projects associated with lower survival rates and lower dis- mechanisms that are altered in tumors that uptake a who conduct research in dia- required to develop preliminary ease-free survival rates." lot of glucose. betes and endocrinology. data, which could lead to inde- In a report published in the April issue of Gyneco- "I've looked at the proteins that transport glucose Applicants from the basic pendent research supported by logical Oncology, the researchers summarized their into tumor cells, and I haven't seen any significant sciences, epidemiological and the National Institutes of findings for 96 cervical cancer patients who under- differences between the glucose transporters in tu- behavioral science departments Health. went PET scans before radiation and chemotherapy mors with high glucose uptake and those with low are especially encouraged to Applicants must submit let- were initiated. glucose uptake," Grigsby said. "So we're taking a dif- apply. ters of intent to the Diabetes Re- Analysis showed that 71 percent of patients whose ferent approach. Researchers at the Hilltop search and Training Center by tumors had a glucose uptake value below the median "We're going to biopsy tumors over the course of Campus also are eligible to June 9; proposals are due Aug. value of 10.2 survived five years without a recurrence treatment," Grigsby said. "Then we'll look for which apply for funding, which will 11. Both should be sent to Joan of their disease. In contrast, 52 percent of those genes change activity during treatment. If we can begin Dec. 1. Harrison at Campus Box 8127. whose glucose uptake measured above 10.2 went for find predictable changes, they may lead us to better The grants range from For more information and five years without a recurrence. treatments for the more-resistant cervical tumors." $20,000-$50,000 annually and application forms, call 362-7754. 4 RECORD WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS University Events Fields to deliver Assembly Series talk on rhetoric By NADEE GUNASENA bate, he is frequenuy Midstream (1990), a highly acclaimed mem- Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching called on by the national oir; and The Past Leads a Life of Its Own and the Interfraternity Council's Excellence Iistinguished professor and writer media to provide expert (1992), a collection of stories that capture a in Teaching Award. In addition, he has been Wayne Fields will present the Inter- commentary regarding the simpler life of growing up in the American awarded fellowships from the Woodrow D disciplinary Project in the Humanities/ use of rhetoric as a politi- heartland. Wilson Institute, the Ford Foundation and Phi Beta Kappa/Sigma Xi Lecture for the cal or social tool. His book Fields joined WUSTL's Department of the National Humanities Institute. Assembly Series at 11 a.m. April 12 in Union of Words: A History English in 1968. Throughout his career, he He has served as a commentator for Na- Graham Chapel. The talk, on "Love and of Presidential Eloquence has served the University in a number of ac- tional Public Radio, Radio Free Europe and Seduction: Our Anxiety About Rhetoric," is (1996) examines the use ademic and administrative ways, most no- various television and radio network pro- free and open to the public. Fields of rhetoric in presidential tably as chair of the English department. He grams. For five years, he wrote a column Fields, Ph.D., is the Lynne Cooper Har- speeches, from declara- has also served as the dean of University called "Close to Home" for St. Louis vey Distinguished Professor of English and tions of candidacy to nomination accept- College in Arts & Sciences and as director Magazine. director of the American Culture Studies ances, inaugural addresses, State of the of its Master of Liberal Arts Program. He earned a bachelor's degree in English Program, both in Arts & Sciences. His areas Union speeches, declarations of war, execu- In 1996, helielped establish the Ameri- and philosophy from Augustana College of scholarly focus include American litera- tive farewells and other special addresses. can Culture Studies Program and became its and master's and doctoral degrees from the ture, nonfiction prose, rhetoric and Ameri- Fields' other books include James Feni- first director. University of Chicago. can political argument. more Cooper: A Collection of Critical Essays A popular teacher, Fields has received For more information, call 935-4620 or During times of national political de- (1979); What the River Knows: An Angler in numerous teaching accolades, including the go online to assemblyseries.wustl.edu. Dental Potpourri • Jesus in America • The Beast and the Beauty "University Events" lists a portion of man Inst. of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Thursday, April 20 (Continues April 9.) Francis Field. the activities taking place April 7-20 Eric P. Newman Education Center. How to submit 935-4705. at Washington University. Visit the Web for 362-7043. Noon. Center for New Institutional Social Sciences Lecture. Mary Beth Combs, expanded calendars for the Hilltop Campus 4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar 'University Events' prof, of economics, Fordham U. Eliot Hall, Tuesday, April 11 (calendar.wustl.edu) and the School of Series. "Immunity, Cognition and Beha- Rm. 300. 935-5068. 3 p.m. Women's Tennis vs. McKendree Medicine (medschool.wustl.edu/ vior: Lessons From SLE." Betty Diamond, Submit "University Events" items College. Dwight Davis Tennis Center. prof, of medicine and of microbiology, 3 p.m. Siteman Cancer Center Basic Sci- calendars.html). 935-4705. Columbia U. Moore Aud., 660 S. Euclid. to Genevieve Posey via: ence Seminar Series. Michelle Le Beau, 362-2763. (1) e-mail — recordcalendar prof, of medicine, U. of Chicago Cancer 4 p.m. Men's Tennis vs. Llndenwood U. Tao ©wustl.edu; Research Center. Eric P. Newman Edu- Tennis Center. 935-4705. 5:30 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity & Arrhyth- cation Center. 454-7029. Exhibits mia Center Seminar. "Arrhythmogenic (2) campus mail — Calcium Release From Cardiac Myofila- Campus Box 1070; or 4 p.m. History Colloquium. "Jesus in Wednesday, April 12 ments." Henk E.D.J. ter Keurs, prof, of America: Personal Savior as Cultural (3) fax —935-4259. 4 p.m. Men's Tennis vs. McKendree Friday, April 7 physiology & biophysics, U. of Calgary. Hero." Richard W. Fox, prof, of history, U. Upon request to the Record College. Tao Tennis Center. 935-4705. Visual Poetry. Olin Library, Grand Staircase (5 p.m. refreshments.) Whitaker Hall, Rm. of Southern Calif. Duncker Hall, Rm. 201, Lobby and Ginkgo Reading Rm. 935-5495. 218.935-7887. office, forms for submitting events Hurst Lounge. 935-5450. may be e-mailed, mailed or faxed. Friday, April 14 5-7 p.m. Sam Fox School Core Show 7 p.m. Sam Fox School Architecture Lec- Opening Reception. Bixby Hall. 935-9347. ture Series. Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz, Deadline for submissions is 4 p.m. Softball vs. Central College. WUSTL Brasil Arquitetura Studio, Sao Paolo. noon on the Thursday eight days Field. 935-4705. 6-8 p.m. Sam Fox School Digital Imaging Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-9347. & Photography Exhibition. Des Lee prior to the publication date. Music Gallery, 1627 Washington Ave. 935-9347. Saturday, April 15 Tuesday, April 11 7 p.m. Center for the Humanities Faculty Saturday, April 8 All day. Track and Field WU Quad. Francis Friday, April 14 Noon. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Fellows' Lecture. "Narrative Transgres- 8 p.m. Graduate Voice Recital. Philip Field. 935-4705. Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Natural sion in Contemporary German-Jewish Touchette, tenor. Whitaker Hall Aud. 1 p.m. Baseball vs. DePauw U. Kelly Field. 6-8 p.m. Sam Fox School First-Year M.F.A. Killer Cell Control of Viral Infections." Holocaust Literature." Erin McGlothlin, 935-4841. 935-4705. Exhibition Opening Reception. Des Lee Wayne Yokoyama, Levin Professor of Gallery, 1627 Washington Ave. 935-9347. asst. prof, of Germanic languages & litera- Medicine. