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Nri^iiiigtDri University in StLouis Sept. 25, 2008 record.wustl.edu Blood clot treatments subject of major trial BY MICHAEL C. PURDY Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis (ATTRACT) Trial, A$10 million, government- which will test the use of catheter- funded, multicenter clinical' mounted technology that can both trial of an aggressive treat- chew up DVTs and directly ad- ment for blood clots in the leg minister clot-busting drugs. The — known as deep vein thrombosis trial is funded by the National (DVT) — will be led by Heart, Lung, and Blood School of Medicine Institute. researchers. "This is the first large- About 250,000 U.S. scale test of these new patients are diagnosed techniques, and the with new DVTs every potential to change clini- year. Current clinical cal DVT practice on a standards call for the large scale is very excit- patients to be treated ing," said Vedantham, an with blood-thinning interventional radiologist agents, which prevent at Barnes-Jewish Hos- clot migration and for- Vedantham pital. "If the trial is posi- mation of new clots but tive, it will alter the do not break up the original clot. paradigm to say we don't just Clinicians recently have realized prevent the next clot, we've got to the original clot often leads to also remove the existing clot first." serious, difficult-to-treat, long- The initial symptoms of DVT It takes a Village Chase Sackett (left), a junior majoring in classics and economics in Arts & term complications. are pain and swelling in the af- Sciences, leads visitors on an open house tour of Village East residence hall Sept. 16. Sackett gave Suresh Vedantham, M.D., fected leg. Associated risk factors his perspective on living in the new building, which opened in August. Tours were available for associate professor of radiology include surgery or trauma to the interested faculty, students and staff. Village East contains approximately 152 beds for upperclass and of surgery, is the national leg, genetic factors, immobiliza- students living in four-bedroom apartments. The building boasts several study, program and principal investigator for the tion, hormonal therapies and meeting spaces on three floors. The lower-level lounge includes a flat-panel television and an Acute Venous Thrombosis: cancer. DVTs are more common enclosed patio accessible to all residents. Thrombus Removal with See Clots, Page 6

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With the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate These plans are subject to change based on Snow Way Garage will be allowed to exit; just one week away, students, faculty requests from the Commission on Presi- however, no new vehicle traffic will be per- and staff may have to make a few adjust- dential Debates or security considerations. mitted into the garage from 3 p.m. until ments to their daily commuting routine in For the latest information on parking and midnight. Also, no pedestrian traffic will be the next seven days. transportation during debate week, visit allowed on the top level. Parking and traffic patterns will be Vice Presidential Debate parking.wustl.edu/vp_debate.htm. Lot 28, the lot north of the Athletic severely disrupted beginning Thursday, Complex, also closed at 6 a.m. today. This Sept. 25, through Friday, Oct. 3, as thou- encouraged to find alternate modes of trans- Parking restrictions affected approximately 297 parking spaces. sands of guests, visitors and members of the portation during the days leading up the The surface lot east of the Athletic Portions of the top level of Millbrook media begin to stream into the University debate, including carpooling, bicycling, Complex and south of the School of Law, Garage will be unavailable for general park- for the vice presidential debate. As debate walking, public transportation or having Lot 31, closed last Saturday, Sept. 20. ing beginning Monday, Sept. 28, through day draws closer, fewer and fewer parking another driver drop off employees near Olympian Way and the roof of Snow Wednesday, Oct. 1. A minimum of 414 spaces will be available. campus. Way Garage — Lot 33 and the roof of Lot 29 spaces will be unavailable for general park- To help ease the pain of traffic congestion The University's parking and transporta- — closed at 6 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 25. After ing Oct. 2. That number may increase as the and road closures, University personnel are tion plans for the debate are as follows. 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, vehicles parked in See Debate, Page 6 Harry and Susan Seigle Hall to be dedicated Building for law, social sciences holds 15 classrooms, 139 offices

BY JESSICA DAUES and the School of Law. scholarship." The building — named for Seigle Hall is the first academic The tower of Harry and Susan alumnus and philanthropist Harry building on the Danforth Campus Seigle Hall overlooks An- Seigle and his wife, Susan — pro- to be named for an alumnus living heuser-Busch Hall to the north vides bright, light-filled teaching, outside of St. Louis. Harry Seigle, and Simon Hall to the south, office and meeting spaces for the who earned a bachelors degree in creating a new, awe-inspiring view law school and the departments of political science from WUSTL in of the Danforth Campus' western Economics, Education and 1968, and Susan Seigle reside in edge. Its presence transforms the Political Science, all in Arts 8c Chicago. great lawn, completing a quad- Sciences. Seigle Hall completes "Harry and Susan Seigle's com- rangle that includes Olin Library, the University's largest quadran- mitment to this new building is an Graham Chapel and the Danforth gle, and with its high ceilings, tall extraordinary contribution to the University Center and puts Seigle windows and built-in wooden future of Washington University," Hall in the hub of life and learning seats, the building features invit-' Wrighton said. "The Seigles' gift is on campus. ing venues for collaboration. significant, but by no means is Seigle Hall's dedication — "Harry and Susan Seigle Hall their generosity limited to the which will take place at 4 p.m. will strengthen Washington support of Seigle Hall. Washington Thursday, Sept. 25, on the build- University's law school and social University is incredibly fortunate ing's east side and feature a speech sciences by drawing together to have their friendship." by Nobel Prize winner Douglass C. students and faculty from across The Seigles' dedication to the North, Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin disciplines," said Chancellor University and higher education is Professor in Arts & Sciences — Mark. S. Wrighton. "This new apparent with their gifts support- will mark a significant milestone building on the Danforth Campus ing programs, scholarships and in ongoing efforts to encourage will foster a collaborative environ- facilities at WUSTL. In 2005, the and facilitate interdisciplinary ment and encourage exciting new Seigles endowed a professorship in Harry and Susan Seigle Hall provides bright, light-filled teaching, work between the social sciences education, research and See Hall, Page 2 office and meeting spaces for social sciences and the School of Law.

