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New department offers biomedical engineering degrees Rocket nose cones and human hearts have more in common than many might believe, and this fall, 85 first- year engineering students in the new De- partment of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science ■u -^lir ^^1 are setting out to explore these links. Along with the freshmen, the school also has welcomed the department's new chair, Frank C.P. Yin, M.D., Ph.D., and a new professor, Larry A. Taber, Ph.D., who both hit the ground running after their appointment dates of Sept. 1 and July 1, respectively. nHf While the department officially began fZi July 1, the first group of students — about 50 freshmen — actually launched the program last fall. Salvatore Sutera, . JlMm J !fff^*°' H^H K 1 Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin Professor fc. j& ■■# ysn fea^B sf -wKm of Engineering and Applied Science, 1 f jjfj$&M oversaw the beginning of the new HIP" _ VK department. '■"^ " " Both Yin and Taber came to Washington University to join a small, distinguished core faculty, a large group of interdepart- mental collaborators and scores of en- * thused students involved in a field that has become extremely popular. Washington F * University undergraduate students choos- ing a biomedical engineering major can set Fantastick! their sights on either a bachelor of science The Performing Arts Department in Arts and Sciences presents "The Fantasticks," opening this weekend on the Drama in biomedical engineering (BS-BME) or a Studio stage in Mallinckrodt Center. Starring in the production are (clockwise from bottom) Jane Seal as Luisa, James bachelor of science with a major in bio- Harr as El Gallo, Janis Kennedy as the Mute and Michael Baum as Matt. See story on page 5. medical engineering science (BS-BMES). The first degree is a professional degree in biomedical engineering; the second a pre- medicine degree. University volunteers helping shape Primary faculty serving the new department in addition to Yin, Sutera and Taber include some of the nation's best progressive change with St. Louis 2004 biomedical engineers. They are: Jerome R. Cox Jr., D.Sc, the Harold B. and Some 35 volunteers from Washington Adelaide G. Welge Professor of Com- University and more than a thou- Rebirth in urban corridor Ross hopes St. Louis 2004 puter Science; Julius M. Guccione, Ph.D., sand others have been working for assistant professor of mechanical engi- the past six months in St. Louis 2004 is priority for Weese will usher in a new era neering; Michael I. Miller, Ph.D., the action teams and task forces to develop As chair of the 2004 Planning and Will Ross, M.D., associate dean and Newton R. and Sarah Louisa Glasgow ideas for making the St. Louis region a Urban Design Task Force, Cynthia director of diversity programs at Wilson Professor of Biomedical Engi- leader in the 21st century. The 12-county, Weese, F.A.I.A., believes the St. Louis the School of Medicine, joined St. Louis neering; William D. Richard Ph.D., asso- citizen-based effort is getting feedback on region must take definitive steps to 2004's Health ciate professor of electrical engineering; its ideas from citizens at 24 community create a rebirth in its urban corridor. Action Team and and George I. Zahalak, Eng. Sc.D., pro- forums this month. "The entire St. Louis region has its African- fessor of mechanical engineering. Some Former U.S. Sen. John C. "Jack" tremendous assets in every area," said American Task 70 other collaborators in the School of Danforth, chairman of St. Louis 2004, Weese, dean of the School of Architec- Force in an effort Medicine and on the Hilltop Campus will said the 18 forums to date have been ture. "Across the country, cities are to propel the area interact with the department. successful and well attended. "There have rebuilding into a new era that Coinciding with the start of the new been some themes that we expected and themselves. is both progres- biomedical engineering undergraduate some we would not have expected a year 2004 can work sive and inclusive. program is the inauguration of the ago," he said. "There is real concern with the many "We need to University's Institute of Biological and about neighborhoods and great interest existing organi- get away from the Medical Engineering, also directed by Yin. and concern about downtown St. Louis." The institute, which opened July 1, and the zations whose belief that we are Will Ross Danforth spoke Thursday, Sept. 18, on mission is to all from our own department jointly administer the graduate "St. Louis 2004: A Vision for a Vibrant strengthen the little province and understand that the program in biomedical engineering, offer- Community" in the Brown Hall Lounge region to help needs of the individual are the needs of ing a master's degree and a doctor of of the George Warren Brown School of make that hap- the region," Ross said. science degree. It draws upon more than Social Work. pen here." The African-American Task Force's 50 faculty in both the engineering school St. Louis 2004 hopes to revitalize the and the medical school. Cynthia Weese Weese's purpose was to focus on major issues St. Louis region through improvements in experience within the African-American commu- Continued on page 6 areas such as economic growth, educa- tackling urban issues in her architec- nity that warranted inclusion in the tion, infrastructure, health care, the arts, tural practice combined with her lead- overall 2004 agenda. In this issue culture and citizenship. A major goal of ership roles at the University and with "We included issues such as efficient the not-for-profit organization is to the American Institute of Architects education, safety-net health systems, The Wellness Ministry 2 develop an agenda based on citizen input Continued on page i Continued on page 8 for the future of the community. A community program promotes Along with St. Louis 2004, the com- awareness of high blood pressure munity forums are hosted by FOCUS St. process have been melded into 28 specific necessities; and launching a "cease-fire" at area churches Louis, a citizens' league and leadership options for community improvement. initiative to get guns away from gang training organization. These town hall Those 28 options are being presented at members. Poverty in America 3 meetings seek citizen response to a series the public forums and include suggestions The Washington University commu- Mark Rank, Ph.D., associate profes- of questions: Are these ideas important such as: providing safe places for children; nity is actively involved with St. Louis sor of social work, wages war on you? Do they make sense to you? What developing and expanding mentor-protege 2004, working on action teams ranging poverty through innovative research are the initiatives that will do most for our programs to encourage minority- and from health to environment, work, citi- region's quality of life? How could we women-owned businesses; creating a zenship, culture and learning. Women at work 5 build on these ideas? private fund to prepare vacant land for "It is terrific to see so many Washing- Heidi Hartmann, noted women's Each of the action teams has about 150 redevelopment; creating self-sufficient ton University faculty and staff engaged economist, keynotes the 23rd volunteer members. The hundreds of ideas neighborhoods in which residents set in the St. Louis 2004 action teams," said annual Olin Conference Oct. 1 brought forward through the action-team priorities, make decisions and obtain basic Continued on page 8 2 Washington University Record

Worship and wellness Community program promotes treatment of high blood pressure A community outreach program One of the primary goals for the designed to spread awareness of Wellness Ministry is to increase the chronic high blood pressure and number of local citizens receiving ap- to reduce the incidence of heart attack is propriate therapy for hypertension by under way at area churches. 10 percent to 20 percent. Larry E. Fields, M.D., assistant pro- "That would have a profound effect fessor of medicine at the School of on the incidence of heart attack in this Medicine and interim director of the St. community," Fields said. "It's all about Louis Department of Health and Hospi- people helping others manage hyperten- tals, and Stephanie Loslo, community sion. It may be as simple as reminding a research coordinator at the School of friend about their eating habits and Medicine, are leading the program. medications and telling them to stay Grants from the National Institutes of away from table salt if they are salt- Health and the American Heart Associa- sensitive." tion are co-funding the effort. At participating churches, informa- The program, named the Wellness tion and discussion sessions will follow Ministry, is starting at six St. Louis weekly worship services. Blood pressure churches. Its goal is to educate commu- screenings will be performed by mem- nity members about chronic high blood bers of the Wellness Ministry, and lead- pressure, or hypertension — the leading ers within each group will be properly cause of heart attack in the United States. trained and certified. "These will be church-based support "We'll provide all the necessary groups of professionals and nonprofes- equipment and specific training and sionals alike," Fields said. "Our goal is certification," Fields said. "We'll also to establish self-sustaining programs provide educational material related to within the churches that represent a real blood pressure and hypertension that cross section of the community and may be distributed and discussed." remain operative as long as the churches As the initial six groups become self- exist." sufficient, more churches will be added. Hypertension afflicts as many as 50 As the program evolves, more commu- million Americans. It is the most com- nity-based organizations will be invited mon form of cardiovascular disease and to join the Wellness Ministry. Impact of the main contributor to the nation's the program will be closely monitored. number one killer: heart attack. Yet only "We're going to start out with six about 25 percent of patients with hyper- local churches, but it's a long-term issue At the