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. tures. McMillan Hall, Rm. 115. 935-5576. 747-2132. Sunday, April 9 Monday, April 17 7 p.m. Sam Fox School Architecture 8 p.m. Recital. Chamber works of Martin Lecture Series. Robert McCarter, prof, of 4:30 p.m. Men's Tennis vs. U. of Mo.- Kennedy, asst. prof, of theory & composi- Wednesday, April 12 architecture, U. of Fla. Steinberg Hall Aud. St. Louis. Tao Tennis Center. 935-4705. Film tion. Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-4851. 11 a.m. Assembly Series. Interdiscliplinary 935-9347. Project in the Humanities, Phi Beta Kappa Tuesday, April 18 Friday, April 7 and Sigma Xi Lecture. Wayne Fields, Lynne Thursday, April 13 Tuesday, April 18 4 p.m. Softball vs. Greenville College. Cooper Harvey Distinguished Professor in 8 p.m. Jazz at Holmes. Adam Mannes, 6 & 8:30 p.m. Travel Lecture Series. Fiji. Noon. Law School Jewish Lunch & Learn. WUSTL Field. 935-4705. English and dir., American Culture Studies piano. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. Rick Howard, dir. Graham Chapel. "Examining Secular Issues and Jewish 935-5212. Program. Graham Chapel. 935-4620. 935-4841. 4:30 p.m. Men's Tennis vs. Southern III. U.- Law." Rabbi Hershey Novack, Chabad on Edwardsville. Tao Tennis Center. 935-4705. 8 p.m. Italian Film Festival. // Fuggiasco 4 p.m. Biochemistry & Molecular Bio- Campus. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Rm. 307. (The Fugitive). Andrea Manni, dir. Brown physics Seminar. "Single Molecular 721-2884. Thursday, April 20 Hall, Rm. 100.422-3102. Dynamics of RecA Filament and SSB5." Wednesday, April 19 Taekjip Ha, assoc. prof, of physics, U. of III. Noon. Molecular Microbiology S Microbial 8 p.m. Jazz at Holmes. Mike Karpowicz, 4:30 p.m. Men's Tennis vs. Principia Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-4152. Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Trans- saxophone. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. Saturday, April 8 criptional Silencing and Adherence in the 935-4841. College. Tao Tennis Center. 935-4705. Yeast Pathogen Candida Glabrata." 8 p.m. Italian Film Festival. La Vita Che 4:30 p.m. Women's Tennis vs. Principia Thursday, April 13 Brendan Cormack, assoc. prof, of molecu- Vorrei (The Life That I Want). Guissepe College. Tao Tennis Center. 935-4705. lar biology & genetics, Johns Hopkins U. Piccioni, dir. Brown Hall, Rm. 100. 4 p.m. Foreign Language Learning Collo- Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 747-5597. 422-3102. quium Series. "Findings and Implications Onstage From Second Language Acquisition Re- Noon. Program in Physical Therapy search." Richard Schmidt, prof, of second Research Seminar. 4444 Forest Park Wednesday, April 12 language studies, U. of Hawaii. Lab Worship Blvd., Lower Lvl., Rm. B112. 286-1404. Friday, April 7 Sciences Bldg., Rm. 300. 935-5175. 7 p.m. Japanese Film Series. The Beast 8 p.m. School of Medicine Arts Com- and the Beauty. Lee Gye Byeok, dir. 4 p.m. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences mission Presentation. Guys and Dolls. Wednesday, April 12 Sponsored by Asian & Near Eastern lan- Wednesday, April 19 Seminar. "Molecular Insights Into Myelin- (Also 8 p.m. April 8 & 15, 2 p.m. April 7:45 p.m. Passover Seder. Hosted by guages & literatures. Busch Hail, Rm. 100. ation and Axonal Degeneration." Jeffrey 8:30-11 a.m. Shepard Memorial Dental/ 15.) Cost: $10, $8 for students. Moore 935-5110. Otolaryngology Lecture. "Dental Potpour- Chabad on Campus. (Also 7:45 p.m. April Milbrandt, David Clayton Professor of Aud., 660 S. Euclid Ave. For tickets: 13.) 7420 Forsyth Blvd. 721-2884. Neurology. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. ri." Phillip J. Sheridan, asst. prof, of den- [email protected]. 362-1006. tistry, Mayo Clinic, Minn. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 935-5419. Lectures Friday, April 14 11 a.m. Assembly Series. Libraries' Neu- reuther Lecture. "Stand Up for Children And more••• 4 p.m. East Asian Studies Lecture. Annual Now." Marian Wright Edelman, civil rights Sports Friday, April 7 Stanley Spector Memorial Lecture on East leader and children's advocate. Co-pre- Asian History & Civilization. "Why Weren't Thursday, April 13 Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. sented as the George Warren Brown Women a Problem in 19th Century Chinese Saturday, April 8 "Arresting Developments in Receptor School of Social Work's Benjamin E. 8 p.m. Writing Program Reading Series. Thought?" Susan Mann, prof, and chair of All day. Track & Field WUSTL Select Signaling." Jeffrey Benovic, prof, and chair Youngdahl Lecture and Women's Society Jon Cook, prof, of literature, U. of East history, U. of Calif.-Davis. (Reception fol- Meet. Francis Field. 935-4705. of biochemistry & molecular biology, Adele Starbird Lecture. Graham Chapel. Anglia. Duncker Hall, Rm. 201, Hurst lows.) McDonnell Hall, Rm. 162. 935-4448. Thomas Jefferson U. Co-sponsored by 935-4620. All day. Track & Field WUSTL Multi-event. Lounge. 935-7130. molecular biology & pharmacology. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. Monday, April 17 426. 362-1668. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Center for the Appli- cation of Information Technology Two-day Monday, April 10 Workshop. 'Take Action: Contribute to Your Firm as a High-Impact IT Profes- Sports Noon. Molecular Biology & Pharmacology sional." (Continues 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. April Seminar. "How Eukaryotic Cells Adapt 18.) Cost: $1,195, reduced fees available to Metal Nutrient Deficiency: Lessons for CAIT member organizations. CAIT, 5 N. Learned From Saccharomyces Cerevisiae." week. WUSTL openj Jackson Ave. To register: 935-4444. Sagartz K's 26 in two games to Baseball team wins five of six, David Eide, prof, of nutritional sciences, U. a tough 6-3 loss to ] of Wis. South Bldg., Rm. 3907, Philip 11 a.m. Midwest Center of Excellence for lead 19th-ranked Softball team now 22-5 behind ubeaten Buffa ranked team in Divi| Needleman Library. 747-3339. Biodefense and Emerging Infectious On March 30, WUSTL swept a doubleheader Diseases Research Guest Lecture. "Pan- WUSTL opened the week by sweeping Mary- Bears defeated Coe ( 3 p.m. Neuro-oncology Research Group demic Influenza Vaccines." Robert Belshe, from Westminster College. The Bears won ville University, 7-4 and 3-1, March 28. In the junior Erin Flemingl Seminar Series. "Advanced MR Imaging prof, and dir. of infections diseases and Game 1, 8-0, in five innings, and then took the second game, junior Andy Shields pitched a singles. On April 2,1 of CNS Neoplasms." Robert C. McKinstry immunology, St. Louis U. Eric P. Newman nightcap, 4-0. Junior Laurel Sagartz pitched a one-hitter with nine strikeouts to the University of j III, assoc. prof, of radiology. McDonnell Education Center. 286-0432. Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 928. shutout in the opener, allowing two hits while On April 1, the Red and Green rolled past 454-7029. Noon. Work, Families, and Public Policy striking out 13. In Game 2, freshman Susan Knox College, 15-3 and 12-0. Junior Brent Brown Bag Seminar Series. "Did Reform Men's tennis 3:30 p.m. Harris Inst. for Global Legal Gray pitched five scoreless innings allowing Buffa picked up the win in the first game to of Prudent Trust Investment Laws Change Studies Seminar. "Pre-emptive Use of four hits while striking out three as she picked undefeated wl Trust Portfolio Allocation?" Robert Sitkoff, move to 6-0 on the season and 16-2 for his ca- Force: Legalities and Realities in Today's asst. prof, of law, Northwestern U. Eliot up her third win. reer. The next day, the Bears dropped Game 1, The No. 8 men's ter World." Walter Slocombe, attorney, former Hall, Rm. 300. 935-4918. On March 31, the Bears (18-3) extended ning streak to four i U.S. undersecretary of defense. Anheuser- 4-2, to Knox before rebounding with an 18-5 Busch Hall, Rm. 310. 935-7988. 4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar their winning streak to five games with a pair win in the second game. over Coe College anJ Series. 'The Role of SLP-76 in Hemato- of victories over Blackburn College. The Bears April 1 at Shaw Park 4 p.m. Anatomy & Neurobiology Lecture. poeitic Cell Development and Function." Annual Robert J. Terry Lecture. "It Is All in captured Game 1,14-0, in five innings, and With the six victd Gary Koretzky, dept. of pathology & lab Women's tennis team the Eye of the Beholder." Amiram Grinvald, then posted an 8-0 win in five innings in the WUSTL improved it) medicine, U. of Penn. Moore Aud., 660 S. prof, and dir., Grodetsky Center for Re- suffers tough week Euclid Ave. 362-2763. nightcap. Sagartz improved to 9-1 with a one- matches to 26-4 (.86 search of Higher Brain Functions, Weiz- hit shutout and 13 strikeouts. The women's tennis team (8-5) went 1-2 last record.wustl.edu WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS April 7,2006 5