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~ Food ethics focus of special colloquium CONSTRUf BY NEIL SCHOENHERR cuisines and colonial legacies; the food industry and its impact on national eating habits; fast food A special colloquium on "The Ethics of Diet" and its social effects on both workers and con- will be held Friday, Sept. 26, in the Women's sumers; and the challenges and opportunities Building Formal Lounge. posed by genetically modified foods." The symposium, which runs from 10 a.m.- Four speakers will address various food-relat- 5 p.m., will focus on food and energy and the ed topics: historian Warren Belasco, Ph.D., author future of food. of "Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture It is free and open to the public and sponsored Took on the Food Industry"; nutritionist Joan by the Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Dye Gussow, Ed.D., who wrote the best-seller Values, American Culture Studies Program, the "This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban departments of History, English, Anthropology Homesteader"; philosopher Lisa Heldke, Ph.D., and Philosophy in Arts & Sciences, and the author of "Exotic Appetites: Ruminations of a College of Arts & Sciences. Food Adventurer" and many other books; and "We hope that this conference will engage anthropologist Sidney Mintz, who wrote Harry and Susan Seigle in November 2007, surveying construction faculty, studeHts and community leaders in a "Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in of the building that bears their name. wide-ranging discussion of the ethical issues Modern History." surrounding diet today," said Corinna Treitel, Attendees will have the option to purchase an Ph.D., assistant professor of history in Arts & "ethical lunch" and participate in a lunch discus- law and the social sciences that Sciences. "These include diet in its relation to sion with the speakers. Hall the beautiful space in Harry and animal rights and factory farming; intensive For more information, e-mail Treitel at Susan Seigle Hall will afford," said agriculture and its environmental costs; ethnic [email protected]. Generous gift to enhance Syverud, also the Ethan A.H. interdisciplinary study Shepley University Professor. - from Page 1 "The building provides a wonderful atmosphere for collaboration Arts & Sciences. in both research and teaching." The Seigles are equally as "Harry and Susan Seigle Hall generous with their time. Harry will provide the faculty and stu- Seigle has served in several ca- dents of Arts & Sciences a long- pacities at WUSTL, including as a sought opportunity to interact in member of the Board of Trustees, a first-rate teaching and research a member of the Arts & Sciences facility," said Quatrano, past chair National Council and the found- of the Department of Biology and ing chair of the Chicago Regional the Spencer T. Olin Professor. Cabinet. "For the departments of eco- After earning a bachelor's nomics, education and political degree in political science from science, and for such intellectual WUSTL and a law degree from clusters as the Weidenbaum Northwestern University, Harry Center and Applied Statistics, the Seigle practiced law until joining impact of this building for Arts & the family lumber business in Sciences is transformative. As we 1974. At that time, it was known implement our strategic plans, as the Elgin Lumber Co. but later which call for greater interdisci- was renamed Seigles Building plinary interactions across de- Centers Inc. Under his direction partments and schools, Seigle as chair and president, the firm Hall offers great promise in en- flourished, growing into the abling such connections and largest building material supplier interaction." to Chicago-area homebuilders. Harry Seigle's connection to After Seigles company was the building was a natural one, sold in 2005, he established The given his lifelong fascination with Elgin Co., a private real-estate political science and law and Members of the Class of 2012 listen intently on how to achieve academic success during an orientation acquisition and investment firm passion for civic, educational and activity the first week of school. for which he serves as principal. cultural institutions — especially Other leadership contributors his alma mater. Harry's brother to the building are Thomas R. and Michael also is an alumnus. Harry Freshmen settle into college life Karole Green; Lawrence P. and and Susan Seigle have three sons: man and who isn't," said Lin, a First-year students already Ann Klamon; Myrna and Mark Joe (LA '05), Max (LA '00) and BY JESSICA DAUES first-year student from San Jose, have become a vital part of the Mason; Steven N. Rappaport and Ben. Parents have gone home, mov- Calif. "I think we have all become University and local communities Judith A. Garson; Ronald M. and The Seigles' gifts over the years ing boxes are put away and truly a part of the community." by joining student organizations, Karen Rettner; Anne T. and John demonstrate their true commit- campus maps have been relegated The 1,430 members of the learning and working with pro- C. Shapleigh; and Carolynn ment to enhancing academic and to recycling bins. It's easy to see, freshman class — approximately fessors and participating in ser- Finegold Wolff and Stephen Irwin residential life at the University said freshman Bryan Lin, that the 50 percent male and 50 percent vice projects. Wolff. In addition, Rappaport and for both students and faculty. In Class of 2012 has settled into life female — arrived on campus in Assistance from others in the Thomas R. Green served the addition to Seigle Hall, there is at WUSTL. August and were chosen from WUSTL community, especially University as campaign co-chairs Seigle Commons in the Village, "While on campus, I am un- more than 22,000 applicants. fellow students, made the transi- for the law school's fund-raising the Seigle Family Scholarships in able to tell apart who is a fresh- The first-year students hail tion easier for Lin, who plans to effort. Lawrence P. Klamon was Arts & Sciences and the Seigle from nearly 20 countries and all major in biology in Arts 8c campaign chair for Arts & Family Professorship, given to 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Sciences. Sciences' fund-raising effort. Ping Wang, Ph.D., in the Danforth Plant and Puerto Rico. "Since the minute I arrived on The four-story, 145,736- Department of Economics, which "We're delighted to have an- campus for move-in, I was ex- square-foot Seigle Hall contains occupies Seigle Hall's third floor. Science Center other talented group of freshmen tremely impressed and grateful 15 classrooms — the most of any North, the Spencer T. Olin join the Washington University for the services that upperclass- Danforth Campus building — Professor in Arts & Sciences in celebration set community," said Nanette men provided," Lin said. four seminar rooms and 139 the Department of Economics, Tarbouni, director of admissions. "I have learned so much offices for faculty, staff and gradu- professor of history in Arts & The Donald Danforth Plant "Their energy and enthusiasm is from their experience and help," ate students. It also features three Sciences and fellow in WUSTL's Science Center will commem- contagious." he said. faculty lounges, six occasional Center in Political Economy, was orate its 10th anniversary at a meeting spaces, three spacious awarded the Nobel Prize in eco- community-wide event celebrat- conference rooms overlooking nomics in 1993. He also is the ing science in St. Louis and the Francis Field, and a large lobby on founder of the Center for New center's international culture at each of its four levels. Institutional Social Sciences. 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28. Besides the economics, educa- North, a Bartlett Burnap WUSTL was an original part- tion and political science depart- Senior Fellow at the Hoover ^oard ner of the Danforth Plant Science ments, Seigle Hall also will house Institution, has held visiting Center when it formed in August Volume 33, Number 7 the Center for Applied Statistics; chairs at Cambridge and Rice 1999. Numerous center research- Center for Dynamic Economics; universities and is a member of ers have WUSTL appointments, Center for Empirical Research in the American Academy of Arts including director and center Founded in 1905 • Washington University in St. Louis community news the Law; Center for Interdisci- & Sciences. He has served as president Roger N. 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Produced weekly "In celebrating our 10th birth- Associate Editor Neil Schoenherr during the school year, except school Center on Urban Research and major interest is the evolution of day, we are reaffirming our com- Assistant Editor Jessica Daues holidays, and monthly during June, July Public Policy; Murray Weiden- economic and political insti- mitment to our mission — to Medical News Editor Beth Miller and August by the Office of Public Affairs, baum Center on the Economy, tutions. improve the human condition Calendar Coordinator Angela Mall Washington University, Campus Box 1070, Government, and Public Policy; Seigle Hall was designed by through plant science — and to Print Production Carl Jacobs One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, M0 63130. and Whitney R. Harris World Boston-based architectural our region," Beachy said. "We are Online Production Tammy Ritterskamp Periodicals postage paid at St. Louis, M0. 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One-sided hearing, cochlear implants studied in project