first blood pressure screening held by the Wellness Ministry, Stephanie tension receive treatment and have their that has the potential for tremendous Loslo (left), community research coordinator at the School of Medicine, helps blood pressure adequately controlled, community impact," Fields said. Vivian Smith fill out paperwork so she can have her blood pressure taken. The said Fields, who also directs the Wash- For more information, contact Fields screening followed the Sept. 13 morning service at Antioch Baptist Church, 4213 ington University Clinical Hypertension or Loslo at (314) 454-5910 or 362-1046. W. North Market Street. Network. — George Corsiglia Researchers discover how tuberculosis bacterium invades cells New issue of Practice Plan Update is released The bacterium that causes tuberculosis The bacterium enters a macrophage and choreographed interaction of many uses a surprisingly underhanded apparently multiplies until the cell proteins, including one called C2a. The second issue of Practice Plan trick to invade cells, School of Medicine ruptures, releasing more bacteria to When combined with another protein, Update has been released. The researchers announced recently. The attack other macrophages. C2a forms a potent enzyme that plays a update briefly describes the strategic strategy is clever and effective — and Schorey, Brown and colleagues major role in labeling intruders. After priorities of the Faculty Practice Plan's it may one day prove to be the disease's conducted test-tube studies with M. the job is done, C2a breaks off from its first year. To view an electronic version, downfall. tuberculosis and a few of its close partner and floats in the blood with no go to http://medschool.wustl.edu/events/ Understanding how the bacterium relatives includ- known function. invades cells may be an important first ing M. leprae, Humans may have no use for dis- step toward developing a vaccine to which causes carded C2a, but it's apparently invalu- prevent tuberculosis, said Jeffrey S. leprosy, and M. able for the disease-causing mycobac- Schorey, Ph.D., an instructor of medi- avium, which teria. Schorey's experiments demon- cine and lead author of a paper in the frequently infects strated that the bacteria grab onto the Aug. 22 issue of Science. Although such AIDS patients. protein and use it to create a new label Record a vaccine could be developed only after The researchers that helps bacteria adhere to the many more years of study, researchers found that all macrophage. Editor: Betsy Rogers, (314) 935-6603, are excited about the new insight into three bacteria Previous studies have described other Campus Box 1070 the common and deadly microbe. share a special invasion techniques used by mycobacte- Associate vice chancellor, executive director, "This study helps us understand trick for finding ria, but the C2a strategy stands out for University Communications: Judith Jasper what's special about this bacterium and Jeffrey S. Schorey and invading one major reason: it's used only by the Executive editor: Susan Killenberg what makes it such an effective patho- cells: They grab types of mycobacteria that cause dis- Editor, medical news: Diane Duke, gen," said Eric J. Brown, M.D., co- a protein discarded by the immune ease. "This is why we think C2a is 286-0111, Medical School Box 8508 author of the paper. Brown is a professor system and use it to lure the macroph- important for the virulence of these Assistant editors: Martha Everett, 935-5235 David Moessner, 935-5293 of medicine and of cell biology and ages to their death. bacteria," Schorey said. Production: Galen Harrison physiology. Normally, when a bacterium enters The next important step is to find the the body, the immune system responds bacterial molecule that interacts with Record (USPS 600-430; ISSN 1043-0520), Tuberculosis is a growing global Volume 22, Number 5/Sept. 25, 1997. Pub- menace that kills more people than any by tagging the bug with certain proteins C2a, Schorey said. If researchers can lished for the faculty, staff and friends of other infectious disease. that alert the macrophages. Any mac- find this molecule, and if the results of Washington University. 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Mason Road, Suite center for excellence. "It's a great way associate professor of medicine and 112, St. Louis, Mo. 63141. for us to integrate the clinical care of medical director of the center. "It takes Phillip E. Korenblat, M.D, clinical asthma into our education and research WASHINGTON • UNIVERSITY- IN • ST- LOUS a very experienced team to address professor of medicine and senior medi- missions," he said. Sept. 25, 1997 3 Washington People Rank shatters myths about poverty, welfare There are millions of Americans — one-fifth of our "The numbers were providing us with part of the ently with welfare, but also on general issues related people — who have not shared in the abundance which story, but I began to see that we were missing out on the to poverty," Rank said. "I've tried to look at some of has been granted to most of us, and on whom the gates human dimensions of welfare — what people were the uninformed generalizations that people make and of opportunity have been closed. actually doing with their lives," Rank said. to challenge those points of view based on research." Rank began doing face-to-face interviews with wel- His challenges to the conventional wisdom on President Lyndon B. Johnson used these words fare recipients selected at random from state case loads, welfare and poverty have been reported in virtually to launch the War on Poverty in a speech mostly blue-collar, working-class residents of poor urban every major newspaper in the country, and he has gone before the U.S. Congress March 16, 1964. and rural communities. Invited into homes, huddled over head-to-head with some of the nation's most influen- More than 30 years later, Mark Robert kitchen tables, sometimes sipping coffee, he made a tial social conservatives, including Pat Buchanan and Rank, Ph.D., associate professor in the startling discovery about poor people. Charles Murray. George Warren Brown School of Social Work, has "What struck me is that they were not all that differ- After graduation from Wisconsin, Rank spent a chosen these same words to launch year researching family issues the first chapter of his forthcoming as a professional fellow at the book on poverty in America. His University of North Carolina- message is that too many Ameri- Chapel Hill. In 1985, he joined cans still fail to share in our Washington University as an mounting abundance, and his assistant professor in the De- research shows that some of our partment of Sociology. cherished myths about poverty and In 1989, he was invited to welfare are false. consider a tenure-track position "Poverty in America. The words as assistant professor in the themselves seem to clash with one George Warren Brown School another," writes Rank in the open- of Social Work, an option he ing sentence of "In the Shadows of accepted only months before Plenty: A Portrait of American the University announced it Poverty," expected soon from Ox- would phase out sociology. He ford University Press. "The United has taught a range of courses at States symbolizes the land of op- the undergraduate, master's and portunity, breadbasket to the world doctoral levels in both social home of the American Dream ... a work and Arts and Sciences. country of overwhelming resources, "Mark helped us understand materials and skills.... that there are faces behind the "Unfortunately poverty in numbers, that there are real America is not an oxymoron but people out there just surviving the reality," continues Rank. "Its from day to day," said Connie face is found in every corner of Probst, a 1995 master of social this powerful nation. It stretches work graduate now working as across busy street corners and a community organizer in Fort down deserted back roads. Ulti- Worth, Texas. "But he also mately it casts its shadow upon Mark Rank, Ph.D associate professor of social work, takes his enthusiasm for social issues exposed us to the broader one-fifth of our citizens." and his concern for the poor into the classroom. perspective. What about the A member of the Washington systems? What about the poli- University faculty since 1985, Rank has waged his own ent than many of the people I knew," Rank said. "If you tics? What about the community? He helped us see war on poverty since the 1970s when he began studying showed a little interest and asked the right questions, that some of these issues could not be addressed one sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His these folks were open and willing to talk about their person at a time." research on families, welfare and poverty has been lives. They had lots of financial pressures, but for the Jane Mosley, who graduated in 1990 with a published in dozens of academic articles, and his books most part, they wanted the same things for themselves bachelor's degree in history and sociology, credits two have garnered rave reviews both in the popular press and for their children that everybody else seems to courses she took from Rank with influencing her and in academic circles. want." decision to pursue a doctoral degree in sociology and Writing in the March 1996 issue of the journal Rank redoubled his efforts to learn more about the a career working among children in poverty. Social Service Review, Katherine S. Newman, a widely real people behind the nation's welfare statistics, "I was at a stage where I needed to figure out what respected professor now at the Kennedy School of painstakingly documenting their challenges, motivations to do with my life, and both of his classes figured Government at Harvard University, went so far as to and living conditions. His studies have since shattered prominently in my decision," Mosley said. "He brought describe Rank's book on welfare as "destined to be one many of the nation's most divisive myths about welfare a great deal of enthusiasm and knowledge to the class. I of the most important studies of the welfare system and poverty. remember actually being excited to go to class." ever written." Rank's skills in the classroom have earned him In concluding her review of