Life insurance open enrollment coming; investment seminars set Operation Food Search exhibit at There will be an open enroll- be provided at the "Benefits Plan Weitman Gallery ment period for optional for the Future" employee meet- term life insurance from ings from April 18-27, and an an- At right is "Girl With April 17-May 5. nouncement letter and enroll- Cornflakes" by Sylvia During this period, if an em- ment form will be sent to the Hardy, from the exhi- ployee is currently enrolled and campus boxes of all benefits-eli- bition Faces of not maxed (four times base gible faculty and staff during the Operation Food salary) in the optional term life week of May 1. Search, on view There is no deadline like other through April 19 in plan, he or she may purchase one the Sam Fox School additional times base annual plan enrollments like health in- of Design & Visual salary without completing a surance and flex spending, but if Arts' Weitman Gal- health questionnaire, or purchase employees wish to begin the lery. Hardy was one two or more additional times after-tax contribution by July 1, of seven juniors from base annual salary by completing they will need to send their en- the Digital Imaging five medical questions on an en- rollment forms to the benefits of- & Photography rollment form. fice by June 15. Program who recent- As long as an employee does- (Special note: Vanguard will ly spent a month doc- n't answer "yes" to any of the be able to accept employee Roth umenting the work of questions, he or she will not be contributions on July 1, but Operation Food required to submit any addition- TIAA-CREF will not be able to Search, the largest al medical information. accept employee Roth contribu- food bank in the St. Employees enrolled in the op- tions until this fall.) Louis region. Each tional term life insurance plan month, Operation will receive a special bonus — a Investment seminars Food Search distrib- will-preparation service at no A retirement investment-educa- utes more than 1 mil- additional cost. Through a spe- tion seminar conducted by con- lion pounds of food cial Met Life service, employees sultants from TIAA-CREF and and household items can consult with an experienced Vanguard is being offered to to 300 local food University faculty and staff. At pantries and soup attorney who will complete a will kitchens, feeding for them and for their spouse at each session, there will be a dis- cussion of basic investment nearly 100,000 peo- no charge. ple, about half of Enrollment kits will be sent to choices and a review of simple, whom are children. the homes of benefits-eligible strategies and concepts needed to Other photographers faculty and staff during the week make sound investment deci- were Sarita Dan, of April 10. Additional informa- sions. Sarah Greene, Rachel tion will be provided at the Topics will include: Hillery, Rebecca Massle, Cody Ranaldo and Jacqueline Schon. The Weitman Gallery is located in "Benefits Plan for the Future" • Assessing your current finan- the University's Lewis Center, 725 Kingsland Ave. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. For employee meetings from April cial situation; more information, call 935-8406. 18-27. • Forming a financial plan; • Understanding basic types of Roth option investments; and The Roth option will be added to • Asset allocation and main- the retirement savings plan effec- taining diversification. 11 trees planned for Earth Day tive July 1. This provision will The seminars are scheduled as ronment," Norman said. "They grow to perhaps 60 or follows: BY ANDY CLENDENNEN allow faculty and staff to make 75 feet tall, much like the oaks on the rest of campus. • April 18 — Hilltop Campus, any combination of employee A collaborative effort between students, staff and "And in an urban environment, we can expect Simon Hall, Room 109,1:30- pre-tax deferrals and after-tax the University administration has resulted in the them to live about 100 years." 3 p.m.; contributions from the mini- planned planting of 11 trees on the Hilltop Campus The Northern Red Oak is easy to recognize by its • April 19 — Medical Cam- mum required plan contribution to mark Earth Day 2006. bark, which features ridges that appear to have shiny pus, McDonnell Science Build- up to the maximum IRS contri- A ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. April 14 in stripes down the center. A few other oaks have bark ing, Cori Auditorium, 1-2:30 bution. Brookings Quadrangle, the site of one of the with this kind of appearance in the upper tree, but Regardless of whether em- p.m.; and plantings. the Northern Red Oak is the only tree with the strip- ployees make pre-tax or after-tax • April 20 — West Campus, ing all the way down the trunk. Library Conference Center, "I am pleased with the proactive leadership contributions, they will receive shown by some of our students on this important One more tree, a Valley Forge Elm, will be plan- Room A/B, 9-10:30 a.m. the same University contribu- environmental issue," Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton ted in the Quad, near a location in several people's Reservations are not required tion based on their age and satis- said, "and I'm grateful to our horticulturist Paul Nor- memory. to attend a seminar. fying the two-year service re- man for his expertise and wisdom in helping us se- "The Valley Forge Elm is a disease-resistant elm quirement. For more information, contact tree," Norman said, "and that one will probably go your benefits department. lect trees that will grace our beautiful campus for the Additional information will next hundred years. This is a wonderful way to mark where the other elm tree died. Earth Day 2006." "This is a hybrid elm tree and resistant to Dutch All of the trees to be planted were grown by the elm disease. We got it when it was a seedling about as Jon Cook to speak on craft of poetry University in the property just east of the Brookings big around as your finger. Now it has about a 3-inch Jon Cook, the visiting Fannie love, as well as a volume on 20th- Hall parking lot, between Lindell Boulevard and For- caliper, so it's ready to be moved." Hurst Professor of Creative Li- century poetry and poetics. est Park Parkway. An American elm variety, the Valley Forge Elm terature in the Writing Program in Cook is a professor of literature Ten Northern Red Oaks will be planted along was released by the U.S.D.A. National Arboretum in Arts 8c Sciences, will speak on the at the University of East Anglia in Forsyth Boulevard, from Olympian Way to the Sam 1995 after 20 years of research. In the past 70 years, craft of poetry at 8 p.m. April 13. Norwich, England, where he di- Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. These plantings Dutch elm disease has killed more than 70 million The event — part of the Writ- rects the Centre for Creative and will occur throughout the day, and signs proclaiming elm trees (95 percent) in the United States. ing Program's spring Reading Se- Performing Arts. He also serves as that the trees were planted to mark Earth Day 2006 The tree culminates 60 years of government re- ries — is free and open to the editor of the literary journal Pre- will be included. search, involving three generations of scientists and public and will take place in Hurst text and on the international advi- "These