BY GWEN ERICSON active, so having sound through one ear might make it easier for Jill B. Firszt, Ph.D., a School the hearing centers to adapt of Medicine cochlear-im- when they suddenly begin plant specialist, was working getting signals from the other, oh her doctoral dissertation formerly deaf, ear through a when she met with a 47-year-old cochlear implant, Firszt said. patient who had been deaf in Firszt's NIH-funded project one ear since childhood. The is designed to learn more about patient was to get a cochlear the function of the brain's hear- implant in her deaf ear because ing centers in people with she recently had a tumor opera- unilateral hearing and subse- tion that destroyed the hearing quent changes when people get in her good ear and left it ineli- cochlear implants. gible for an implant. Firszt knew In one branch of the study, there wasn't enough information researchers will study bilaterally available about cases like this to deaf patients who have one predict how well the woman cochlear implant and later get a would hear with the implant. second implant, and in patients The patient made exceptional with one deaf ear and one ear progress after her implant sur- with moderate hearing loss gery, recognizing sentences who receive an implant in their spoken both in quiet and noise deaf ear. after only three months — much In another branch, people faster than most adults with who are deaf in one ear will long-term deafness in both ears enable the researchers to obtain who receive cochlear implants. more specific information That patients experience about the kinds of hearing Helping tO Save a life BrendaTheising, production manager at the Genome Sequencing inspired Firszt to propose an difficulties that unilateral hear- Center, finishes giving blood with assistance from Venecia Car, charge nurse with the American in-depth study of one- ing entails. Red Cross, at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center as part of the University-wide blood drive sided or unilateral "We're using imaging Sept. 16. In total, 602 units of blood were donated University-wide, with 70 collected at the School hearing. She wanted to techniques such as of Medicine. Three more blood drives are scheduled for the academic year: Nov. 12; Jan. 27 and March 25,2009. find out whether hear- functional magnetic ing in one ear, either resonance imaging to natural or because of a look at how different cochlear implant, types of sounds are Van Hare appointed director of pediatric cardiology would affect the ability coded in the auditory to hear in a deaf ear system," Firszt said. BY BETH MILLER standing interest in irregular heart rhythms that can that receives a cochlear "When sound input occur in infants and children following surgery for implant. The project has Firszt from one ear changes, George Van Hare, M.D., has been appointed direc- congenital heart diseases. now received a five-year, we expect to see some tor of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the He is particularly interested in applying new $3 million grant from reorganization of activ- School of Medicine and the Louis Larrick Ward technology to characterize, map and successfully the National Institutes of Health ity in the auditory cortex." Chair in Pediatric Cardiology at St. Louis Children's treat these arrhythmias in the electrophysiology (NIH). Collaborators on the A second grant, from the Hospital. laboratory. project include Rosalie M. WUSTL Institute of Clinical and Van Hare was most recently a professor He also has extensive experience in orga- Uchanski, Ph.D., research assis- Translational Sciences, will aid of pediatrics and medical director of the nizing and leading multicenter studies of tant professor of otolaryngology, in this kind of analysis. The Pediatric Arrhythmia Center at Stanford children with heart rhythm disorders. and Harold Burton, Ph.D., pro- one-year, $80,000 grant with University School of Medicine and the "George is the real triple threat: an out- fessor of anatomy and neurobi- potential for continued funding University of California, San Francisco standing clinician — indeed a pioneer in ology, of radiology and of cell in the second year will support (UCSF). Prior to that, he was director of pediatric electrophysiology — an acclaimed biology and physiology. research into the time course of the pediatric arrhythmia service at teacher and mentor and a distinguished "Patients who have been deaf brain reorganization when Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in clinical investigator," said Alan L. Schwartz, in both ears for many years often hearing is suddenly lost in one Cleveland and an associate professor of Ph.D., M.D., the Harriet B. Spoehrer do not achieve the same level of ear. Firszt and colleagues will pediatrics and of medicine at Case Professor and chair of Pediatrics and physi- performance as those who have also implement sound localiza- Western Reserve University. Van Hare cian-in-chief at St. Louis Children's Hospital. short-term deafness and receive tion training to determine if "I'm excited to be at Washington "We are truly delighted that he will be lead- a cochlear implant," said Firszt, those with sudden hearing loss University and St. Louis Children's ing our Division of Pediatric Cardiology on associate professor of otolaryn- can learn to locate sound better, Hospital," Van Hare said. "The heart failure and heart to the next level." gology and director of the a common problem when a transplant programs are among the largest in the • Van Hare earned a medical degree from the Cochlear Implant Program and person hears in only one ear. country, which means there is an established team University of Connecticut. He completed his pediat- Electrophysiology Laboratory. The results of both studies taking excellent care of these patients. The environ- ric residency at Case Western Reserve University in "This patient had long-term should provide insight into the ment here is just spectacular for further developing Cleveland, where he served as chief resident in deafness in one ear and a short- consequences of one-sided an already very strong pediatric cardiology division. pediatrics. term deafness in the other. I hearing, help determine how I am looking forward to collaborating with those in Van Hare's wife, Michele M. Estabrook, M.D., has anticipated that having hearing patients can get the maximum the adult cardiology program, which also one of the also joined the School of Medicine and St. Louis in one ear for most of her life hearing improvement from world's best." Children's Hospital as professor of pediatrics in the would improve her outcome cochlear implants and better An electrophysiologist, Van Hare has a long- Division of Infectious Diseases. with the implant in the long- enable clinicians to counsel term deaf ear, but there hadn't patients on what to expect from been enough studies to know for their implants. The studies Zoberi to direct radiation oncology at Siteman West County sure." should also help determine Normally, each ear sends whether people with bilateral BY GWEN ERICSON County location. nervous system. In addition, sounds through a complex audi- deafness would benefit from "When cancer patients at our Zoberi directs the residency pro- tory system to both the right and implants in both ears and Imran Zoberi, M.D., has been West County facility need radia- gram for the Department of left hemispheres of the brain. whether it's best to get a second named medical director of tion therapy, we ensure they re- Radiation Oncology, planning and The sense of sound produced in implant right away or wait. radiation oncology at the Siteman ceive care from a Washington overseeing the training of all the each hemisphere depends on People interested in participat- Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish University radiation oncologist department's residents. signals from both ears. That ing in these studies can call West County Hospital. Zoberi is specializing in their particular kind A 1996 graduate of the School suggests that hearing in only one 747-0882. assistant professor of radiation of cancer — to give them that extra of Medicine, Zoberi was a resident ear could make it harder for the Firszt also is adjunct faculty oncology at the School of level of expertise Siteman is known in the radiation oncology depart- brain to process some kinds of of the Program in Audiology Medicine. for," Zoberi said. "They will also ment and became an attending signals, Firszt said. and Communication Sciences As medical director, Zoberi have access to multidisciplinary physician in 2001. Zoberi con- On the other hand, even (PACS), part of Central will manage medical support staff specialists such as surgeons and ducts research in radiation thera- unilateral hearing keeps the Institute for the Deaf at the and oversee patient care in radia- medical oncologists." py and recently completed a trial right and left hearing centers School of Medicine. tion oncology at Siteman's West The West County location's first of accelerated partial breast radia- linear accelerator for radiation tion therapy, which treats just the delivery will be installed beginning breast tumor area instead of the in December 2008, with the first whole breast after a lumpectomy Morgan sets American record at Paralympic Games radiation treatments starting in for early-stage breast cancer. He March 2009. In the meantime, also is principal investigator on a Kerri Morgan, instructor in the Program in not even two seconds behind Canadian gold cancer patients at the West County trial testing treatment of women Occupational Therapy, set a U.S. record in medalist Michelle Stilwell, who set a new site can be referred to the radiation with locally advanced breast can- the women's 100-meter T52 wheelchair track world record with her time of 19.97. oncology department at Siteman's cer using tomotherapy — image- race at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing Morgan was the first American competi- Washington University Medical guided, intensity-modulated Sept. 15. tor to finish the 200-meter T52 wheelchair Center facility. radiation therapy that can pre- Morgan's U.S. record was also a season- track race with a time of 40:82, also fifth Zoberi specializes in radiation cisely target tumors. best time for the 100-meter event. She placed place. oncology for treatment of breast Siteman has three locations: first among the American athletes with a Stillwell won the gold medal in this event cancer. He also performs gamma at the Washington University time of 21.56 seconds for fifth place overall, as well with a time of 36:18. knife surgery, which uses gamma Medical Center, at Barnes-Jewish radiation instead of a scalpel to get West County Hospital and at rid of tumors of the central Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital. 4 RECORD WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS University Events Hollywood cast recreates sci-fi classics at Edison

Aliens and dinosaurs, inner space and also of "Star Trek: Voyager" as well as outer space. "Heroes," "ER" and "L.A. Law." Oct. 3-4, L.A. Theatre Works, the WAR OF THE WORLDS Rounding out the cast are stage actor in, ** nation's foremost radio theater company, BY H.G. WELLS, ADAPTED BY HOWARD KOCH Kenneth Alan Williams; Jen Dede, of "ER" KVII lUrmS■ /H 'i i will return to Edison Theatre for a special and "Gilmore Girls"; and Peter McDonald, double bill of science fiction thrills and who has appeared on "Becker," "Wings" chills. PANIC NATIONWIDE! and "ER" as well as in numerous Los The program — directed by Star Trek Angeles theatrical productions. alumnus John de Lancie and featuring Over the past three decades, L.A. veterans of "The X-Files," "Heroes" and Theatre Works has emerged as the nation's "Star Trek: Voyager," among others — will foremost radio theater company, producing begin with H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," more than 400 radio plays by writers such the mother of all space invasions. Then, - as Eugene O'Neill, Wendy Wasserstein, - following a brief intermission, the cast will Neil Simon, David Mamet, Arthur Miller shift gears for a subterranean expedition and many others performed by many of - " ■' '"I , ' through Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The America's top stage and screen actors.