Rank's 1994 book, several teaching honors, including the University's "Living on the Edge: The Realities of Welfare in Distinguished Faculty Award in 1995. He maintains America" (Columbia University Press), Newman wrote his teaching edge by trying to see things from the that "Mark Rank has done the social sciences and the "Mark Rank has done the student's perspective. nation's policy-makers a real service ... he has provided "I ask myself, 'If I were taking this class, would I a set of truths that must become part of the equation of social sciences and the find it interesting and important?'" he said. "I think welfare reform if it [is] to have any positive payoff. Let you really have to care about the topic you're talking us hope that Washington is listening to this voice." nation's policy-makers a about and put a lot of effort into the course. If you're Human dimensions of welfare interested in it, you'll be enthusiastic, and that will For Rank, "Living on the Edge" was the culmination of real service .... Let us hope carry over to your students." more than 15 years of extensive social research that Exploring core principles began during his college years. His interest in social Rank now sees his research, teaching and writing issues goes back even further, to growing up during the that Washington is listening interests as entering a new phase. The first phase, 1960s in a Milwaukee neighborhood he compares to University City in St. Louis. to this voice." which culminated with "Living on the Edge," involved In high school, Rank coupled his activism with a intensive examination of families on welfare. His growing interest in music, writing and performing forthcoming book, "In the Shadows of Plenty," repre- — Katherine S. Newman sents a second phase, in which he explores the broader songs about social issues. By his early 20s, he had built causes and implications of poverty and challenges a solid reputation as a folk singer on a Midwestern college circuit. Refrains from Woody Guthrie's "This readers to re-examine how they think of poverty in this country. Land Is Your Land" still find their way into his aca- Rank's research attacked the notion that welfare demic and popular writings. somehow locked recipients into a "vicious cycle" of In the third phase, he plans to spend time exploring the core principles that have shaped America and to At UW-Madison he earned three degrees in sociol- intergenerational dependence, offering convincing evi- juxtapose these principles with the reality of American ogy — a bachelor's in 1978, a master's in 1980 and a dence that welfare payments do not encourage women to doctorate in 1984. As scholarly pursuits forced Guthrie have more children; that most people using welfare did life. Specifically, how have the values of liberty, to the back burner, Rank replaced his music with a not grow up in families that used welfare; and that the equality and justice been understood and to what passion for exploring what he calls "particularly rel- real cause of welfare use is a lack of decent opportuni- extent have they been fulfilled in contemporary American society? evant" social issues. ties for all Americans. His first project, begun as an undergraduate honors In yet another myth-breaking piece of research, Rank Rank will be bringing his new interests into the thesis, examined the relationships of couples who lived presented evidence at a national conference last month classroom soon, using these questions as the focal point of a new course he is co-teaching next semester together for many years prior to marriage but then that black-white differences in IQ scores are not primarily with Larry May, Ph.D., a professor of philosophy in divorced soon after. His master's thesis explored hus- a function of genetics, as some have contended. Rank's band-wife power struggles, finding that women with co-authored research suggests the black-white IQ gap Arts and Sciences who specializes in issues of ethics and shared responsibility. outside jobs and incomes enjoyed more bargaining more likely results from the relatively poor quality of power and equality in the home. elementary and secondary education available to blacks. "The real question here is what America should Early in his doctoral program, Rank became Send those students to college, where opportunities are stand for in terms of all of its citizens, not just those immersed in a highly quantitative study of 3,000 more equal, and the average IQ scores of blacks who who are able to enjoy its benefits," Rank said. "We Wisconsin welfare recipients. It was the sort of rigorous graduate increase four times as much as their white class- need to look at the reasons behind inequality and number-crunching analysis that provided excellent mates, cutting the IQ gap in half by graduation, he found. injustice and ask why we have not been able to include preparation for a career in social research. But it also "A lot of my work has challenged the standard more people in our successes. We can do better. That's helped him understand that statistics have limitations. stereotypes about certain social problems, most appar- what America is about." — Gerry Everding Visit Washington University's on-line calendar at http://cf6000.wustl.edu/calendar/events/vl.! Calendar Sept. 25-Oct. 4

Professor of Medicine. Brown Room, ogy seminar. "Practical Issues in Leading- Barnes-Jewish Hospital North, 216 S. Thursday, Oct. 2 edge Radiology II" (Oct. 17-19). Radisson Kingshighway. 454-7107. Noon. Genetics seminar. "Mitotic- and G2- Hotel, Clayton. For times, costs and to Checkpoint Control." Helen M. Piwnica- register, call 362-2916. Noon. Cell biology and physiology semi- Worms, assoc. prof, of cell biology and nar. "Regulation by Protein Degradation: physiology. Room 823, Genetics Library, Registration open for Office of Continu- The Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway." Mark McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362- ing Medical Education seminar. "New Hochstrasser, biochemistry and molecular 7072. Techniques in Urinary Incontinence and biology dept., U. of Chicago. Room 426 Female Urology" (Oct. 18). Eric P. Newman McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362- 4 p.m. Cancer Center Seminar Series. Education Center. For times, costs and to 6950. "Signal Transduction Pathways Regulating register, call 362-6891. Exhibitions Cytoskeletal Organization in Drosophila." New Faculty Show. Exhibit runs Sept. 28- Saturday, Sept. 27 Norbert Perrimon, Harvard U. Third Floor Friday, Sept. 26 Oct. 9. Opening reception 5-6 p.m. Oct. 4, 9 a.m. "New Directions in Management" Aud, Children's Hospital. 747-0359. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Society of Black Engineers followed from 6-10 p.m. by a party for seminar. "Capitalizing on Customer Poten- 4:15 p.m. Philosophy colloquium. "Par- Career Fair. "Forming Partnerships for the Critical Mass: A Passport to Contemporary tial: Building a Profitable Business That ticipation: The Right of Rights." Jeremy Future." Francis Gymnasium. 935-6115. Arts, a citywide celebration/fund-raiser for Grows and Lasts." Marcia K. Armstrong, Waldron, prof, Columbia U. School of Law. local contemporary art. Party cost: $5. associate dean and Vernon W Piper Direc- Room 362 McDonnell Hall. 935-6670. Saturday, Sept. 27 Bixby Gallery. 935-4643. tor of Executive Programs. Sponsored by 10 a.m. Book arts workshop. "Personal Olin Library Special Collections. "The Alumni Association of the John M. Olin Friday, Oct. 3 Memories Make Personal Books." Led by Gehenna Poets: 1959-1995." Through Oct. School of Business. Cost: $100. Room 112 Noon. Cell biology and physiology semi- artist Mort Hill. (Continues Oct. 11, same 20. Special Collections, level five, Olin Simon Hall. For more info, and to register, nar. "Targeting and Regulation of the time.) Cost: $55, plus $20 supply fee. Room Library. 935-5495. call 935-7398. Dynein Family of Motors in Chlamydomo- 104 Bixby Hall. To register, call 935-4643. Selections from the Washington Univer- 10 a.m. Science Saturdays. "Measuring nas." Mary E. Porter, cell biology and neu- sity art collections. "Art in the Age of the Very Large and the Very Small, the roanatomy dept, U. of Minn. Room 426 Sunday, Sept. 28 Revolution." Through Oct. 12. "Leonard Very New and the Very Old." Michael W. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362- Noon. Olin Walk for Charity. First business Baskin: Prints." Through Dec. 7. Gallery of Friedlander, prof, of physics. Room 201 6950. school walk benefiting Paraquad and Canine Art, lower gallery. 935-5490. Crow Hall. 935-6788. 6 and 8:30 p.m. WU Association Travel Companions. Chinese shelter at Tower Grove Lecture Series. "Japan." Dwayne Merry, Park off S. Grand Ave. For info, email "Site As Context: Schools of Art and [email protected]. Architecture Faculty Projects." Through Monday, Sept. 29 prof, emeritus of anthropology and archae- Oct. 19. Gallery of Art, upper gallery. 935- Noon. Molecular biology and pharma- ology, Orange Coast College, Calif. Cost: Wednesday, Oct. 1 5490. cology seminar. "A Role for COX-2 in $4.50. Graham Chapel. 935-5212. Inflammation, Pain and Cancer." Karen 9:30 a.m. University College Short Course. Seibert, assoc. fellow, Searle Discovery Saturday, Oct. 4 "Navajo and Tibetan Sacred Wisdom." Research, Monsanto Co. Pharmacology 10 a.m. Science Saturdays. "Elementary Robert Goss, lecturer in Religious Studies. Library: Philip Needleman Library, Room Particles: How These Fundamental Units of (Continues Wednesdays through Oct. 22.) 3907 South Bldg. 362-2725. Matter are Organized — 'The Standard Cost: $80. To register, call 935-6788. 1:30 p.m. Mathematics surfaces seminar. Model.'" Carl M. Bender, prof, of physics. "Isothermic Surfaces in Laguerre Geom- Room 201 Crow Hall. 935-6788. Thursday, Oct. 2 etry I." Emilio Musso, prof., U. of 2 p.m. Science and technology sympo- 8 p.m. Fiction reading. Itabari Njeri, visit- L'Aquila, Italy. Room 199 Cupples I Hall. sium. "Science and Technology in the 21st ing writer in residence, reads from her 935-6760. Century: Will St. Louis Play a Role?" novel in progress, "The Secret Life of Fred Participants include Mark S. Wrighton, Astaire." Hurst Lounge, Room 201 Duncker 4 p.m. Immunology research seminar. Hall. 935-7130. Films "Cytokine Regulation of Hematopoiesis: chancellor. Organized by the St. Louis Role of the G-CSF Receptor." Daniel C. Section of the American Chemical Society. Monday, Sept. 29 Room 458 Louderman Hall. 535-3474. Saturday, Oct. 4 Link, asst. prof, of medicine and of pathol- 9:30 a.m. Library workshop. Learn how to 3:30 p.m. Russian film. "A Forgotten Tune ogy. Eric P. Newman Education Center. use a library. Olin Library. To register, call for the Flute" (1988, English subtitles). 