are trees that grow well in an urban envi- tests on 60,000 elm trees. Lounge, Duncker Hall, Room 201. sory board of the Amsterdam Cook is the author of several School for Cultural Analysis. books, including Romanticism and Cook has published numerous Kennedy to present original chamber works Ideology (1981) and William Ha- essays on romantic poetry, cultur- zlitt Selected Writings (1991). His al analysis and the relation be- BYLIAMOTTEN tion prizes, perhaps — of one an- with Kennedy performing his most recent volume, Poetry in tween theory and practice in cre- other." Piano Sonata (2004), originally Theory (2004), reflects a long- ative writing. These include, most Martin Kennedy, D.M.A., assis- The program will continue . written for pianist Soheil Nasseri's standing interest in modern poet- recently, essays on British national tant professor of theory & with Distraction (2003), a short 2003-04 concert season at Lincoln ry and poetics. identity and on the idea of cre- composition in the Department piece for guitar (undergraduate Center in New York. Current projects include the ative writing as a form of research. of Music in Arts & Sciences, will Rosaline Moussa), violin (Bica) Kennedy has received several forthcoming Hazlitt in Love, a bi- For more information, call present a concert of original and viola (Mike Chen of the Saint prestigious composition honors, ographical work on writing and 935-7130. chamber music at 8 p.m. April 9 Louis Sympho- including five ASCAP Morton in Steinberg Auditorium. ny Orchestra), Gould Young Composer Awards. Kennedy was born in England which was orig- His work has been performed by in 1978 and moved to America as inally commis- the American Composers Orches- a child. He earned bachelor of sioned by the tra, the Bloomington Camerata music degrees in both piano per- group Duo46. Orchestra, the Polish National formance and composition from Next is The Chamber Orchestra of Slupsk, the the Indiana University School of Touch of Haddonfield Symphony and the ed the week March 31 with Women runners win Music, as well as a master of Dreams (2000), Shenandoah Symphony Orches- frury University, the 25th- music degree in composition. a song-cycle for tra, among others. lion II. On April 1, the WUSTL Invitational Kennedy went on to earn a Kennedy piano Kennedy's music is published pollege, 5-4, sparked by The women's track and field team won the doctorate from the Juilliard School (Kennedy), by Theodore Presser Co., the old- ; comeback win at No. 2 WUSTL Invitational April 1-2 at Bushyhead in 2005 and joined WUSTL's tenor and clarinet (the music de- est — and among the most distin- tie Red and Green fell, 5-0, Track, and the men took fifth. The women tal- music department last fall. partment's James Harr and Paul guished — music publishers in Chicago. lied 209 points; the men posted 85 points. The program will open with Garritson, respectively) based on the United States. Kennedy also These Parting Gifts (1997), a cbm- five poems from Carl Sandburg's remains active as a pianist, per- ias Men swimmers tops position for two violins (Nicolae Fogs and Fires. forming both as a soloist and in ;ek Bica and Shawn Weil, both of the "Touch of Dreams is cyclical collaboration with such distin- academically in D-lll Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra) in design, with motifs recurring guished artists as violinist Lara St. is team extended its win- As announced by the College Swimming and piano (Kennedy) written throughout the work," Kennedy John and flutist Thomas Robertel- batches with 7-0 victories Coaches Association of America, Washington during the composer's freshman said. "Most notably, a lullaby lo, recording a CD with the latter, 1 Maryville University U's men registered the No. 1 team grade-point year at Indiana. theme that is heard in the first Souvenir: Works by Fauri and average in NCAA Division III for the fall 2005 "The work is in four move- song, 'I Sang,' returns frequently Kennedy (1999). i in doubles April 1, semester; the women posted the seventh-best ments," Kennedy said. "Each one throughout the piece to reinforce The concert is free and open to i overall record in dual mark in the country. depicts an episode in the life of the 'nighttime story' theme of the the public. For more information, The men combined for a 3.49 grade-point two people who now are left poems." call 935-4841 or e-mail staylor@ average; the women tallied a GPA of 3.43. with only memories — consola- The program will conclude wustl.edu. 6 RECORD WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

1999, Major was awarded one of the United Kingdom's greatest Moral psychology conference to be held April 8-9 Major honors: The Companion of Hon- BY NEIL SCHOENHERR whether a person will help or Another example of this our, bestowed on him by Queen Continues his work not." mechanism at work would be that Elizabeth in recognition of his ini- Do you consider yourself a of a nervous flyer. to secure peace tiation of the Northern Ireland moral person? Most of us Trivial factors play role "When it gets turbulent, he - from Page 1 Peace Process. do. But what is it exactly In his 2002 book Lack of Charac- looks around at the people near He discusses his leadership tri- that makes us moral beings? ter: Personality and Moral Be- him," Doris said. "If he sees them fairs, a position he held for 94 umphs and defeats in John Major: The Department of Philoso- havior, Doris argues that behavior acting unconcerned, he assumes days before being appointed The Autobiography, published in phy in Arts & Sciences is spon- is extraordinarily sensitive to vari- there's no problem, but if he sees chancellor of the Exchequer in 1999. Major stepped down as a soring a conference on moral ation in circumstance. them clutching the armrests, he October that same year. member of Parliament when the psychology April 8-9 at Clayton He became interested in moral thinks the worst. We interpret our Upon becoming prime minis- British general election was called on the Park hotel, 8025 Bon- psychology in the mid-1990s after world socially since we are in- ter in 1990, Major followed in the in May 2001. homme Ave. reading some groundbreaking tensely social organisms." footsteps of Margaret Thatcher His business interests today in- Twenty philosophy and psy- studies by John M. Darley, Ph.D., If you want to bet on whether and the legacy of her govern- clude serving as senior adviser to chology professors from schools the Warren Professor of Psycholo- your friends will help someone in ment. He moved into 10 Down- Credit Suisse and chairman of the around the country will discuss gy at Princeton University. need, Doris argues, it's necessary ing Street facing a weakened European Advisory Council of evolution's impact on morality, Darley's research indicated to know the "little proximate" im- party, disagreements over Europe, Emerson. He is chairman of the motivation and sociopathy, the that absurdly trivial-seeming fac- pacts on their mood, such as find- economic recession, violence in council of the Ditchley Founda- relationship between language ca- tors influence what people do ing money on the street or the Northern Ireland and the likeli- tions and a member of the interna- pacity and moral capacity, moral morally. number of other people around hood of war in the Persian Gulf. tional advisory board of The Peres reasoning and the psychology of "For instance," Doris said, "you at the time. Continuing the United King- Center for Peace in Israel. He is happiness. may be more likely to get help in "Some studies even suggest dom's strong ties with the United also a patron of the Atlantic Part- John M. Doris, Ph.D., associ- the paper-dropping scenario that if you need change for a dol- States, Major gave full support to nership. ate professor of philosophy and a above if ambient noise is at nor- lar, you are more likely to get it if the United States in the Gulf War His charitable interests include member of the Philosophy-Neu- mal levels than if there's a lawn- you ask in front of a bakery or of 1991, and thereafter to the U.S. the presidency of Asthma UK and