Lost World." The mother of all space invasions! WAR OF lilt WORLDS is .rrt "c\ewnncss The majority of the company's produc- "War of the Worlds" recreates the report" of an invasion from Mars. Originally performed in 1938 on Ihc eve ; of Halloween by Orson Welles' Mereury Theatre of Ihe Air. Hold on lo your tions are recorded in Los Angeles before a Jill gi i breathless pacing and convincing detail of seal ai ypu experience the radio broadcast that caused a trjobal frenzy! live audience and broadcast as part of their the infamous 1938 radio play by Orson \h nationally syndicated program "The Play's Welles' Mercury Theatre of the Air. ' {s the Thing." More than 7,000 libraries carry 'l^ll.lfbl Adapted by Howard Koch, one of Welles' an extensive backlist of L.A. Theatre Works' writers, this 60-minute "eyewitness report" plays, while the company's "Alive and Tickets — $28 for faculty, staff and of an invasion from Mars inadvertently eration" — a role he reprised on "Star Trek: Aloud" program produces teaching materi- seniors; $20 for students and children; $32 started a nationwide panic (in part because Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Voyager" als now used by 2,500 middle and high for the public — are available at the Edison Koch changed the story's setting from — and he also was the first actor to use the schools nationwide. Theatre Box Office and through all Victorian England to a small town on the word "trek" on the series. Performances begin at 8 p.m. both MetroTix outlets. East Coast of the United States). Yet, the Other television credits range from evenings and are presented by the Edison For more information, call 935-6543 or tale continues to fascinate, raising very "Battlestar Galactica" and "Stargate SGI" to Theatre OVATIONS! Series. e-mail [email protected]. contemporary concerns about the nature of "MacGyver" and "The West Wing." In 1996, the media as well as issues relating to the de Lancie and actor Leonard Nimoy co- protection of borders and the environment. founded Alien Voices, a radio company "The Lost World," adapted by de Lancie specializing in classic science fiction works, See the movie, then see the stage play, too and television producer Nat Segaloff, fol- including "The Lost World" as well as "The lows the indomitable Prof. Challenger as he Time Machine," "The Invisible Man," In conjunction with the L.A. Theatre Public Library, 6701 Delmar Blvd. leads a four-person expedition to prove that "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and I Works production, Edison Theatre and A panel discussion on the power of prehistoric animals still exist. Traipsing many others. the University City Public Library will the media, moderated by Richard deep into the Amazon jungle, the fearless The cast of six will be led by Jerry host a free screening of the classic 1953 Chapman, senior lecturer in screenwrit- explorers soon discover a place — and time Hardin, a veteran character actor perhaps film adaptation of "War of the Worlds," ing in the Film 8c Media Studies Program — where dinosaurs have evolved beside best known for his role as Deep Throat on directed by celebrated special effects in Arts 8c Sciences, will immediately ape-men, leaving the fate of the human race "The X-Files." Also starring are Tom Virtue, artist Byron Haskin. follow. to hang in the balance. a "Star Trek:- Voyager" alumnus perhaps best The screening will begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 935-6543 De Lancie is perhaps best known for his known as Steve Stevens on the Disney Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the University City or e-mail [email protected]. role as Q on "Star Trek The Next Gen- Channel's "Even Stevens"; and Josh Clark,

Twilight Samurai • Luminescent Quantum Dots • Children's Crusade

"University Events" lists a portion of the 4 p.m. History Colloquium. "The Dynamite asst. prof, of pediatrics. Clopton Aud., and Manufacturing Management Seminar. Monday, Sept. 29 activities taking place Sept. 25-0ct. 8 at Club: The Bombing of the Cafe Terminus 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006. "Managing Time-Based Contracts with Washington University. Visit the Web for and the Origins of Modern Terrorism in Delayed Payments." Christopher S. Tang, 4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Center for the Study of expanded calendars for the Danforth Campus fin-de-siecle Paris." John Merriman, prof, of prof, of business admin., UCLA Anderson Series. "Stealth Additions to our Ethics & Human Values Colloquium. "The (news-info.wustl.edu/calendars) and the history, Yale U. (Reception follows.) Eliot School of Management. Co-sponsored by Metagenome: Persistent Viruses and Their Ethics of Diet." (Lunch discussion included School of Medicine (medschool.wustl.edu/ Hall, Rm. 300M. 935-5450. Boeing Center for Technology, Information Effects on the Host." Herbert Virgin, prof, of and "ethical lunch" available for purchase.) calendars.html). and Manufacturing. Simon Hall, Rm. 241. pathology & immunology. Farrell Learning 4 p.m. Religious Studies Lecture. "The Co-sponsored by the depts. of History, 935-5577. & Teaching Center, Connor Aud. 362-2763. Children's Crusade as Rite of Passage." English, Anthropology and Philosophy, Gary Dickson, history fellow, U. of American Culture Studies Program and the Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. 6:30 p.m. Sam Fox School Public Lecture Edinburgh. Co-sponsored by the History College of Arts & Sciences. Women's Bldg. "Recent Advances in the Study of DCIS." Series. Island Press Visiting Artist. Chris Dept. Eliot Hall, Room 200F. 935-8677. Formal Lounge. 935-5450. Daniel Medina, prof, of cell biology, Baylor Duncan. Steinberg Aud. 935-9300. College of Medicine. McDonnell Medical Exhibits 6 p.m. East Asian Studies Lecture. Annual 10 a.m. East Asian Studies Lecture. Annual Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426.362-6950. Nelson Wu Lecture. "The Instability of Art: Nelson Wu Lecture. "The Art of Bestowing Tuesday, Sept. 30 "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Architecture, Ornament and an Island in Names." Andrew Watsky, prof, of Japanese Noon. Barnes-Jewish Hospital Ethics Culture at Midcentury." Through Jan. 5. Momoyama Japan." Andrew Watsky, prof, art & archaeology, Princeton U. Duncker Saturday, Sept. 27 Committee Lunch and Learn Brown Bag Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523. of Japanese art & archaeology, Princeton U. Hall, Rm. 201, Hurst Lounge. 935-4448. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Gastroenterology Colorectal Forum. "Stem Cells? Medicaid? Healthcare (Reception follows.) Saint Louis Art "Bold Strokes and Finesse: The Stage Designs 11 a.m. Computer Science & Engineering Surgery CME Course. "Familial Politics in Missouri." Joan Bray, D-Mo., and Museum Aud., 1 Fine Arts Drive. 935-4448. of John Ezell." Through Nov. 22. Des Lee Colloquium. "Creativity Support Tools: Gastrointestinal Cancer Syndromes: John Loudon, R-Mo. Clopton Aud., Gallery, 1627 Washington Ave. 621-8537. Accelerating Discovery & Innovation." Ben Genetics, Diagnosis, Management and 4950 Children's Place. Registration Friday, Sept. 26 Shneiderman, prof, of computer science, Future Directions." Cost: $165 for required. 747-5361. 9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "Seeking U. of Md„ College Park. Cupples II Hall, physicians, $115 for allied health Noon. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial professionals. Eric P. Newman Education the Forest of Congenital Heart Disease After Rm. 217. 935-6160. Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Regulation Center. To register: 362-6891. Film Looking at 4000 Hearts." Patrick Y. Jay, 11 a.m. Olin Business School Operations Tuesday, Sept. 30 7 p.m. Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Hotchner festival features staged readings of three original plays Film Series. North Africa/Middle East Film Series. "Incha'Allah Dimanche." Yamina BY LIAM OTTEN show discussions. "Attendees can say to them- about growing up in Depression-era St. Louis. Benguigui, dir. Brown Hall, Rm. 118. 935-8567. selves, 'I'm going to the theatre; we are work- (The latter was adapted to film by Steven Three aspiring playwrights will present ing on a play.'" Soderbergh in 1993.) Wednesday, Oct. 1 staged readings of their works Friday and The festival begins at 7 p.m. Friday, As a student, Hotchner participated in a Saturday, Sept. 26-27, as part of the 2008 Sept. 26, with "Better," a funny and thoughtful similar playwriting competition led by then- 7 p.m. Japanese Film Series. "The Twilight A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival, sponsored comedy by senior Margaret Stamell, which Samurai." Yoji Yamada, dir. Seigle Hall, professor William Carson, famously placing Rm. L06. 935-5110. by the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in tells the story of Eddie, a young man left con- ahead of classmate Tennessee Williams. Arts & Sciences. fused and scrambling by the movement from Betley, who joined the Geva Theatre in Tuesday, Oct. 7 Named in honor of alumnus, novelist, poet one relationship to another. 