362-9334. 935-6777. Room 219 S. Ridgley Hall. 935-5177. 4 p.m. Biology seminar. "Thermoregula- 1 p.m. Art workshop. "Ron Leax Talks tion, Sleep and Homeostasis in Alaskan Wednesday, Oct. 1 Hibernators." Brian M. Barnes, assoc. prof, About the Book." Ron Leax, dir, graduate 6 p.m. Chinese film series. "Farewell, My studies, School of Art. Room 104 Bixby of zoophysiology, Institute of Arctic Biol- Hall. 935-4643. Concubine." Room 219 S. Ridgley Hall. ogy, biology and wildlife dept., U. of 935-5156. Alaska-Fairbanks. Room 322 Rebstock Hall. 935-6860. Tuesday, Sept. 30 9:30 a.m. Town and Gown Lecture Se- Music ries. "Fashion Through the 20th Cen- tury." Jeigh Singleton, assoc. prof, of art. Saturday, Sept. 27 Bixby Gallery. 935-7337. 8 p.m. Graduate recital. Stacia Thiel, soprano; Henry Palkes, piano. Graham Noon. Molecular microbiology/microbial Chapel. 935-4841. pathogenesis seminar. "Fever, Diarrhea and Hepatitis: Are We Having Fun Yet?" Sunday, Sept. 28 Vienna Fest 1997 Lectures Charles M. Rice, prof, of molecular micro- 4 p.m. Washington U. Wind Ensemble biology. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. concert. "Wind Staples: A Program of Friday, Sept. 26 Thursday, Sept. 25 362-3692. Concert Band Favorites." Dan Presgrave, 4 p.m. Music lecture. "In Search of a Noon. Genetics seminar. "A Genome-wide 12:10 p.m. Physical Therapy research director. Quadrangle. 935-4841. Musical Jugendstil in Fin-de-siecle Literary Scan of QTLs for Human Personality." C. seminar. "Essential Tremor: What is it and and Art Journals." Bonny Hough Miller, Robert Cloninger, prof, of genetics and the How is it Treated?" Kathy Zachowski, chief staff pianist, U. of Miami School of Wallace Renard Professor of psychiatry. doctoral candidate in physical therapy and Music, Salzburg, Austria. Music Classrooms Genetics Library, Room 823 McDonnell Arts and Sciences. Open to clinicians and Bldg. 935-4841. Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-7072. faculty associated with physical therapy. 8 p.m. Duo-piano recital. Program: Classroom C 4444 Forest Park Blvd. 286- Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus 4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "The World of 1400. Imaging: Photodefinable Polyimides and Mozart and Franz Schubert. Annette High Resolution 248 mm Lithography." Burkhart and Jennifer Lim, pianists. Wednesday, Oct. 1 Steinberg Aud. 935-4841. Uday Kumar, research scientist, Shipley 6:30 a.m. Anesthesiology Grand Rounds. Co., Marlboro, Mass. Room 311 McMillen Laboratory. 935-6530. Speaker is Demetrios G. Lappas, prof, of Thursday, Oct. 2 anesthesiology, director of cardiothoracic 5:30 p.m. Art history and archaeology 4 p.m. Earth and planetary sciences anesthesiology. Wohl Hospital Bldg. Aud., Performances colloquium. "Recent Advances in Tectonic- lecture. "From Facade to Psyche: The 4960 Children's Place. 362-6978. Friday, Sept. 26 Vienna of Freud, Klimt, Schiele and Geomorphic Feedbacks and Orogenesis." 8 p.m. "The Fantasticks." Washington U. Nicholas Pinter, asst. prof, of geology, 8 a.m. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Schoenberg." Alessandra Comini, Southern Rounds. "Current Issues in Hormone performing arts musical. (Also, Sept. 27 Methodist U. Steinberg Aud. 935-4841. Southern Illinois U.-Edwardsville. Room Replacement Therapy." Edward S. Linn, and Oct. 2-4, same time; Sept. 28 at 2 p.m.) 361 McDonnell Hall. 935-5610. chair, obstetrics and gynecology dept., Cost: $10; $7 for faculty, staff, students and Friday, Oct. 3 8 p.m. English colloquium. "Leaving Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, 111. senior citizens. Drama Studio, Mallinckrodt 4 p.m. Music lecture. "Alma Mahler and Home: A Philadelphia Story, 1977." Gerald Clopton Aud. 4950 Children's Place. 362- Center. 935-6543. Her Vienna." Alessandra Comini, Southern L. Early, the Merle Kling Professor of 7139. 8 p.m. Jazz Tap Ensemble. (Also, Sept. 27, Methodist U. Music Classrooms Bldg. 935- Modern Letters and dir., African and Afro- 11 a.m. Assembly Series lecture. "Olin same time; Sept. 28 at 2 p.m.) Cost: $23; 4841. American Studies. Hurst Lounge, Room Conference: Women at Work in a Changing $ 18 for children and senior citizens. Edison 201 DunckerHall. 935-5190. Economy." Heidi Hartmann, dir., Institute Theatre. 935-6543. Friday, Sept. 26 for Women's Policy Research. Graham Anheuser-Busch Hall Chapel. 935-5285. 9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "Pull- dedication ceremony ing Strings to Build a Better Brain: A 3:45 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Search for Tension-based Theory of Morphogenesis of the Higgs: The Holy Grail of the Standard The School of Law will hold dedica- the Central Nervous System." David C. Van Model." Marc Sher, prof, of physics, Col- tion ceremonies for its new state- Essen, Edison Professor of Neurobiology lege of William and Mary, Williamsburg, of-the-art facility, Anheuser-Busch and head, anatomy and neurobiology dept. Va. Room 204 Crow Hall. 935-6252. Hall, at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454- 4 p.m. Biochemistry/molecular biophys- adjacent to the building's south 6006. ics seminar. "Beyond the Classics: Hydro- entrance. U.S. Supreme Court Justice 10 a.m. Nephrology forum. "Obstructive gen Tunneling in Enzyme Reactions." Sandra Day O'Connor is the keynote Nephropathy." Principal discussant: Saulo Judith P. Klinman, prof, of chemistry, U. of Miscellany speaker at the event, which is free and Klahr, the John E. and Adaline Simon Calif, at Berkeley. Cori Aud. 4565 open to the campus community. McKinley Ave. 362-0261. Registration open for diagnostic radiol- Washington University Record / Sept. 25, 1997 5 PAD stages 'The Fantasticks' Romance, comedy and song take audience's attention if things get slow, center stage when Washington which means that the performers, the University presents the 1960 musi- music and the lighting all have to be cal "The Fantasticks" Sept. 26-28 and Oct. dazzling." 2-4 in the Drama Studio, Room 208 Authors Jones and Schmidt wrote Mallinckrodt Center. "The Fantasticks" in 1959 for a summer The Performing Arts Department in production at Barnard College in New Arts and Sciences will stage the timeless York, basing it on a little-known Edmond tale of young love at 8 p.m. Friday and Rostand play titled "Les Romanesques," Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27, and at 2 p.m. a spoof of "Romeo and Juliet," as well as Sunday, Sept. 28. Performances continue a turn-of-the-century verse translation — the following weekend at 8 p.m. Oct. 2, 3 also called "The Fantasticks" — by a and 4. British woman writing under the pseud- Written by Tom Jones with music by onym of George Fleming. Making its Harvey Schmidt, "The Fantasticks" tells off-Broadway debut at the Sullivan Street the story of a boy (Matt) and a girl (Luisa) Playhouse in May 1960, "The whose parents, in an inspired piece of Fantasticks" has run continuously ever reverse psychology, invent a feud to bring since, making it the longest-running their children together. The ruse is success- musical in the world and the longest- ful, and the young couple falls in love, but running show in the history of the as their romance moves beyond stolen American theater. moonlit evenings, they become dissatis- In this production, Sue Taylor, lecturer fied, craving adventure and wider experi- in music in Arts and Sciences, performs ence of the world. on harp in an arrangement that includes "It has that kind of 'Romeo and Juliet' piano and percussion. plot structure," said Jeffery S. Matthews, Matthews notes that a factor in the artist in residence in performing arts and decision to produce the musical — his director of the 10-member cast, "but it's ninth show since coming to Washington also a comedy. Nobody kills themselves. University in 1988 — was a reaction '"The Fantasticks' is really a very against the prevailing stereotype of uni- simple, stylized play — by no means versity theater. "I think there is a percep- realistic," he continued. "In many ways tion of academic theater as being dark and Soiree in the Swamp almost commedia dell'arte. The sets are heavy, and I wanted to direct something From left, Justin Sund, Nastaran Ahmadi and Stephen Sislen of the improv minimal, and each character has a quite that was warm and full of romance," he group Mama's Pot Roast perform Saturday night at the annual South 40 Soiree. specific function. It can almost feel like a said. " 'The Fantasticks' is a fun play to traveling troop of actors taking over a bare do, and it has been a real pleasure to step stage, supported by little more than cos- into that world every night. Though, of tumes and a trunk full of props. And, of course, some parts of the play are chilling, Tap dance and jazz unite in high style and I don't want to soft-pedal those course, that incredibly romantic music." Jazz fans and dance lovers are in for graphed for anyone but himself. scenes." But Matthews also points out that the a sophisticated treat when the world- The dancers are Lynn Dally, Carol Tickets are $10 for the general public journey from script to performance is renowned Jazz Tap Ensemble from Christiansen, Channing Cook Holmes, never easy. "It can actually be a rather and $7 for faculty, staff, students and Los Angeles comes to Edison Theatre Becky Twitchell and Sam Weber — who senior citizens and are available at the tricky play to pull off since the simplicity Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26- recently wowed St. Louis audiences at of the staging puts an even greater burden Edison Theatre Box Office at (314) 935- 28, presented by Edison Theatre's "OVA- this summer's sixth annual St. Louis Tap on all the other aspects of production. 