roscience-Psychology Program in mower in the background." a coffee shop that smells good position on Iraq in the United patron of the Prostate Cancer Arts 8c Sciences, is the conference Darley also examined the instead of asking in front of a Nations. The British commitment Charity, Wavemakers (formerly organizer. He defines moral psy- Catherine Genovese case, in smelly tire store, for example," he to the Gulf War was second in Child of Achievement Awards), chology as "the factors that influ- which a woman was attacked and said. "The hypothesis is that you size only to the United States. Mercy Ships and Support for Afri- ence behavior in contexts we con- brutally murdered on the door- get a slight mood bump from the Major's seven years as prime ca. He also takes an active interest sider to be morally significant," step of her apartment building in aroma, which makes you more minister were not easy ones. Un- in the work of the Royal National such as witnessing someone in Queens in the mid-1960s. There likely to help." like Thatcher, his party only had Institute of the Blind, the National need. were more than three dozen peo- Of course, other research slim parliamentary majorities. Society for the Protection of Cruel- "Think about your friends," ple in the area who witnessed the shows that people in a good Nevertheless, on May 1,1997, he ty to Children and the Consortium Doris said. "If someone dropped crime, but no one intervened. mood are less likely to help if it's handed over one of the strongest for Street Children. a file of papers all over the street, One person called the police only an unpleasant activity because it economies any incoming govern- Major was president of the Sur- would one of your friends stop to after asking a friend what he will ruin their mood. ment had inherited, with The rey County Cricket Club at The help?" should do. "It's all variable," Doris said. Daily Telegraph in London ob- Oval — where his lifetime passion You might base your answer "The result of the experimen- "The one constant I've found is serving that "John Major leaves a for cricket was born — in London on your own perceived morality tal work inspired by the Genovese that circumstance and mood can richer legacy than any of his from 2000-02. level of your friend. case is that there are several psy- have a direct effect on morality in predecessors." On the death of Diana, Princess But many factors, including chological mechanisms at work in a given situation." While prime minister, he also of Wales, Major was appointed whether your friend is happy determining morality in a situa- The papers presented at the instituted public-sector reforms legal guardian to Their Royal having just found some money or tion like this," Doris said. "One conference will be gathered into that became international mod- Highnesses Princes William and in a sour mood having stepped in common mechanism is called 'dif- a Handbook of Moral Psychology, els, and he initiated an unprece- Harry. a wad of bubblegum, will affect fusion of responsibility,' where co-edited by Doris, to be pub- dented effort to secure lasting Major has been married to his or her willingness to help, re- everyone thinks someone else will lished by Massachusetts Institute peace in Northern Ireland. Dame Norma Major since 1970 gardless of an innate or a per- call the police and ultimately no of Technology. Since leaving office, Major (she was made a dame of the ceived morality level. one does. The conference, with the ex- continues working to secure British Empire by Queen Elizabeth "We tend to look to the prop- "Another mechanism is the 'in- ception of the business meeting peace in Northern Ireland, lend- in June 1999). erties of the person as we imagine terpretation effect.' If we are all and meals, is open to the WUSTL ing his support to Prime Minister They have two children, Eliza- them in order to gauge their watching something happen but community, but participants must Tony Blair. On New Year's Day beth and James. moral compass," Doris said. "It we're not sure what's going on read the related papers of the turns out, however, that some- and you look at me and I appear conference presenters prior to at- thing as seemingly insignificant unconcerned, you then conclude tending. as finding a quarter in a phone that there's nothing to be worked For more information, call Kleinman "Laura Kleinman is booth can have a big impact on up about." 935-6670. To pursue joint degree a model citizen of in law, public policy Washington University, schools and between University Nepali mediators. - from Page 1 and civil society nongovern- The law school and the a superb young scholar Nepal mental organizations in Nepal. George Warren Brown School of School of Law reps C.J. Larkin, J.D., administra- Social Work have been develop- they are committed to using their We are enormously tive director of the Alternative ing partnerships with universi- integrity and strong sense of citi- proud of her." to go there in June Dispute Resolution Program, ties and nongovernmental or- zenship to making this world a - from Page 2 IANMACMULLEN provided mediation training to ganizations in Nepal for several better place." the delegation and coordinated years. Gautam Yadama, Ph.D., Kleinman is majoring in phi- visit was excellent because it gave the visit. Larkin and other rep- director of international pro- losophy in Arts & Sciences. After and other fundamental compo- us opportunities to both en- resentatives from the School of grams and associate professor in graduating, she hopes to pursue nents of a foundation for a hance our general conflict reso- Law will visit Nepal in June. the School of Social Work, be- a joint degree in law and public healthy and well-rounded edu- lution skills and increase our un- The State Department grant gan the collaborations through policy. cation. derstanding of mediation and provides funding for the law his U.S. Agency for Internation- "I'd like to work my way into "Laura Kleinman is a model dispute resolution in the U.S.," school's Alternative Dispute al Development-funded project the government through the citizen of Washington University, Pokharel said. Resolution Program to offer in- with Nepal Law School in 1999- court system and some day be- a superb young scholar with a "We've had the opportunity termediate and advanced con- 2001. Yadama served as a Ful- come an elected official so that deep concern for the plight of the to visit an amazing number of flict resolution training to bright professor in Nepal in I can promote positive social disadvantaged residents of Ameri- agencies and programs and learn Nepali faculty, students and or- 2000-01. changes by speaking for people ca's inner cities," said Ian Mac- about multiple program designs ganizations involved in commu- Jane Aiken, J.D., the William whose voices aren't being heard," Mullen, Ph.D., assistant dean in and models." nity mediation. The training M. Van Cleve Professor of Law, Kleinman said. the College of Arts 8c Sciences. The law school's Alternative will be conducted both at also served as a Fulbright senior A Danfprth Scholar and resi- "The Truman Scholarship both Dispute Resolution Program, di- WUSTL and in Nepal. scholar at Tribhuvan Law Cam- dential adviser in the South 40, recognizes and will help to realize rected by Karen Tokarz, J.D., University faculty and stu- pus during fall 2001. For three she tutors inner-city children and Laura's remarkable potential to be professor of law, received a dents will observe Nepali medi- summers, WUSTL law students children of food-service workers. a leader in the quest for justice in three-year, $244,000 grant from ators and receive training while worked in Kathmandu through She also teaches classes on eco- this country. the State Department to estab- in Nepal. Additionally, the law the public-interest stipend pro- nomic literacy, language skills, "We are enormously proud lish exchanges between the Uni- school will develop Internet dis- gram, with placement assistance preventing adolescent pregnancy of her." versity and Kathmandu law pute resolution resources for from Aiken and Larkin.