2000, has supported the development of doz- and playwright A,E. Hotchner, the Next up is "All at Once," at 2 p.m. 7 p.m. Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern ens of plays, offering commissions to nine Film Series. North Africa/Middle East Film festival consists of an intensive, Saturday, Sept. 27. Written by senior writers and producing 12 world premieres. Series. "AH Zaoua." Nabil Avouch, dir. Brown two-week workshop that culminates Kari Lombard, the play centers on A former Fulbright scholar in dramaturgy Hall, Rm. 118.935-8567. in the staged readings. This year's Ruthie, who has two friends, two and a contributing writer to Opera News and workshop, which began Sept. 13, is mothers and some very perplexing American Theatre, she has served on funding led by Marge Betley, literary man- questions about the nature of present, panels for the National Endowment for the ager and resident dramaturg for past and future. Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation and the Geva Theatre Center in The festival will conclude that served as a script evaluator for the Theatre Lectures Rochester, N.Y. evening at 7 p.m. with "Candlestick Communications Groups playwright residen- "The Hotchner Festival helps Park," by recent graduate Elizabeth cy program. Thursday, Sept. 25 aspiring playwrights — with the Birkenmeier (LA '08). The play — Freelance dramaturgy credits include Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Sensory Roles for support of PAD actors, faculty direc- Betley which will receive a full production in Denver Center Theatre Company, the Mark Epithelial Sodium Channels (Deg/ENaC) in tors and the guest dramaturg — de- March — explores the fine line be- Taper Forum in Los Angeles, Stage 13 Drosophila." Yehuda Ben-Shahar, asst. prof, of biology. McDonnell Medical Sciences velop their work from the page to the stage," tween love and manipulation as experienced Productions in New York and the Playwrights Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139. said Carter W. Lewis, playwright-in-residence by the world's most dedicated Beatles fan. Center in Minneapolis. in the PAD. 4 p.m. Chemistry Lecture. "Luminescent Hotchner, an acclaimed novelist, play- All three readings are free and open to the Quantum Dots for Bioassays and "The audience is an integral part of the wright and biographer, ;s perhaps best known public and take place in the A.E. Hotchner Bioimaging." Zeev Rosenzweig, prof, of process and an ongoing participant in the for his memoirs "Papa Hemingway" (1966) Studio Theatre in the Mallinckrodt Student chemistry, U. of New Orleans. McMillen Lab., development of each play," Lewis said, noting about his close friendship with Ernest Center. For more information, call 935-5858 Rm. 311. 935-6530. that all three works will be followed by post- Hemingway; and "King of the Hill" (1973) or visit ascc.artsci.wustl.edu/~pad. record.wustl.edu WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Sept. 25,2008 5 'Presenting China' focus of conference

BY GERRY EVERDING media studies, political science and anthropology as well as senior How the Chinese nation pres- China-based journalists. Topics ents itself to the world — as include how the Chinese nation in its recent hosting of the and culture are being studied, 2008 Summer Olympic Games what knowledge about China is — and how it is perceived by other being transmitted in classrooms nations — including rival global and how the media portrays this superpower, the United States — is increasingly influential nation. the focus of an international con- WUSTL faculty participating in ference Oct. 17-18 at WUSTL in the conference include Gwen Wilson Hall, Room 214. Bennett, Ph.D., assistant professor Tided "Presenting China: of art history and archaeology; Theory and Pedagogy," the confer- Gerald L. Early, Ph.D., the Merle ence is free and open to the public. Kling Professor of Modern Letters Advance registration is requested. and director of the Center for the The rise of China to become a Humanities; Beata Grant, Ph.D., new global superpower raises professor of Chinese language and questions about how China is literature in the Department of presented as well as conceived in Asian and Near Eastern Languages other countries such as the United and Literatures; Robert E. Hegel, Meet the author After delivering a well-attended Assembly Series presentation Sept. 17 in States, suggests conference chair Ph.D., professor of Chinese in Graham Chapel, Elizabeth Kolbert answered questions from students, including Tyler Nading, a Lingchei Letty Chen, Ph.D., asso- Asian and Near Eastern Languages senior civil engineering major and member of the men's basketball team. Kolbert's book on global ciate professor of modern Chinese & Literatures and the Liselotte warming, "Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change," was this year's language and literature and direc- Dieckmann Professor of Com- Freshman Reading Program selection. tor of East Asian Studies in Arts & parative Literature; Pauline Lee, Sciences. ' Ph.D., assistant professor of In so many manifestations, Chinese religion and culture; Chen explained, China is per- and James Wertsch, Ph.D., the 'CooP jazz series begins at Kemper Sept. 27 ceived simultaneously as an an- Marshall S. Snow Professor and cient Eastern culture, a Com- director of the McDonnell BY LIAM OTTEN in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, is a munist nation-state, a newcomer International Scholars Academy, well-known guitarist who has performed across the in the global market-economy and all in Arts & Sciences; and Carl Alton, 111., native Miles Davis helped invent the United States and Europe. The author of five books a fast-changing society in its cul- Minzner, J.D., associate professor notion of "cool" with his groundbreaking album on jazz, he records for Galigola Records in Venice, ture, values and self-knowledge. in the School of Law. "Birth of the Cool," a recording that also ushered in a Italy. "This is a wonderful opportu- Part of a two-part conference whole new school of West Coast jazz. On Nov. 22, Teddy Presberg, a national touring nity to learn more about issues jointly organized by Washington This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum artist based in St. Louis, and his band, the Red Note ranging from how we perceive and University and Fudan University will celebrate Davis' legacy with a series of free Revivalists, will present a concert of improvisational understand China to the dynamic in Shanghai, this opening confer- Saturday afternoon jazz concerts. acid-jazz inspired by the "Birth of the Cool" era. relationship between China and ence is co-sponsored by the Held in conjunction with the exhibition "Birth of Presberg's own debut album, "Blueprint of Soul," was the United States," Chen said. "We Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at released in 2007 by the Outright Music label. He also hope to see many Washington Inter-University Center for Midcentury" — on view through Jan. 5 — the series performs with The Brothers Lazaroff and the Roly University students and faculty at Sinology at Harvard University. will consist of four performances by notable St. Louis Poly Dub Band. the conference. Other WUSTL Arts 8c Sciences musicians, each inspired by the work of a modern The series concludes Dec. 27 with the Randy "There is a strong interest in sponsors include the vice chancel- jazz master. Holmes Trio performing music inspired by Chet China and China studies on the lor for students, the Department of Concerts begin Saturday, Sept. 27, with the BAG Baker. Holmes, a well-known trumpeter, is a found- Washington University campus, Asian & Near Eastern Languages Trio, which will perform works inspired by Davis ing member of the Webster Jazz Repertory Ensemble and this conference provides our and Literatures, Center for Hu- himself. Led by Zimbabwe Nkenya on bass and on and a member of the Legacy Big Band, the Kim students and faculty with a forum manities, Center for Programs, African mbira, the trio takes its name from the Black Portnoy Ensemble and the Sessions Big Band. He has to discuss key. issues with re- East Asian studies and interna- Artist Group, a St. Louis collective that flourished •performed with Dave Brubeck, Clark Terry and has nowned scholars in the field," she tional and area studies. between 1968 and 1972 that incorporates Cuban, backed soloists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Nancy said. For more information on European, African and other influences. Wilson. The conference brings together speakers, topics and registration, The series continues Oct. 25 with the William All concerts are free and open to the public and Chinese scholars from fields such call 935-4448 or visit artsci.wustl. Lenihan Quartet performing music inspired by Wes begin at 4 p.m. For more information, call 935-5490 as literature, history, film and edu/~eas/presenting_china.htm. Montgomery. Lenihan, director of jazz performance or visit kemperartmuseum.wusd.edu/rsvp.