6543 and at all MetroTix outlets at (314) TIONS!" series and Dance St. Louis. Festival and at Dance St. Louis' 1995 There are no big, ornate sets to hold the 534-1111. Show times are 8 p.m. Sept. 26 and 27 Ballet Ball. Musicians are Jerry Kalaf, and 2 p.m. Sept. 28. drums; Eric Ajaye, bass; and Dave Scott, The Jazz Tap Ensemble combines the piano and trumpet. silky-smooth syncopations of jazz greats The Jazz Tap Ensemble tours nation- like Thelohius Monk and Miles Davis ally and internationally and has appeared with the percussion of the dancers' feet. at the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian Said Artistic Director Lynn Dally, "It's Institution, Carnegie Hall with Gregory dance you can listen to and music you Hines, the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, can see." London's Riverside Theatre, Paris' The- The five dancers perform in a num- atre de la Ville and major tap festivals Compiled by Mike Wolf, asst. athletic director for media relations, and Kevin Bergquist, ber of different combinations, from throughout the country. asst. director, sports information. For the most up-to-date news about Washington virtuoso solos to full ensemble works, to Dance St. Louis is a not-for-profit University's athletics program, access the Bears' Web site at www.sports-u.com. the music of Duke Ellington, Jerome organization that brings international Kern, Victor Young, Kurt Weill, Sonny dance to St. Louis audiences. Tickets are This Week: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. Rollins and Miles Davis, as well as $23 for adults and $ 18 for children and Bear gridders score 27, versus Maryville University in improvisations from the ensemble's jazz senior citizens and are available through Washington U. Classic, Francis Field; seventh straight win trio. Program highlights include "Monk the Edison and Dance St. Louis box 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, versus Ninth-ranked Washington University won Suite '97," a tribute to Thelonius Monk, offices and at all Metrotix outlets Rhodes College in Washington U. its seventh straight game with a 37-32 and "Interplay," choreographed espe- including Famous-Barr. For more infor- Classic, Francis Field. victory at Case Western Reserve Univer- cially for the Jazz Tap Ensemble by mation, call Edison Theatre at (314) sity in Cleveland, Ohio. The game was legendary tap master Jimmy Slyde. It 935-6543, Dance St. Louis at (314) 534- the University Athletic Association Volleyball loss ends was the first piece Slyde ever choreo- 6622 or Metrotix at (314) 534-1111. (UAA) opener for the Bears. 102-game streak Washington University faces its stiff- est test of the season, taking on fourth- Washington University's 102-match ranked Illinois Wesleyan University this volleyball home winning streak ended Noted economist keynotes Olin Conference Friday, Sept. 19, as the Bears lost to weekend in a matchup of two top-10 Heidi Hartmann, director of the testimony and participated in briefings on NCAA Division III powers. NAIA power Brigham Young Univer- sity-Hawaii, 0-3, in the WU National Institute for Women's Policy numerous issues, including comparable Current Record: 3-0 (1-0 UAA) Invitational. The Bears, who had not Research in Washington, D.C., will worth, family and medical leave, child deliver the keynote address for the 23rd care, welfare reform and health care. In This Week: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, lost at home since Nov. 17, 1990, annual Olin Conference at 11 a.m. 1994, she received a MacArthur Fellow- at Illinois Wesleyan University, defeated St. Olaf College (Minn.), 3-0, Wednesday, Oct. 1, as part of Washing- ship award, commonly referred to as the Bloomington, 111. earlier Friday. Washington University is ranked ton University's "genius grant," in recognition of her work Men's soccer team wins third in Division III by the American Assembly Series. in the field of women and economics. Volleyball Coaches Association. The lecture will Hartmann earned a bachelor's degree over Carnegie Mellon take place in in economics from Swarthmore College Current Record: 7-5 (0-0 UAA) Graham Chapel. and a master's and a doctorate in econom- Washington University opened its UAA This Week: TBA Friday, Sept. 26, A panel discus- ics from Yale University. season with a 2-0 victory over Carnegie through Sunday, Sept. 28, at UAA sion will follow Deborah Page-Adams, Olin alumna Mellon University this past Sunday, Sept. Round Robin, Rochester, N.Y the lecture, from and assistant professor of social work at 21, at Francis Field. 2 to 4 p.m. in the the University of Kansas, will moderate The Bears are eighth in the South Trend continues for Women's Build- the panel discussion following the lecture. Central Region. ing Formal The panel also will include Sheila Current Record: 2-1(1-0 UAA) cross country team Lounge. Both Feldman, vice president of human events are free Heidi Hartmann resources for Mon ;anto Co.; Vivian Ho This Week: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, Washington University senior Tyler and open to the public. Hamilton, assistanc professor of econom- versus Rhodes College, Francis Field. Small and junior Emily Richard earned cross country medalist honors together This year, the focus of the Olin Con- ics and management at Washington Uni- for the second time in three weeks Satur- ference is "Women at Work in a Chang- versity; and Jeanette Mott-Oxford, execu- Women's soccer rolls day, Sept. 20, at the Les Duke Midwest- ing Economy." Hartmann founded the tive director of the ROWEL Education to fourth shutout ern Invitational in Grinnell, Iowa. The Institute for Women's Policy Research, a Association. men's team won their second team title scientific research organization focused The Olin Conference honors Washing- Washington University's 20th-ranked in three starts this season. The women on policy issues of importance to ton University's past and present recipi- women's soccer team defeated Carnegie placed second to Carleton College women, in 1987. She has co- authored ents of the Mr. and Mrs. Spencer T Olin Mellon University 3-0 at Francis Field (Minn.), 47-57. several reports, including "Unnecessary Fellowship for Women. The Olin Fellow- Sunday, Sept. 21. Both teams have placed either first or Losses: Costs to Americans of the Lack ship was established by the Monticello The Bears won their UAA opener for second in all three meets this season. of Family and Medical Leave," College Foundation in 1974. the third consecutive year and the fifth "Women's Access to Health Insurance," For more information on the Olin This Week: 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at time in nine years. and "Combining Work and Welfare: An Conference, call (314) 935-6848. Augustana College Invitational, Rock Alternative Anti-Poverty Strategy." For more information on the lecture, Current Record: 5-1(1-0 UAA) Island, 111. Hartmann has delivered congressional call (314) 935-5285. 6 Washington University Record Lecture series features noted architects Ranging from the architect for the students at the School of Architecture but Jewish Museum in Berlin to a land- the University community and the archi- scape architect whose work expertly tectural community a great opportunity combines ecological and cultural ele- to gain exposure to architects from all ments to a graphic designer who gives around the country and over the world" graphic form a whole new level of promi- he said. nence, the School of Architecture's 43rd The series, which is sponsored by annual Monday Night Lecture Series both the architecture school and the offers a renowned and varied line-up. Student Union, will continue with The series will kick off Monday, Sept. lectures on: 29, with award-winning landscape archi- • Thursday, Oct. 23, architect Daniel tect Michael Van Valkenburgh delivering Libeskind, who designed the Jewish the Harris Armstrong Endowed Lecture. Museum in Berlin, will discuss "Be- All lectures, which are free and open to yond the Wall." the public, are held at 8 p.m. in Steinberg • Tuesday, Oct. 28, Costa Rican-born Hall Auditorium. An open reception architect Carlos Jimenez will discuss follows each lecture in Room 120 Givens his work. The lecture is co-sponsored by Hall. the American Institute of Architects and Van Valkenburgh, the Charles Eliot the Construction Products Council. Professor of Landscape Architecture • Monday, Nov. 10, architect and at Harvard University's Graduate landscape architect Mario Schjetnan of School of Design, is recognized inter- Mexico City, Mexico, will discuss nationally for his landscape works of "Projects in Landscape Architecture and minimalism. Architecture in the Landscape." Chair Frank Yin, M.D., Ph.D., (left) and Larry Taber, Ph.D., probe links between The school also will host an exhibit • Monday, Nov. 17, Allan B. Jacobs, engineering and medicine in the new Department of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. of Van Valkenburgh's recent projects, Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Pro- "Michael Van Valkenburgh, Landscape fessor at Washington University and a Architect: Selected Works," in Givens professor in the City and Regional Yin, Taber join new department- from page i Hall, Sept. 24-0ct. 17. Planning Department at the University The Monday Night Lecture Series is of California at Berkeley, will discuss Biomedical engineering applies engi- conversion for me. Some of the cardiovas- an opportunity to hear and meet well- "The Making of Great Streets." neering concepts, methods and techniques cular bioengineering areas I deal with, for known architects from throughout the • Monday, Dec. 1, graphic designer to the analysis of biological systems and instance, have to do with blood flow, world, said graduate student Tarek Bruce Mau, of Toronto, Canada, will organisms. Instrumentation, computers, which is closely related to aerodynamics. Shauib, a member of the student commit- discuss "On Reproduction." materials, diagnostic and therapeutic The bulk of my work has been done in tee that is organizing the lecture series. For more information, call (314) devices, artificial organs, prostheses and tissue mechanics. Many of the same con- "The lectures allow not only the 935-6200. medical information systems for use