right now — is going to hurt the trained behaviorists and dieticians "We believe losing weight will situation even more than we think to help participants keep track of reverse, if not completely nor- Pollinators and perhaps drive certain species Liver what they are eating and to iden- malize, some of the changes we from Page 1 to extinction." Study participants to lose tify and try to change problem see in children with fatty liver Collaborator Tia-Lynn Ash- 10% of their body weight behaviors and cues for overeating. disease," said Sheela Deivanaya- Some study participants also perturbations of the habitat may man, Ph.D., of the University of - from Page 1 gam, M.D., study investigator exacerbate the situation." Pittsburgh, said: "These findings may take a weight-loss drug called and a clinical fellow in the Divi- According to Knight, there is have global implications given Orlistat. To help young people in sion of Pediatric Gastroenterolo- no doubt that a reduced number the importance of biodiversity Study participants will re- the study adopt a healthier life- gy and the Center for Human of pollinating species — bees, hotspots for medicine, food, nu- ceive medical screenings and style, the whole family is encour- Nutrition. flies, birds, even bats — is one trient cycling, and alternative re- imaging tests to determine fat aged to become involved. Most study volunteers will contributor to pollen limitation. sources for pollinators of domes- levels in the body and fat in the Participants will remain on the remain in the program 5-6 But it's not the only one. Habitat ticated crops worldwide." liver. They will also receive a de- diet until they lose about 10 per- months, depending upon how fragmentation is a proven cause The study performed by tailed metabolism study to de- cent of their body weight. After long it takes them to reach their of pollen limitation, as well as Knight, Vamosi, Ashman and termine how their bodies pro- maintaining that weight loss for weight-loss goal. development. their other collaborators — cess fat, protein and sugar and three weeks, they will return for All screening tests and re- "The concern is that we are Janette A. Steets of the University how insulin interacts with those repeat body composition tests and search-related procedures for the losing habitats really rapidly glob- of Alaska Fairbanks; Susan J. substances. metabolic studies. study are provided free. Those ally, especially in tropical areas, Mazer of the University of Cali- When baseline studies are The second round of tests al- who complete the entire study and losing pollinators there as fornia, Santa Barbara; and Martin complete, participants will lows researchers to compare fat in will receive a combination of mo- well," Knight said. "We show that Burd of Monash University in begin a weight-loss program in- the body and in the liver before ney and gift cards totaling $500. these areas are sensitive to pollen Melbourne, Australia — was sup- volving a reduced-calorie diet. and after weight loss and to iden- For more information or to limitation just because they are ported by the National Science The weight-loss program in- tify changes in the metabolism of volunteer, call Deivanayagam at diverse. Any perturbation in the Foundation's National Center for cludes regular meetings with fat, protein and sugar. 362-8144. tropical areas — and there are lots Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. record.wustl.edu WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS April 7, 2006 7 Notables Sam Fox School honors distinguished architecture alumni The Sam Fox School of Design Chan is founding principal bachelor of architecture degree rials selection and low impact site she earned a bachelor's degree in & Visual Arts honored four and design director of SCDA Ar- and earned a master of architec- development. art history from the University of outstanding architecture chitects in Singapore. Born in ture degree from Yale University This work formed the founda- California, Berkeley, in 1978. alumni at its 13th annual Distin- Penang, Malaysia, he earned a in 1981. In 1985, he joined Wil- tion for The HOK Guidebook to In 1983, she earned a master of guished Alumni Awards Dinner bachelor of arts degree in archi- liam Turnbull Associates —the Sustainable Design (co-authored architecture degree from the April 6 at the Lindell Pavilion in tecture from WUSTL in 1984 and small yet prestigious firm found- with William Odell and Mary WUSTL School of Architecture Forest Park, 5595 Grand Drive. a master of architecture degree ed in the 1960s by the renowned Ann Lazarus), now in its second while simultaneously earning a The Distinguished Alumni from Yale University in 1987. Bay Area modernist — oversee- edition. Major projects include master of science in civil engi- Awards recognize architecture SCDA has completed major ing many of the firm's residential headquarters facilities for The neering from the School of Engi- graduates who have demonstrat- commercial, residential and mas- projects. Nature Conservancy, National neering 8c Applied Science. ed creativity, innovation, leader- ter-planning projects in Southeast Prior to Turnbull's 1997 Wildlife Federation and the After graduation, Cotsen ship and vision through their Asia, China, India, Australia, death, Haesloop became a part- World Resources Institute. began practicing architecture in contributions to both the practice Africa and the United States. ner in the firm, which he contin- Tucker is founding principal Los Angeles and later moved into of architecture and the school. The firm's numerous honors ues to direct with Turnbull's of Self Tucker Architects Inc. in the field of construction manage- Recipients for 2006 were Soo include the Royal Institute of widow, Mary Griffin. He has also his native Memphis. He earned ment, founding Edifice Complex, K. Chan, Eric Haesloop, Sandra British Architects' Worldwide taught undergraduate and gradu- a bachelor of architecture and a building-contracting firm based Ford Mendler and Jimmie E. Award (2005); the Gold Award at ate design studios at the Univer- urban planning degree from in Santa Monica, Calif. Tucker. the Miami Biennale 2005 Interna- sity of California, Berkeley. Princeton University in 1977 and Vitale is a senior architectural In addition, Corinna Cotsen, tional Competition; the Gold He has received 18 American a master of architecture degree designer at the Chicago office of a former Ethan A.H. Shepley Award for the ARCASIA Awards Institute of Architects (AIA) de- from WUSTL in 1981. Gensler, an adjunct professor for Trustee at the University and a for Architecture (2005-06); and sign awards, including a National Since launching Self Tucker in the University of Illinois at Chica- longtime member of the Archi- the Architectural Review Merit Honor Award and four awards 1995, Tucker has developed nu- go School of Architecture, and on tecture National Council, re- award for emerging architecture from the AJA/California Council. merous commercial, educational, the design faculty at the Universi- ceived the 2006 Dean's Medal, (2002). In 2003, Architectural Mendler is vice president and religious, civic and residential ty of Illinois at Urbana-Cham- which honors exceptional dedica- Record named SCDA as one of the sustainable-design principal for projects throughout the mid- paign. Born and raised in Chica- tion and advocacy on behalf of 10 Design Vanguard firms reshap- the San Francisco office of Hell- South, including the STAX Muse- go, Vitale earned a bachelor of sci- the school and the profession. ing the globe. muth Obata & Kassabaum um of American Soul Music and ence degree in architectural stud- And Brian Vitale, a senior de- Haesloop is principal of Turn- (HOK). She earned a bachelor of STAX Music Academy; and the ies from the University of Illinois signer at the Chicago office of bull Griffin Haesloop in Berkeley, arts degree in architecture from 2001 expansion of the National in 1993 and a master of architec- Gensler, received the Young Calif. Raised in Indiana, he gradu- WUSTL in 1981 and a bachelor Civil Rights Museum, located on ture degree from WUSTL in 1995. Alumni Award. ated from WUSTL in 1977 with a of architecture degree from New the site of Memphis' Lorraine A founding member of the York's Pratt Institute in 1986. Motel, where the Rev. Martin award-winning boutique firm von Mendler has been integrally Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Weise Associates, and later 4240 involved with the development Cotsen has served on WUSTL's Architecture, he was recently ap- Campus Watcj and implementation of the HOK Architecture National Council pointed to the Art Institute of sustainable-design program. She since 1996 and recently concluded Chicago's Committee on Architec- led the development of the firm's a four-year term on the Universi- ture and is president of the board The following incidents were reported to University Police March 28-April 4. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. in-house resources for energy ef- ty's Board of Trustees. Born in of directors for the Chicago Ar- This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is avail- ficiency, indoor air quality, mate- Boston and raised in Los Angeles, chitectural Club. able on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Crime alert • Never prop open exterior doors or gates. If you see a door Allen named assistant vice chancellor, senior counsel On March 28, University Police propped, close it. BY ANDY CLENDENNEN "As her 'prior fives' here at the drafted district court opinions released the following alert: • Don't allow people you do University reflect, she's already and bench memoranda and man- A resident in the 700 block of not know to "tailgate" behind you Monica J. Allen, J.D., can count made a deep commitment to the aged a court docket of approxi- Westgate Avenue in University into the building. exactly on one hand the num- multiple missions of the Universi- mately 250 cases. City reported leaving her resi- • When someone knocks at ber of ways she's been associated ty, and we are very fortunate in- That was followed by stints in dence for a short time and return- your door, don't open it unless with the University. deed to have her sage counsel and St. Louis with the law firm Kohn, ing to find a subject inside. The you know the person. She earned a bachelor's de- outstanding expertise 'just down Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis and subject asked, "Don't you know • If the person is a mainte- gree, a master's degree and a law the hall.'" Giljum (1994-95) and the Federal me from Washington University?" nance person, ask that identifica- degree here. She was an adjunct Allen earned bachelor's (1980) Reserve Bank (1995-97), where The resident did not know the tion be slipped under the door or professor in the School of Law. and master's (1985) degrees, both she was responsible for litigation subject, and he pushed her as she through the mail slot. Call the And now, to complete the in comparative literature in Arts management, personnel issues, tried to call 911. The suspect fled, employer to verify that mainte- quintet, Allen has been brought 8c Sciences, from the University. contract negotiation and provid- and the resient did not suffer seri- nance work was scheduled. Refuse back as assistant vice chancellor After earning the master's, she ing guidance to the Department ous physical injuries. There was to deal with anyone who won't and senior counsel in the Office started working at the St. Louis of Supervision and Regulation re- no sign of forced entry to the resi- comply with this request. of Executive Vice Chancellor & Science Center as an outreach co- garding banking laws and regula- dence. • If an unknown person General Counsel. She has been a ordinator from 1986-89, where tions. The suspect is described as a knocks on your door to use the partner at the St. Louis law firm she coordinated the center's edu- In 1997, she joined Haar 8c white male, late 30s, 5'10", heavy telephone, never open the door. Haar & Woods since 2002. cation outreach program, includ- Woods as an associate before be- build, brown hair, brown eyes and Take the message and make the "Monica offers Washington ing program development, staff coming partner in January 2002. a balding or receding hairline. Po- call for the person. University a marvelous array of supervision and budget man- There Allen served as senior lice have information to suggest • If you arrive home to find legal and administrative talents," agement. counsel in a wide array of com- this subject may visit a computer your door ajar, hear unusual said Michael R. Cannon, J.D., ex- She earned a juris doctoris in mercial, regulatory, criminal de- lab on campus. sounds or believe your residence ecutive vice chancellor and gener- 1992, after serving as the primary fense and employment litigation University Police recommends has been broken into, don't go in. al counsel. "She's a remarkably as- articles editor for the Law Quar- matters. taking the following precautions: Call the police. tute and thoughtful negotiator, a terly and graduating second in the She also became an adjunct • Immediately report suspi- • When you are away from consummate and cool-headed class of 223. professor at the School of Law, cious persons or activity to police your residence, leave your interior strategist, and she brings an ex- Allen clerked for Judge Jean where she taught "Comparative at 911 or go to the nearest emer- lights on. gency telephone. ceptional and especially welcome C. Hamilton in the U.S. District Professional Ethics: Law and • Lock your apartment door, depth to the University's impor- Court for the Eastern District of Medicine" and "Pretrial Practice even when you are at home. Additionally, University Police tant litigation efforts. Missouri from 1992-94, where she and Procedure." • Lock the windows to your responded to four reports of proper- apartment. If you have a sliding ty damage and injury, three lost ar- glass door, secure it further by ticles, two auto accidents and one Manchanda appointed Kemper Art Museum curator placing a piece of wood in the report each of larceny and suspi- BY LIAM OTTEN contemporary art, conceptual art a master's in art history from the track to prevent it from opening. cious person. and photography, Manchanda has University of Delaware (1993). In Catharina Manchanda, Ph.D., served in various curatorial capac- 2005, she earned a doctorate from has been appointed curator of ities at the Museum of Modern the City University of New York, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Art (MoMA) and the Solomon R. writing her dissertation on the cru- Museum, part of the Sam Fox Guggenheim Museum, both in cial role of photography in German School of Design 8c Visual Arts. New York, and at the Philadelphia art of the 1960s and early 1970s. Founded in 1905 Manchanda succeeds Sabine Museum of Art and the Busch- As a curatorial assistant at Washington University community news Eckmann, Ph.D., who was named Reisinger Museum, part of the MoMA from 1999-2002, Man- director of the Kemper Art Muse- Harvard University Art Museums. chanda worked with Robert Storr Associate Vice Chancellor Judith Jasper Leicht Record (USPS 600-430; ISSN 1043-0520), um last year. Manchanda said she looks for- on Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Executive Editor Susan Killenberg McGinn Volume 30, Number 28/April 7, 2006. Manchanda's appointment ward to developing a range of Painting, among other projects, Editor Kevin M. Kiley Published for the faculty, staff and friends comes at a critical time for the challenging exhibits and programs and previously conducted research Associate Editor Andy Clendennen of Washington University. Produced weekly museum, which will open a for the Kemper Art Museum. for the Guggenheim's Robert Assistant Editor Neil Schoenherr during the school year, except school Medical News Editor Beth Miller holidays, and monthly during June, July 65,000-square-foot facility, de- "Many art museums have a Rauschenberg: A Retrospective Calendar Coordinator Genevieve Posey and August by the Office of Public Affairs, signed by Pritzker Prize-winning tendency to show contemporary (1997). Print Production Carl Jacobs Washington University, Campus Box 1070, Japanese architect Fumihiko art snapshot-like, with little his- In Philadelphia, where she Online Production Alice Hoette One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, M0 63130. Maki, this fall. torical context," Manchanda said. served as a curatorial fellow from & Genevieve Posey Periodicals postage paid at St. Louis, M0. News & Comments "Catharina is an innovative "I am particularly interested in 1993-95, Manchanda organized (314) 935-6603 Where to send address changes and dynamic scholar with a broad connecting contemporary devel- Between War and Utopia: Prints Campus Box 1070 range of theoretical interests," opments to a broader cultural and Drawings of the German Postmaster and nonemployees: Record, [email protected] Eckmann said. "She also has a and historical context, because Avant-Garde, 1905-1933. At Har- Washington University, Campus Box 1070, Medical News One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, M0 63130. great deal of practical experience the dialogue between old and vard, in 1992-93, she co-curated (314)286-0119 developing and implementing ex- new — as well as our expanding The Sketchbooks of George Grosz Campus Box 8508 Employees: Office of Human Resources, hibitions in a variety of media for theoretical vocabulary — offers With Peter Nisbet. It was the first [email protected] Washington University, Campus Box 1184, Calendar Submissions One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, M0 63130. some of the nation's most impor- fascinating insights." time Grosz's sketchbooks were ex- Fax: (314) 935-4259 tant institutions. Manchanda earned bachelor's hibited as a group and the accom- Campus Box 1070 "I am thrilled that she is join- degrees in art history, English and panying catalogue fully docu- [email protected] ing us." 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Fatty acids play important roles in health and disease. Scientists used to think cells just kind of passively absorbed those fatty acids, but in the early 1990s, Nada A. Abumrad, Ph.D., helped change all that. She proposed that cells must use receptor proteins to import fatty acids. At the time, it was a very controversial idea, and it's al- most certainly an idea she never would have come up with if her parents hadn't been pushy. "I didn't want to go into sci- ence, actually," Abumrad explains. "I wanted to be a writer, a journal- ist, but my parents kept pushing me towards medicine." Abumrad, now the Dr. Robert C. Atkins Professor of Medicine and Obesity Research, decided to split the difference. She wasn't in- terested in becoming a doctor, but to appease her parents, she studied biology in college while still taking some literature courses "on the side." Eventually, she dropped lit- erature and stuck with biology, not that her mother was com- pletely happy. Nada Abumrad, Ph.D. (left), and postdoctoral fellow Jill Smlth-McMlllin, Ph.D., look at a culture of mus- Abumrad's mother was a math cle cells. "Nada exhibits both the perseverance and curiosity necessary to be a really good scientist," teacher. She had five children, so says former colleague Roger Johnson. "And she continues not to be persuaded by conventional think- eventually she stopped working to ing, but rather displays a willingness to explore totally new approaches."