and Biosynthesis of the Fungal Cell Wall." & Infectious Diseases. Farrell Learning drums. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. Jennifer K. Lodge, prof, of biochemistry and & Teaching Center, Connor Aud. 362-2763. 862-0874. molecular biology, Saint Louis U. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 747-2630. Election programming update 6:30 p.m. Sam Fox School Public Lecture Series. AIA St. Louis Chapter Scholarship Saturday, Sept. 27 4 p.m. Chemistry Lecture. "Amber and Resins: Fund Lecture. Toshiko Mori, principal, 4 p.m. Kemper Presents Concert Series. On the Interface of Chemistry, Biology and An array of panels, discussions, 8 p.m. Vice Presidential Debate Toshiko Mori Architects. Steinberg Aud. Archaeology." Joseph B. Lambert, prof, of "BAG Trio." Music inspired by Miles Davis. artistic expressions, lectures and other Watch & Panel Discussion for 935-9300. chemistry, Northwestern U. McMillen Lab., Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523. Rm. 311. 935-6530. special events are taking place on the Community. 560 Music Center. Watch Danforth Campus throughout the the debate with friends and neighbors. Tuesday, Oct. 7 Sunday, Oct. 5 presidential campaign season. Listed Free and open to the public, but 8:30 a.m. Electrical & Systems Engineering Thursday, Oct. 2 3 p.m. Concert. Symphony Orchestra. reservations are required. For Lecture Series. Annual Zaborszky below are those being offered this E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Trinity Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Surprising tRNA Distinguished Lecture Series. "Asymptotic week. reservations, contact 935-5752 or visit Ave. 935-9226. Subcellular Dynamics — A Novel Means to Tracking and Disturbance Rejection." [email protected]. Respond to Nutrient Deprivation." Anita Alberto Isidori, prof, of automatic control, K. Hopper, prof, of molecular genetics, Ohio Wednesday, Oct. 1 9:30 p.m. Red vs. Blue Post-Debate Sapienza U. of Rome. Bryan Hall, Rm. 305. Monday, Oct. 6 State U. McDonnell Medical Sciences 935-5565. Bldg., Rm. 823.362-2139. 7:30 p.m. The Power and Problems Program. Graham Chapel. Open to 7:30 p.m. Concert. Ensemble Chaconne. of the Vice Presidency. Brown Hall, WUSTL faculty, students and staff with Performing music for Shakespeare's plays. 4 p.m. Ophthalmology and Visual Science Wednesday, Oct. 8 Edison Theatre. 935-9226. Seminar Series. "Not Dead Yet: Regulation Rm. 118. Panel discussion featuring current University ID. For information, of Organelle Destruction in Differentiating Joel Goldstein, Douglas Kriner and contact Student Union, 935-7878. 9:30 a.m. Electrical & Systems Engineering Lens Cells." Steven Bassnett, prof, of Lecture Series. Annual Zaborszky Michael Nelson. Presented by the Ail Day. CNN Election Express ophthalmology & visual sciences. Maternity Distinguished Lecture Series. "Current Weidenbaum Center Forum. For Bldg., Rm. 725.362-3315. Yourself Tour Bus and C-SPAN's Research and Open Problems." Alberto reservations, visit the Web site at Campaign 2008 Bus. Danforth Isidori, prof, of automatic control, Sapienza On Stage U. of Rome. Bryan Hall, Rm. 305. wc.wustl.edu. Free and open to the University Center. Friday, Oct. 3 935-5565. public, but reservations are required. Saturday, Sept. 27 11 a.m. Computer Science & Engineering Ongoing events 11 a.m. Assembly Series. Dan Levitin. -'.-- Colloquium. "Communicating 3D Shape Thursday, Oct. 2 Graham Chapel. 935-5285. 8 p.m. OVATIONS! Series. Sweet Honey in Using Lines." Doug DeCarlo, assoc. prof, of the Rock. Cost: $32, $28 for seniors, Exhibit on the History of the Office of 4 p.m. Biochemistry & Molecular computer science, Rutgers U. Cupples II Hall, 6:30 p.m. Spinning the Presidency. WUSTL faculty & staff, $20 for students & Rm. 217. 935-6160. the Vice President and the Vice- Biophysics Seminar. "Protein Folding children. Edison Theatre. 935-6543. Edison Theatre. Panel discussion, Presidential Debates. Through — Inverting the Paradigm." George Rose, Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. video and other media presentations prof, of biophysics, Johns Hopkins U. "Structural Basis of K+ Channel C-type Oct. 17 in the Olin Library Lobby. on crafting the campaigns. Open to McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Friday, Oct. 3 Inactivation: Crystal Structures of KcsA in the For questions regarding programming, Rm. 264.362-4152. 8 p.m. OVATIONS! Series. "War of the Open Conductive and C-type Inactivated WUSTL faculty, students and staff with contact Robin Hattori at rhattori® Worlds" and "The Lost World." (Also 8 p.m. Conformation." Luis G. Cuello, asst. prof, of current University ID. For information, Oct. 4.) Cost: $32, $28 for seniors, WUSTL biochemistry, U. of Chicago. McDonnell wustl.edu or Brittany Perez at contact Center for the Study of Ethics faculty & staff, $20 for students & children. Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-6950. [email protected]. and Human Values at 935-5398. Edison Theatre. 935-6543. To access the entire election Saturday, Oct. 4 8 p.m. Vice Presidential Debate. And More Televised viewing sites are listed at programming calendar, visit any of the 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Urology/Gyn CME Course. following Web sites: assemblyseries. "New Techniques in Urinary Incontinence and debate.wustl.edu/index.php. Open to Sunday, Oct. 5 wustl.edu, gephardtinstitute.wustl.edu, Female Urology." Cost: $490 for lectures and WUSTL faculty, students and staff with 1-4 p.m. Sam Fox School Architecture Bus Sports labs, $200 for allied health professionals, current University ID. gpc.wustl.edu and debate.wustl.edu. Tour. Led by Eric Munford, assoc. prof, in lectures only. Eric P. Newman Education architecture. Cost: $15 for members and Center. To register: 362-6891. WUSTL students with valid ID, $25 for Friday, Oct. 3 non-members. R.S.V.P. at kemperartmu- 10 a.m. Physics Saturday Science Lecture All Day. Men's Tennis. Wilson/ITA Central seum.wustl.edu/RSVP.html. Series. "Sputnik, Global Warming, Science Regional. (Also all day Oct. 4-6.) Tao Tennis Literacy and Science Education." John Alberto Isidori, prof, of automatic control, 3 p.m. Harris World Law Inst. Lecture. Courts. 935-4705. S. Rigden, events coordinator. Co-sponsored Sapienza U. of Rome. Rebstock Hall, "Better Than Exemption: Worldwide v. by U. College. Crow Hall, Rm. 201. 935-6276. Rm. 322. 935-5565. Territorial Tax Regimes." Robert Peroni, Saturday, Oct. 4 Noon. Work, Families and Public Policy chair in law, The U. of Texas at Austin. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Rm. 201. 935-7988. 1 p.m. Swimming and Diving vs. Saint Monday, Oct. 6 Brown Bag Seminar Series. "A Dynamic Music Louis U. Athletic Complex. 935-4705. Model of Location Choice." Kelly Bishop, 4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar 9:30 a.m. Electrical S Systems Engineering asst. prof, of economics. Seigle Hall, Series. "Regulation of NK Cell Activation." Lecture Series. Annual Zaborszky Thursday, Sept. 25 Rm. 348. 935-4918. Eric Long, National Inst. of Allergies Distinguished Lecture Series. "Robust 8 p.m. Jazz at Holmes. "Two Times True.' Stabilization via Measured State Feedback." Carolbeth True, piano, and David True, 6 RECORD WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

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Football off to best then at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, 111., start since 2001 Sept. 21. The football team is 3-0 for the The winning streak is the team's first time since 2001, thanks to a longest since 2000. Junior John 30-27 victory at Wittenberg Hengel scored the game-winning University in Springfield, Ohio. goal in both contests, increasing The Bears jumped out to a 21-0 his team-leading scoring total to second-quarter lead and forced five goals. Sophomore Harry four turnovers in the win against Beddo provided the insurance the school with the most victories goals against Fontbonne, netting in NCAA Division III history. two scores, while senior Pierre Senior quarterback Buck Smith Hoppenot scored his first two finished 22-of-31 for 265 yards goals of the year in the win over and two touchdowns, while soph- Illinois Wesleyan. omore Tom Gulyas had six recep- The Bears have not allowed a tions for a career-high 146 yards. goal in five games, the longest Junior Tim Machan led the de- shutout streak since 2006. WUSTL fense with a career-high 10 tackles will seek to extend its winning and an interception, the eighth of streak Friday, Sept. 26, in Kirks- his career. ville Mo., against Division II The team has a week off before Truman State University. traveling to Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 4 to play Rhodes College. Women's soccer on Old friends, new friends Risa Zwerling Wrighton (right) greets Marilee Keys during the Woman's Club Fall Welcome Lunch at Harbison House Sept. 15. Wrighton hosted the luncheon to Men's soccer picks up winning streak introduce women new to WUSTL to the Woman's Club. The Woman's Club, founded in 1910 by The women's soccer team (6-1-1) faculty wives, offers its members opportunities to form friendships and grow intellectually pair of shutouts extended its winning streak to through luncheons, lectures, tours and women's programs. The club also funds scholarships for The men's soccer team (6-2) ex- four games with a 4-0 victory over deserving female WUSTL students. The club is open to women who are faculty or staff; wives or tended its winning streak to five Maryville University Sept. 18 at widows of faculty or staff; alumnae or spouses of alumni; or women sponsored by a member. For games in picking up a pair of 3-0 home and a 2-1 win at Illinois information about the club, contact Patricia Sarantites at [email protected]. victories last week, the first at Wesleyan University Sept. 21. Fontbonne University Sept. 18, Junior Elyse Hanly had two goals in the victory over Maryville, while junior Becca Heymann and freshman Lee Ann Felder each Debate scored one. Biden, Palin set to debate at Athletic Complex The Bears got goals from fresh- Carry WUSTL ID Sen. Joe Biden from Delaware Biden is the former