in cepts for structural analysis — a classic medical research and practice are the stuff engineering field — can be applied to of biomedical engineering. cardiovascular tissues, blood vessels, heart "Frank Yin became famous when he muscle, cells, proteins and so on." From Shakespeare and Schubert to science, demonstrated how a bladder infection Yin said one of the earliest impacts on University College offers courses and lectures could lead to a kidney infection through medicine of biomedical engineering was classic fluid dynamics," said Christopher in orthopedics. The structures of bone, I. Byrnes, Ph.D., dean of the engineering skeleton and joints readily lend them- Study sacred wisdom, Shakespeare Friends of Music. school. "He also has made pioneering selves to engineering analysis. and Schubert or explore the frontiers Science Saturdays, a series of lec- contributions to delineating the mechani- "Nowadays, there's not a single ortho- of science this fall. University College in tures titled "Physics — Investigating All cal properties of various heart tissues. pedic department in the country without Arts and Sciences is offering three short Sizes and Shapes," begins Saturday, Larry Taber provides the department an an engineer or group of engineers closely courses and a free lecture series on these Sept. 27. The series of four talks by added dimension in terms of contribu- integrated into what they do — the topics. members of the Department of Physics tions to embryonic and pediatric mechan- designing of prosthetics, new surfaces Beginning in October, the three in Arts and Sciences will illustrate the ics of the cardiovas- ^^^_ ^^^^ and new adhesives, courses are: diversity of physics, its methods and its cular system." that's where the •"Navajo and Tibetan Sacred Wis- applications. Yin said: "When I "The same theory applies engineering comes dom," which explores the similarities Sponsored by University College and was an undergraduate in," said Yin. between Navajo and Tibetan Buddhist the physics department, the series runs in the sixties, there to airplane structure as Yin said bio- cosmologies, art and views on nature. 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays, Sept. 27 and really wasn't a field medical engineering Taught by Robert Goss, Ph.D., lecturer Oct. 4, 18 and 25, in Room 201 Crow known as biomedical applies to the heart and is popular among in Religious. Studies in Arts and Sci- Hall. The lectures, which are free and engineering. The students because of ences, the four-week course runs from open to the public, are: bachelor's degree in arteries." its challenge, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays Oct. 1-22. •"Measuring the Very Large and the BME didn't exist. — Larry Taber novelty and bright The course fee is $80. Very Small, the Very New and the Very People in traditional ^^^^ future. Graduates •"Shakespeare's Chronicles of War- Old" presented by Michael W Fried- areas of engineering nationwide typi- fare" will examine four of the lander, Ph.D., professor of physics, on were just beginning to apply their work to cally go on to medical school — about 50 playwright's early historic plays and Sept. 27; biomedicine, but it wasn't a concerted percent — with the remaining half going attempt to discover both the writer's •"Elementary Particles: How These effort. Advances in computation, molecu- either into industry or academia. values and those that his works embody Fundamental Units of Matter are Orga- lar biology and imaging, plus a demand Taber, Yin's fellow newcomer, has a today. Nancy Pope, Ph.D., lecturer in nized — the 'Standard Model,'" led by for artificial medical devices, were the similar background. He holds a bachelor's English in Arts and Sciences, leads the Carl M. Bender, Ph.D., professor of basics of the biomedical engineering degree in aerospace engineering with five-week course from 10:30 a.m. to physics, on Oct. 4; evolution, which has really taken off over highest honors from the Georgia Institute noon Tuesdays, Oct. 7- Nov. 4. The fee •"The Search for Black Holes: The the past 10 years." of Technology (1974) and earned a for the course is $95. Strange Properties of Black Holes and Yin, who graduated in 1965 with a master's degree and a doctorate in aero- •"The Music of Franz Schubert" will Evidence That They do Exist," pre- bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineer- nautics and astronautics, in 1975 and emphasize the four main categories of sented by Clifford M. Will, Ph.D., ing from the Massachusetts Institute of 1979 respectively, from Stanford Univer- the composer's music: symphonies, professor and chair of physics, on Oct. Technology (MIT), is recognized world- sity. From 1978 to 1982, he was a re- chamber music, songs and music for 18;and wide for his contributions to biomechanics search engineer with General Motors piano. The course will be presented by •"Cosmology: The Age, Size and and cardiovascular research. His career is a Research Laboratories; he then joined the Sue Taylor, lecturer in music, and Seth Composition of the Universe," by Matt prime example of what biomedical engi- Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carlin, professor of music in Arts and Visser, Ph.D., research assistant profes- neering is. He comes to Washington Uni- the University of Rochester before join- Sciences. The four-week course is held sor of physics, on Oct. 25. versity from Johns Hopkins University ing the University this summer. from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays, Oct. 6- For more information or to register School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Taber took a sabbatical in 1989 and 27. The course fee is $80, $70 for for short courses, call (314) 935-6788. Hospital, where, since 1978, he had served worked in the Department of Pediatrics at in the medicine and physiology depart- the University of Rochester School of ments. In 1988, he became a professor of Medicine studying techniques to learn medicine and in 1989, professor of bio- more about cardiac development in chick medical engineering. Beginning in 1978, embryos. Like Yin, he can readily cite he also served as staff physician in the parallels between aeronautical and bio- Campus Watch Adult Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory medical engineering. of Johns Hopkins Hospital. "Both involve fluid flow, one with air, Yin received a master's degree in aero- the other with blood," Taber said. "Both The following incidents were reported to the University Police Department from Sept. 15-21. Readers with informa- tion that could assist the investigation of these incidents are urged to call (314) 935-5555. This release is provided as nautical engineering from MIT in 1967, involve analysis of structures. Rocket and a public service to promote safety awareness on campus. then went to the University of California at airplane design are based around shells. San Diego, where he earned a doctorate in Similarly, you can think of the heart, Sept. 15 weighing about 150 pounds, exposed bioengineering in 1970 and a doctor of arteries and bladders as pressurized shells. 7:37 a.m. — A staff member reported that himself as he stood in aisles between the medicine degree in 1973. He completed The same theory applies to airplane struc- eight conference flags, valued at $500, were bookshelves. University police advise house staff training at the University Hos- ture as applies to the heart and arteries. stolen overnight from the flagpoles on top of students to be aware of nearby activity, to pital of San Diego from 1973-75. the Athletic Complex. avoid unnecessary risks and not to walk The difference is that biological systems alone, contacting police for an escort if Those who are neither doctors nor react to stresses by adapting and avoiding Sept. 16 necessary. Students are asked to report engineers generally see little linkage failure, unlike airplanes and rockets. The suspicious persons or activities immedi- between the two professions, especially activity of the biological system is what 8:39 a. m. —A staff member reported that a vehicle had been driven across the South 40 ately to library staff or by blue light medicine and aeronautics, but Yin can cite fascinates the biomedical engineer." recreation field, causing extensive ruts and phone. numerous analogies between inert sys- Yin said of the department: "We have damage. University Police also responded to five tems and the human body. lots of support from Deans Byrnes and Crime alert: Between Sept. 17-21, there thefts, four bicycle thefts, three auto "I did my master's thesis using finite Peck [William A. Peck of the medical have been four reports of indecent exposure accidents, four incidents of vandalism, an element analysis to examine the mechanics school] and Chancellor Wrighton. Our in Olin Library. In each case, students additional report of indecent exposure, a of a foam-filled rocket nose cone, but in goal over the next five years or so is to reported that a white male of thin build, 30- peace disturbance, a false fire alarm and fact a nose cone is the same as the heart in put this department in the top four or five 40 years old, approximately 5' 10" tall and a violation of the skating policy. principle," he said. "It was a pretty natural worldwide." —Tony Fitzpatrick Sept. 25, 1997 7 Introducing new faculty members For The Record