with the accepted theory that fatty has been able to translate her dis- acids moved across cell mem- coveries in animals to humans, The long and winding road branes in a passive manner. She which will eventually help us pro- proposed that a protein receptor vide better care for patients." take care of the family. Abumrad's overwhelmed." was facilitating fatty acid entry Eventually, he was able to re- A lengthy journey father did various jobs when she Soon Jad was in day care, and into cells, and that went against cruit Abumrad to come to St. was growing up in Beirut. He Abumrad was working full-time. the grain of what most of her col- Louis as the first Atkins Professor. to medicine leads worked for an airline and later "For the longest time, I felt leagues believed. And Abumrad says she was excited represented a casino. So although guilty about that," she recalls. "But That began to change when to come because of the strong re- Nada Abumrad to neither of her parents had a real I think, looking back, it was a she reached her next destination search environment here and the background in science, they cer- great thing for both of us. I think at SUNY Stony Brook The main opportunities here to participate some novel ideas tainly wanted their daughter to go he gained a lot of confidence and reason was that she identified a in research into so many diseases in that direction. independence." protein. Called CD36, the protein related to fatty acid metabolism. about fatty proteins "They would just keep insisting Jad grew up to make his moth- did the things Abumrad had ar- "When I visited, I kept think- and wear you out," Abumrad re- er very proud. He works in New gued were necessary to facilitate ing, 'Wow! My work would inter- calls. "Even though I went into sci- -York for National Public Radio transport and metabolism of fatty face well with this person's work!'" ence and enjoyed it and did pretty and produces the Edward R. Mur- acids. she recalls. "There are so many well, until about five or six years row Award-winning program "When you have a protein, you outstanding people here working ago, my mother still would tell me Radio Lab. have something you can work in the fatty acid area, and the abil- I should go back to school and get "I'm very proud of him, and I with," she says. "I think people ity to collaborate was a very im- a medical degree. She just thought just love the fact that he's working started believing more in the portant thing for me." medicine was more secure in the in journalism, a profession that I work when we had mouse models The downside of coming to long term." also love," she says. and could demonstrate that CD36 St. Louis was that her son and Abumrad earned degrees in After completing her doctor- did have a role in fatty acid up- nephew stayed behind in New BY JIM DRYDEN natural science and nutrition from ate, Abumrad went to work as a take and utilization in vivo." York. But there is an advantage to the Faculte Des Sciences and the research associate in the Depart- One of her colleagues at both having family out of town if you American University of Beirut in ment of Cell Biology at Syracuse Vanderbilt and Stony Brook, like to take trips. Lebanon. Then she got married University, but not long after tak- Roger Johnson, says Abumrad was "I like to go for weekends in and came to the United States ing that job, her young family was very persistent in winning others New York to see my son and my with her husband, who was doing off to Nashville, Tenn., where she over to her way of thinking. nephew," she says. "And we pack in a residency in surgery at the State began a postdoctoral fellowship in "Her quiedy persevering man- a lot of theater, opera and restau- University of New York Upstate Vanderbilt's physiology depart- ner clearly won the day against rants during those visits." Medical University (SUNY) in ment. That's where she began to brasher and more outspoken in- Syracuse. She worked in a lab for study fatty acid transport. That's vestigators in this field who ini- about a year before deciding to also where her family life sudden- tially and vociferously discounted pursue her doctorate. ly changed. her ideas," he says. "Nada exhibits As it happened, she also had a The first of five children, both the perseverance and curios- Nada A. Abumrad baby, so she worked toward the de- Abumrad's siblings include two ity necessary to be a really good gree on a part-time basis for about sisters, Huda, a painter and man- scientist. And she continues not to Born: Beirut, Lebanon two years before finally going back ager of a line of beauty products, be persuaded by conventional Education: Science Naturelles, B.S., full time and completing her doc- and Randa, who has a public rela- thinking, but rather displays a 1972, Faculte Des Sciences, Beirut; torate in pharmacology. tions agency and also likes to ren- willingness to explore totally new Nutrition, 1972, American University "That whole period was ex- ovate homes. A brother Roger, approaches." of Beirut (M.S. not completed, left for tremely, extremely busy," she says. who she says "doesn't have any The thing that pushed her to United States); Pharmacology, Ph.D., "I would take care of my son, Jad, creative genes and collects de- continue advancing her work with 1978, from SUNY Medical Center, during the day and then spend grees," is a mechanical engineer CD36 was the fact that she just Syracuse half of the night getting my work and has a consulting firm for en- couldn't accept the idea that fatty done. Luckily, I had a wonderful ergy management. acids just passively showed up in University position: Dr. Robert C. neighbor who was super helpful in Her youngest brother, Rafik, cells. Atkins Professor of Medicine and taking care of the baby when I got earned a degree in psychology. As "Why would a cell be very fas- Obesity Research they had done with her, Abum- tidious and picky about which Family: Mother: Marie Rose Hatem; rad's parents pushed Rafik to con- sugars and which amino acids it father: Camille Awn (passed away tinue his education and become a lets into its cytoplasm while just in 1990); sisters: Randa and Huda; doctor rather than remain a psy- being completely open to any brothers: Roger and Rafik (passed chologist. But he never got the fatty acid any time?" she asks. "It away in 1990); son: Jad; nephew: chance. As he was finishing up his just has to regulate fatty acids the Ramzi master's degree in psychology at way it regulates other nutrients." Hobbies/interests: Travel, theater, Vanderbilt, Abumrad's brother Because changes in fatty acid opera, movies, books, food/wine, suffered a ruptured brain aneur- metabolism had been linked to yoga and biking. She's traveled ysm and died. diseases such as obesity, atheroscle- through Burgundy in France a couple That changed her life in two rosis and type 2 diabetes, Abum- of times, and once through Califor- big ways. First, she lost her baby rad's work was of great interest to nia's Napa Valley. brother. Then, because Rafik's Samuel Klein, M.D, director of the wife also was having health prob- Center for Human Nutrition and Favorite recent play: Bridge and lems, Abumrad took in their 6- chief of the Division of Geriatrics Tunnel by "the awesome" Sarah Jones year-old son, Ramzi. Now 22, and Nutritional Sciences at the Favorite recent opera: Orfeo ed Abumrad considers Ramzi her School of Medicine. Euridice by Gluck at the Chicago Lyric second son. Ramzi just graduated "Nada is an outstanding scien- Opera from Vassar College with a degree tist and a world-class fat cell phys- in psychology. iologist," he says. "She provides us Favorite recent movie: Good Night (From left) Nada Abumrad's nephew, Ramzi, an event coordinator During her years at Vanderbilt, with the ability to evaluate the and Good Luck at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; her son, Jad, who produces Abumrad published a couple of cellular mechanisms responsible Favorite recent book: The Year of National Public Radio's Radio Lair, and Karla, Jad's fiancee, who papers arguing it wasn't possible for the metabolic abnormalities Magical Thinking by Joan Didion is a producer for the PBS show Now. to explain fatty acid transport associated with obesity. She also