chair- Palin, 46, has overseen in- man Emma Brown and senior at all times Oct. 1-2 and Gov. Sarah Palin of man and longtime member of creases in Alaska state savings, Kristen Hilligoss in the victory - from Page 1 Alaska, the vice presidential the Senate Judiciary education funding and imple- over Illinois Wesleyan, while nominees of the Democratic Committee. Over the years, he mented the Senior Benefits senior Amanda Boe made a ca- debate approaches. and Republican parties, respec- has been influential in crime Program that provides support reer-high eight saves. Lot 61 at West Campus will be tively, will debate each other at and drug policy legislation. His for low-income older Alaskans. WUSTL has nine days off closed Wednesday, Oct. 1, 8 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Athletic Violent Crime Control and Law Her administration has passed before their next game Wednes- through Friday, Oct. 3. Complex, according to the Enforcement Act of 1994, fre- an overhaul of the states ethics day, Oct. 1, at Division II Additional parking closures Commission on Presidential quently referred to as the Biden laws and developed a process to University of Missouri-Rolla. and restrictions take place Oct. 2, Debates. Crime Bill, increased police construct a gas pipeline. including Lot 35, which is di- Biden was nominated for numbers by 100,000 nationwide Palin is chair of the Inter- rectly south of Simon Hall. Be vice president Aug. 27 at the and brought more federal sup- state Oil and Gas Compact aware that other smaller space Democratic National Conven- port for criminal justice. Commission, a multistate gov- reservations may occur around tion in Denver, Colo. A week The 2007 Biden Crime Bill ernment agency that promotes Clots campus throughout the week later, on Sept. 4, Palin was nom- addresses burgeoning crime the conservation and efficient - from Page 1 — signage will indicate which inated for vice president at the problems such as online child recovery of domestic oil and natural gas resources while spaces are unavailable. Republican National Conven- exploitation, computer hacking in older patients but also can In addition, no parking will be tion in St. Paul, Minn. and teenage prescription drug protecting the environment. occur in childhood and through- Before becoming governor permitted on the following streets Biden, 65, is a 36-year vet- abuse. out life. of Alaska, she served two terms the day of the debate: Forsyth eran of the U.S. Senate. He was Palin's vice presidential The most immediate danger on the Wasilla City Council and Boulevard from Skinker Boule- elected in 1972 when he was 29. nomination marks the first time from a DVT is the clot breaking that the Republican Party has two terms as mayor/manager of vard to Big Bend Boulevard, and He is known for his leadership loose and moving to the lungs, a Wasilla. Brookings Drive. in foreign policy, terrorism, nominated a woman for the condition called pulmonary Palin also has served as chair Daily parking passes will not crime and drug policy. He ran position. On Dec. 4,2006, she embolism that kills about 100,000 of the Alaska Conservation be honored Oct. 2 — only those unsuccessfully for the presiden- also made history when she people annually nationwide. tial nomination of his party in became the first female gover- Commission, which regulates with annual permits will be al- Complications from the contin- Alaska's oil and gas. lowed to park on the Danforth 1988 and in 2008. nor of Alaska. ued presence of the clot, known Campus. as post-thrombotic syndrome Parking will be available at (PTS), occur in 50 percent of all West Campus, and faculty and traffic moving west from Hoyt will be permitted between Hoyt at Mallinckrodt Student Center DVT patients. staff can use a U-Pass to take Drive to Wallace Drive. Eastbound and Skinker on Forsyth. to advise riders of schedule "PTS causes long-term chronic MetroLink to the Danforth traffic on Forsyth from Hanley Traffic may exit, but not enter, changes. pain, swelling, venous ulcers and Campus. The MetroLink from Road will be permitted to travel to campus at Hoyt and Forest Park The University-operated difficulty walking," Vedantham West Campus will run on its Big Bend and then southbound. Parkway and at Throop and Campus Circulator will provide said. "This often leads to disabil- normal schedule. Northbound traffic on Big Bend Forest Park Parkway. service from Lot 4 to Mallinckrodt ity, is very costly and difficult to To sign up for a U-Pass, visit will be permitted to travel to Snow Way Drive between from 10 a.m. until the end of its treat and significantly impairs parking.wustl.edu/metro.htm. Forsyth and then westbound. Throop Drive and Snow Way normal schedule Oct. 2. quality of life. By removing the Street closings By mid-afternoon, Big Bend Garage will be limited to VIP and Metro will resume its normal clot when it is first diagnosed, we will close from Forsyth to law enforcement officials with schedule Oct. 3. can prevent permanent damage to Thursday, Oct. 2, will see many Wydown Boulevard. Forsyth also proper credentials after 3 p.m. Also of note: the leg veins and thereby prevent closures of streets surrounding will close to all traffic at Asbury Oct. 2. Snow Way Drive west of • Pedestrian access to the cam- PTS." the Danforth Campus. Avenue. Local traffic will be per- Snow Way Garage will be closed pus Oct. 2 will be primarily lim- Physicians tested clot-busting At 9 a.m., Big Bend will be mitted on Forsyth between Asbury to traffic. ited to Skinker and Brookings, drugs on DVTs as early as the closed from Forsyth to Forest and Jackson Avenue. Traffic also will be restricted in Throop and Forest Park Parkway 1970s, but the approach was Park Parkway. Westmoreland In addition, access to the the South 40 area of campus. All and Wydown at Wallace. deemed unsafe because general Place, Maryland Avenue and Danforth Campus will be severely traffic accessing the South 40 will • Any visitors coming to cam- administration of the drugs in- Lindell Avenue all will be closed limited Oct. 2. The only way to enter through Wydown or pus should be made aware of curred too much risk of bleeding. at Big Bend. access the Danforth Campus on Wallace and Forsyth. The Shepley parking restrictions. Faculty and Radiologists can now pinpoint At 11 a.m., Forsyth will be debate day will be to take Skinker Drive entrance at Big Bend will staff may consider rescheduling the location of DVTs with X-rays closed at Skinker and Big Bend. to Brookings Drive. close by 3 p.m. Oct. 2. At 10 a.m., appointments or moving meetings and an injectable dye. Traffic on Forsyth will be limited Traffic between Hoyt and a two-way traffic plan will be to locations away from the Recently developed catheter to campus traffic exiting the Wallace on Forsyth will be limited implemented on Shepley Drive. Danforth Campus during the days technology makes it possible not campus to the east toward to University traffic only. No traffic All northbound traffic on Wallace leading up to the debate. only to deliver clot-busting drugs Skinker and campus and debate will be blocked near Lot 48. Two- • Remember, due to increased directly to the DVT but also to way traffic on Shepley will be security, access to the Danforth mash the clot to help break it up blocked just west of Lot 54. Campus Oct. 1 and 2 will be lim- and ensure better distribution of ited to students, faculty and staff the drugs. One such technology Tour debate site Sunday, Monday Other changes with a University ID card or to uses a wire in the catheter turned Public and campus transportation those individuals who are guests via a small handheld motor to Washington University again will offer public tours of the routines also will be altered. of the Chancellor or the break up the clot; others use vice presidential debate venue. MetroBus service to campus, Commission on Presidential ultrasound. Tours will be given Sunday, Sept. 28, from noon until 6 p.m., Forsyth and Big Bend will end at Debates. "The goal is to provide a safer, and Monday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2. AH persons should carry and quicker and much more effective Individuals and school groups are invited to take the tour. Access to MetroBus service be prepared, upon request, to approach to treatment," Vedan- Groups should contact Terri Brennan in advance at 935-5040 to will be available at Skinker and show a valid, current University tham said. schedule a time. Forest Park Parkway. A Metro ID card. Plans call for 692 patients to. Please note that cameras and camera phones will not be representative will be at the stop For the most recent informa- be enrolled in the ATTRACT allowed inside the debate venue. to answer questions about ser- tion regarding the debate, visit Trial at 28 clinical centers vice, and Metro will post signs debate.wustl.edu. nationwide. record.wustl.edu WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Sept. 25,2008 7 Notables

Introducing new Pulitzer Foundation, Brown School join forces