The following are among the new For The Record contains news about a wide $4,507,974 five-year grant from the Arts and Sciences. "Omensetter's Luck" faculty members on the Hilltop variety of faculty, staff and student scholarly National Institute of General Medical was first published in 1966. In addition, Campus. Others will be introduced and professional activities. Sciences for a project titled "Anesthetics: Cornell University Press will publish a periodically in this space. Cellular and Molecular Actions." tandem paperback volume of Gass' essay collection "Finding a Form," winner of the Lisa A. Baldez, Ph.D., assistant Of note National Book Critics Circle Award and professor of political science in Arts Susan E. Mackinnon, M.D., professor Speaking of "The Habitations of the Word" in January and Sciences, comes from the Uni- and head of the Division of Plastic and Ray Hilgert, D.B.A., professor of man- 1998. In conjunction with the publication, versity of Rochester (N.Y.), where Reconstructive Surgery, and professor of agement and industrial relations in the Gass read at Cornell University, his alma she taught and worked as a research clinical otolaryngology and of occupa- John M. Olin School of Business, re- mater, on Sept. 11. ... associate from 1994-97. She gradu- tional therapy, has received a $1,317,725 cently presented a paper, titled "Teaching An article by Leila Sadat Wexler, J.D., ated cum laude from Princeton four-year grant from the National Institute With the Case Method," at a meeting of LL.M., D.E.A., associate professor of University in 1986 with a bachelor's of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for the Society for Case Research held at the law, titled "Application of the Nuremberg degree in politics and a certificate in a project titled "Nerve Allotransplantation University of Nebraska at Kearney. The Principles by the French Court of Latin American studies. She earned for Traumatic Nerve Injury." ... paper will be published in the society's Cassation: From Touvier to Barbie and two degrees in political science Yi Rao, Ph.D., assistant professor of "Annual Advances in Business Cases." Back Again," was cited by the Interna- from the University of California, anatomy and neurobiology, has received tional Criminal Tribunal for the Former San Diego — a master's in 1992 and a $1,092,928 five-year grant from the To press Yugoslavia in its decision convicting a doctorate in 1997. Research for her National Eye Institute for a project titled In early 1997, Penguin released the paper- Dusko Tadic of crimes against humanity, doctoral dissertation was funded by "Molecular Mechanisms of Vertebrate back edition of "Omensetter's Luck," a as well as other crimes. Her article, a grant from the Fulbright Commis- Eye Formation." ... novel by William H. Gass, Ph.D., the "The Proposed Permanent International sion and conducted in Santiago, Joseph H. Steinbach, Ph.D., profes- David May Distinguished University Criminal Court: An Appraisal," was Chile, from 1993-94. Her research sor of anesthesiology and of anatomy Professor in the Humanities and the direc- published in the Cornell International interests center on gender and poli- and neurobiology, has received a tor of the International Writers Center in Law Journal. tics in Latin America, social move- ments, international development and feminist theory. Social work school recognizes six award recipients John M. Carey, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science in Arts The George Warren Brown School Lopata Research and Development, which Alumni Board and a 1975-77 term as and Sciences, previously had taught of Social Work honored two 1997 provides seed money for new chemical president of that board. at the University of Rochester (N. Y.) Dean's Medal recipients, three and technical products for industry. Lucy Rose has written and edited several and at the Catholic University in Distinguished Alumni and one Distin- Lopata has devoted herself for more than books, training manuals and research Santiago, Chile. He graduated magna guished Faculty member at its annual 30 years to numerous organizations in the articles on behavioral group therapy — cum laude from Harvard University banquet Friday, Sept. 19. Honorees were St. Louis community and helped found many of which are considered to be the in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in selected on the basis of accomplishments the Miriam School for learning-disabled leading works in the field. He has carried social studies and a certificate in in social work and for service to the children. out extensive research on the effectiveness Latin American studies. He earned a school. The 1997 Distinguished Alumni of various family and group approaches to doctorate in history in 1994 from the This year's Dean's Medal recipients awardees are Ronda R. O'Farrell the treatment of both children and adults University of California, San Diego. are Stanley and Lucy Lopata, a St. Louis (MSW '65), the co-founder and executive in groups. His interests are comparative poli- couple who have long supported Wash- director of Specialized Transitional Kaijage is dedicated to fighting AIDS tics, democratic institutions and ington University and its schools with Activities & Rehabilitation Training on a grassroots level. WAMATA (a Latin American politics. Current energetic participation in volunteer and (START); Sheldon D. Rose (MSW '52), Swahili acronym for people in the fight research includes three ongoing advisory activities and through generous a professor of social work at the Univer- against AIDS) provides counseling, social projects: one on the use of decree sponsorship of various scholarships, sity of Wisconsin, Madison, and a leading care and economic support to individuals authority in lieu of standard legisla- professorships, sporting events and cam- authority on behavioral group therapy; living with HIV/AIDS and to other tive procedure and the implications pus building projects. In recognition of and Theresa Kaijage (MSW '85), affected persons, such as orphans, of this phenomenon for bargaining the couple's support for social work founder of WAMATA, a community- widows and close family members of between executives and legislatures; scholarships and building projects, an based support organization for families those battling the disease. a second on the impact of legislative intimate, enclosed green space incorpo- affected by HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ph.D., associ- procedure on budgetary policy rated into the design of the school's new O'Farrell began START as a small ate professor of social work, is the 1997 decisions in Latin America; and a Goldfarb Hall will be named "The Lucy project designed to provide socialization recipient of the Distinguished Faculty third on the impact of term limits on and Stanley Lopata Courtyard." for people with severe physical disabili- Award for Service to the school. A fac- U.S. state legislatures. Stanley Lopata graduated from Wash- ties. It has grown into an organization ulty member since 1987, she has exten- ington University in 1935 with a bachelor with a million-dollar budget that supports sive research experience with issues Manju V. Hegde, Ph.D., associate of arts degree in chemistry. In 1946, he education and recreation programs facing older adults and is currently col- professor of electrical engineering in founded Carboline Co., a producer of throughout the St. Louis metropolitan laborating on a project examining the the School of Engineering and Ap- protective coatings and sealants. He sold area. Included in her committee work are service needs of older adults leaving the plied Science, arrives from Louisi- Carboline in 1979 and later founded two terms on the George Warren Brown hospital. ana State University in Baton Rouge. He had been in LSU's electrical and computer engineering department since 1987, when he started as an assistant professor. In 1993, he was named as an associate professor. Obituaries Hegde received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1979 from the Indian Institute of Technol- William H. Matheson, professor emeritus of comparative literature ogy in Bombay, a master of manage- ment studies degree in 1981 from William H. Matheson, Ph.D., pro- point on campus for East/West compara- completed bachelor's and master's degrees the University of Bombay, a master's fessor emeritus of comparative tive topics — the liaison between Western at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, in statistics in 1983 from the Univer- literature in Arts and Sciences, died of literature and the Chinese and Japanese where he also earned a doctorate in French. sity of Toledo, and a doctorate in complications resulting from cancer programs. He gathered an amazingly Before coming to Washington University, computer information and control Sept. 10, 1997, at St. Joseph Hospital in diverse group of people around himself." he taught at Yale, Tufts and Brandeis uni- engineering in 1987 from the Uni- Kirkwood. He was 68. In recent years, Matheson focused on versities, as well as at his alma mater. versity of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Matheson served in the comparative writing poetry and his poems have been A memorial service will be held at Research areas of interest are tele- literature program from 1970 to 1996, first published locally, nationally and interna- 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, in Graham communication networks, communi- as a visiting professor and for a number of tionally. A limited edition of his "Tung Chapel. His body was donated to the cation and information theory, years as chair. A distinguished poet and Ch'i-ch'ang's Album," which collects Washington University School of wireless networks and stochastic translator, he taught eight poems based on paintings by the Medicine. optimization. courses on almost Ming period Chinese artist, was pub- Memorial contributions can be made to 100 different topics, lished in 1995. His most recent book, the Dieckmann-Matheson Fund for the Stefano Soatto, Ph.D., assistant including narrative "Sufferings of Light: Selected Poems," Support of Comparative Literature and professor of electrical engineering in and drama, lyric was published in 1996. Matheson also mailed to Comparative Literature, c/o the School of Engineering and Ap- poetry and numer- was a talented potter and was a frequent Alumni and Development, Washington plied Science, comes from Harvard ous cross-cultural contributor to the annual sale at Craft University, Campus Box 1210, One University, where he had been a themes, particularly Alliance in University City. Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130- research associate in the Division of those involving A native of Flint, Mich., Matheson 4899. Engineering and Applied Sciences comparisons of since 1996. Prior to that, he had been European or on the research faculty in the mathe- William H. Matheson American and Andrew Krejci, engineering undergraduate matics and information department Chinese or Japa- at the University of Udine in Italy nese writing. He also served on the Assem- Andrew Krejci, an undergraduate the St. Louis University campus. Police since 1995. Soatto received a bly Series committee for 25 years and was student pursuing a degree in the suspect he fell asleep while driving. bachelor's degree in electrical engi- well known for his seminars on translation. University of Missouri-St. Louis/Wash- Krejci, who had been enrolled in neering in 1992 from the University "Bill was a wonderfully gifted transla- ington University Joint Undergraduate the joint program for two years, was of Padova in Italy, a master's degree tor," said Marvin H. Marcus, Ph.D., asso- Engineering Program, died in a one-car on schedule to receive a mechanical in electrical engineering in 1993 ciate professor of Japanese languages and accident Sept. 11, 1997, in Chesterfield. engineering degree from the University from the California Institute of literatures and director of East Asian He was 23. of Missouri-St. Louis next May. In Technology, and a doctorate in Studies in Arts and Sciences, who co- Krejci's body was discovered by addition to his studies, Krejci also control and dynamical systems in taught several courses with Matheson. Chesterfield Police the morning of worked for Chrysler Corp. as an intern 1996 from the latter institution. His "He translated hundreds of poems from Sept. 13, in a wrecked car just off High- in car design. research interests are vision and the 'Shinkokinshu,' which is an extremely way 40, about three-fourths of a mile A funeral service was held Sept. 16 at motion in computing. important collection of early 13th-century east of Timberlake Manor. Krejci was Hoffmeister-Kriegshauser West County Japanese verse, and was really the focal last seen at about 2:30 a.m. Sept. 11 on Funeral Home. portunities &e^nel

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Re- positions available at the School deadlines with minimal supervi- sponsibilities include performing of Medicine. Employees interested sion. Responsibilities include pro- through Nov. 7. call (314) 935-5220. Community forums examine St. Louis 2004 proposals -^^1 Donald E. Clayton, associate vice chan- time they devote to giving something FOCUS St. Louis will assemble Danforth stressed that St. Louis 2004 cellor and executive director of Medical back to greater St. Louis and to the small roundtable discussions on issues such is not an exclusive group or a group of Public Affairs. "Our own futures and the communities in which they live. We hope as education, air quality and access to celebratory events. He said it is an future of the University are linked to the even more people will step forward as the health care. They will bring together inclusive process with a firm deadline success of St. Louis 2004." Clayton is St. Louis 2004 project gathers momen- leaders and practitioners in these areas, for making dramatic improvements to tracking St. Louis 2004 activities for the tum." as well as residents. the St. Louis region. "If we don't University. "The people of Washington Beginning this month and continuing There will be a second round of accomplish these goals, nobody will," University are very generous with the through December, St. Louis 2004 and community forums in January, when he said. St. Louis 2004 will report on the For more information, call (314) emerging agenda and gather more 206-3204, or visit St. Louis 2004's Organization draws on University expertise feedback. Following these town hall Web site at www.stlouis2004.org. If you meetings, St. Louis 2004 will incorpo- have been involved in a St. Louis 2004 rate the emerging priorities and projects action team and your name is not on Members of the Washington University in the Program in Occupational Therapy; into an action plan to be widely distrib- the accompanying list, contact Clayton community involved in St. Louis 2004 F. Sessions Cole, M.D., professor of uted. at Campus Box 8508 or at include: pediatrics and of cell biology and The intent is for St. Louisans to [email protected]. physiology; begin implementing the ideas in 1998. Citizenship Action Team Edwin B. Fisher Jr., professor of — Diane Duke Raymond L. Hilgert, D.B.A., profes- psychology in Arts and Sciences, research sor of management and industrial professor of medicine and director of the relations; Center for Health Behavior Research; Weese studies 'soul' of the region -fwmpagei Karen Porter, J.D., associate professor Deborah M. Paulsrud lecturer and made her a natural to chair the Planning downtown St. Louis. This subcommittee of law; clinical associate of social work (also on and Urban Design Task Force. suggested methods for reversing the Gerald L. Early, Ph.D., the Merle Citizenship Action Team); The task force falls under the scope of decline in St. Louis' downtown popula- Kling Professor of Modern Letters and William A. Peck, M.D., executive vice the 2004 Environment Action Team, tion, including creating more housing. It professor of English and Afro-American chancellor for medical affairs and dean of whose mission is to "create and promote cited the city's historic buildings and Studies in Arts and Sciences; the School of Medicine; the maintenance of a natural and built location on the Mississippi River as Karen L. Tokarz, J.D., LL.M., profes- Nancy Parker Tice, special assistant to environment that is sustainable, efficient underused assets and warned against sor of law; the dean for executive faculty and govern- and attractive, and enhances the lives of tearing down buildings to "create acres Larry E. Davis, Ph.D., professor of mental relations; both current and future generations of of surface parking lots or to bank land social work. Will Ross, M.D., associate dean and residents of the St. Louis region." for a future, unidentified developer." Culture Action Team director of the Office of Diversity (also The task force focuses on four areas: Weese said one major strength of the on African-American Task Force). regional planning, recommendations for 2004 effort is that it brings together Joe Deal, professor and dean of the downtown St. Louis, ways of better using School of Art. Learning Action Team people and groups who have never abandoned and underutilized land in the worked together before to address Felicia Brown, J.D., special assistant to bi-state region, and means of strengthen- regional issues. Environment Action Team the dean of the George Warren Brown Lonnie E. Haefner, Ph.D., professor of ing the region's city center and intersect- "This principle needs to be expanded School of Social Work; ing corridors of development by coordi- to fuse the 2004 effort with other organi- civil engineering; Marilyn Conn, Ph.D., adjunct associate Thomas L. Thomson, professor of nating efforts. zations and governmental bodies," Weese professor and clinical associate in educa- Weese oversaw all four focus areas. In said. "Progress is a collaborative venture. architecture; tion in Arts and Sciences; Iain A. Fraser, associate professor of addition, she worked on the subcommit- I believe it can be done. I also believe the James W Davis, Ph.D. professor of tee studying the "soul" of the region — region has no choice." —Ann Nicholson architecture; political science in Arts and Sciences; Jack A. Kirkland, associate professor William H. Danforth, chairman of the of social work; Washington University Board of Trustees; Eric P. Mumford Ph.D., assistant Eric J. Lobsinger, student; Ross works with Health Action Team from page 1 professor of architecture; Erin J. Silver, student. Don C. Royse, Ph.D., professor of urban revitalization and tax abatements which now has been restructured and is in architecture; Work Action Team for small business relocation to the cen- the process of strategic planning. The tral city," he said. "I think we are a very department also is working on developing W Davis Van Bakergem, affiliate Alfreda Brown, director of the Career polarized region when it comes to race more effective partnerships with the state associate professor and director of the Center; and culture, and we aren't going to get and county health departments. Urban Research and Design Center at the Donald E. Clayton, associate vice anywhere without dealing with it." Ross became involved with 2004 and School of Architecture; chancellor and executive director of The Health Action Team set a number FOCUS St. Louis because of his concern Cynthia Weese, F.A.I.A., dean of the Medical Public Affairs; of goals, such as increasing collaborations for the city. School of Architecture; Timothy T Franke, assistant professor between the medical centers and the "I came to St. Louis because of Wash- Kay D. Thompson, Ph.D., assistant of architecture (also on Environment health departments, as well as delivering ington University School of Medicine, and professor of civil engineering; Action Team); public health from a more global perspec- I was impressed with the University," he Jay R. Turner, D.Sc, assistant profes- Stuart I. Greenbaum, Ph.D., dean of the tive instead of dividing the city and said. "However, I saw significant room for sor of engineering and policy. John M. Olin School of Business; county as separate entities. improvement with the city. I now have Jo Noero, the Ruth E. and Norman G. Ross acted as a liaison for the 2004 been here 15 years, gotten married and Health Action Team Moore Chair of Architecture and associate Health Action Team when FOCUS St. had children. I've seen areas that are M. Carolyn Baum, Ph.D., assistant professor of architecture (also on Environ- Louis was charged by the mayor with progressive, some that are sluggish, and professor of neurology and the Elias ment Action Team); reviewing the St. Louis city government. some that are apathetic." Michael Director of the Program in Oc- Michael W Sherraden, Ph.D., the Ben- FOCUS St. Louis is a citizens' league and Ross said he wants to be proud of this cupational Therapy; jamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Develop- leadership training organization. Ross region and thinks 2004 is the best forum Carol A. Brownson, instructor and ment in the George Warren Brown School served as a member of the team that for dealing with these issues. associate director of community practice of Social Work. critiqued the city's health department, — Nicole Vines