faculty members BY JESSICA MARTIN "This project seeks to open The following are among the dialogue about what light means new faculty members at the The Pulitzer Foundation for to different community members University. Others will be the Arts and the George — for some it may mean security, introduced periodically in this Warren Brown School of for others it may mean salvation, space. Social Work have announced a while for others still, light may new partnership. Through events, mean pollution or surveillance," Nicholas S. Argyres, Ph.D., • publications and community says Lisa Harper Chang, manager joins the Olin Business School projects, the Brown School and of community engagement, a joint as professor of strategy. Since Pulitzer hope to explore how position shared by the Pulitzer earning a doctorate in eco- social work and the arts can inter- Foundation and the Brown nomics from the University of act in a meaningful way School. "By learning more about California, Berkeley, in 1993, The first public event of the each individual's personal rela- he has held faculty positions at partnership is a street festival at tionship with light and art, the Boston University and the Grand Center 6 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Pulitzer and the Brown School University of Southern Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. seek to explore what role light and California. Argyres studies The festival celebrates The art can play in the process for economic theories of the firm, Community Light Project (CLP), community change." organizational economics, an initiative with the goal of A trolley tour will be available organizational learning, busi- bringing together people of all the evening of Oct. 3 to help visi- ness policy and strategy and ages and interests around light, tors explore the light installations technology management. He art and community. at the schools and the Grand earned a bachelors degree in The festival, free and open to Public Arts Plaza. economics from the University the public, will feature activities The CLP is based on the of California, Los Angeles. for families and students of all Pulitzer's current exhibition, "Dan Argyres is senior editor of ages and is designed to highlight Flavin: Constructed Light, and Organization Science and the work of the CLP. The event The Light Project," a correspond- serves on the editorial boards also will include two performing series of outdoor installations of Strategic Management ances by students playing percus- in the immediate neighborhood of Journal, Strategic Organization sion instruments they have con- the Pulitzer Foundation in Grand and the Journal of structed that will light up when Center. International Business Studies. struck. Members of the Saint Upcoming partnership projects Viktor Gruev, Ph.D., joins Louis Symphony Orchestra will will focus on the Pulitzer's next the Department of Computer perform with the students. exhibition, "Ideal (Dis-) Place- Science & Engineering as The CLP involves art and (From left at table) Edward Lawlor, Ph.D., dean of the George Warren ments: Old Masters at the Pulit- assistant professor. He earned music projects with elementary, Brown School of Social Work; Paul Shattuck, Ph.D., assistant zer," and will involve working with a doctorate in electrical engi- middle and high schools as well as professor of social work; and Matthias Waschek, director of the further community partners, neering at Johns Hopkins other institutions such as the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, discuss the partnership between including Prison Performing Arts, the Brown School and the Pulitzer Foundation at a special event for University in 2004. From Saint Louis Science Center and Metro Theatre, the Alzheimer's students and alumni Sept. 18 at the Pulitzer in Grand Center. 2004-08, he was a postdoctoral the Saint Louis Symphony Association and Employment researcher in the Department Orchestra. Academy and Metro High School, build a collaborative light installa- Connections. of Electrical and Systems In addition to other program- under the guidance of commis- tion that will be displayed in the For more information about Engineering at the University ming, select students from Cole sioned artists, will create light Grand Public Arts Plaza, adjacent the partnership, contact Chang at of Pennsylvania. Among his Elementary, Cardinal Patter installations in their individual to Powell Symphony Hall on 754-1856 or lharperchang@ research interests are mixed Preparatory School, Loyola schools and will work together to Grand. pulitzerarts.org. signal VLSI (very large scale integration), polarization sensitive imagers, biologically Register for Freedom from Smoking classes inspired sensors, low-power integrated vision sensors, The fall session of Freedom (about a six-week supply) for $15 integration of CMOS (comple- from Smoking classes begins via payroll deduction after the mentary metal oxide semicon- Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 5:30 p.m. third class and after successful ductor) sensors with nano The free, one-hour classes, completion of the last class. wires, fabrication of micropo- open to all University employees, Space is limited, so admission arizer arrays, on-chip motion are held over six weeks in the will be on a first-come, first- Of note estimation, adaptive optics and Barnard Health and Cancer served basis. To register, submit autonomous aerial navigation. Information Center on the first the registration form found at To submit Notables for publi- Shirley Dyke, Ph.D., professor Jen Maigret joins the Sam floor of the Center for Advanced healthyliving.wustl.edu/ cation in the Record, e-mail of civil engineering, has received Fox School of Design & Visual Medicine on the Medical Campus. classes.html to Katherine Jones items to Jessica Daues at Arts as assistant professor of Participants in the classes will at [email protected]. a four-year, $1,200,000 grant from [email protected] or the National Science Foundation architecture. Maigret came to be able to purchase three boxes of For more information, contact fax to 935-4259. WUSTL in 2006 as a Cynthia nicotine-replacement products Bob Jewell at 362-8279. for research titled "NEESR-SG: Weese Teaching Fellow, lead- Performance-Based Design and ing courses on digital design Real-Time Large-Scale Testing to and fabrication. She previously Enable Implementation of served as a lecturer at the Advanced Damping Systems." ... year, $20,130 grant from the University of Michigan's Taub- Tom Ellenberger, Ph.D., the National Geographic Society for man College of Architecture + Raymond H. Wittcoff Professor research titled "The Place of Urban Planning, where she and head of the Department of Copper in the Ritual Landscape earned a master of architecture Biochemistry and Molecular of Mound 34 at Cahokia." ... The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 16-21. Readers Biophysics, received a four-year, William A. Peck, M.D., the degree in 2004. In 2005, she who have information concerning these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. launched Jen Maigret Design, $1,449,836 grant from the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff which has completed residen- Sept. 16 the Snow Way Garage reported National Institute of General Distinguished Professor of tial, educational and institu- that a black SUV struck a parked Medical Sciences for research Medicine, director of the Center 11:28 a.m. — A student tional projects in Michigan vehicle and left the scene. titled "Structural Studies of DNA for Health Policy and former and Missouri. Last summer, reported that sometime be- 10:58 a.m. — A person re- Repair Proteins." ... executive vice chancellor and tween Sept. 11 and Sept. 16,a the Sheldon Art Galleries ported the theft of a laptop com- Thomas Ferkol, M.D., associ- dean of the School of Medicine, bike was vandalized with a, displayed her "Seven Veils for puter from a common area of ate professor of pediatrics and of was among 20 honorees named cigarette while parked in the St. Louis: Novel Fabrications in Hurd House. The laptop was cell biology and physiology; Ageless-Remarkable St. Louisans bike rack of Lee House. Brick," which employed ad- recovered, and an arrest was Susan K. Dutcher, Ph.D., profes- by the St. Andrew's Resources vanced digital computing tools 4:10 p.m. — A staff member made. sor of genetics; Philip Bayly, for Seniors System. Peck and the reported a laptop was stolen to explore new architectural Ph.D., the Lilyan and E. Lisle other honorees were chosen for from his unlocked office in possibilities for locally sal- Sept. 21 Hughes Professor of Mechanical their commitment, vivacity, Goldfarb Hall sometime in the vaged brick. Maigret earned a 11:21 a.m. — A student left Engineering and chair of the generosity and contributions to past two months. bachelor's degree in biology an unsecured laptop in an open Department of Mechanical, the St. Louis community.... from Hartwick College and a Sept. 17 area of Givens Hall overnight Aerospace 8c Structural Engi- Gruia-Catalin Roman, master's degree in ecology and found it missing the next neering; and Steven Brody, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the 10:37 a.m. — A staff mem- from the University of morning. associate professor of medicine, Department of Computer Michigan. ber in McDonnell Hall report- 3:07 pm. — A student report- have received a three-year, Science 8c Engineering, and Yinjie Tang, Ph.D., joins ed losing a Brazilian passport ed parking a bike at a bike rack $600,000 grant from the Chil- Christopher Gill, Ph.D., associ- somewhere on campus. the Department of Energy, on the west side of Whitaker Hall dren's Discovery Institute for their ate professor of computer science Environmental & Chemical Sept. 18 on Sept. 18 and finding it miss- research on the functional, struc- and engineering, have received a Engineering as assistant pro- ing on Sept. 21. tural and genetic characterization three-year, $360,000 grant from 12:25 a.m. — A disturbance fessor. Tang earned a doctorate 11:55 p.m. — A person re- ofpediatricciliopathies.... the National Science Foundation occurred on a bus transporting in chemical engineering at the ported an unattended iPod Tamara Hershey, Ph.D., for research titled "CSR-DMSS: students to campus after an University of Washington. His Touch was stolen from the sec- associate professor of psychiatry, A Substrate for Personalized event. research interests include the ond floor of Olin Library. of neurology and of radiology, has Computing in the Real 1:58 a.m. — An argument rigorous investigation of meta- received a five-year, $1,289,065 World."... in the Bears Den escalated into bolic pathways using advanced Additionally, University police grant from the National Institute Tzyh-Jong Tarn, Ph.D., an assault, and an arrest was isotopic labeling methods; responded to two accidental of Neurologic Disorders and professor of electrical and sys- made. metabolic engineering and its injuries, one report of fraud, one Stroke for research titled tems engineering, has received a applications to synthetic biol- Sept. 20 report of property damage and "Mapping Mood in the one-year, $54,000 grant from the ogy; and the bioremediation of one sick case. Subfhalamic Nucleus in PD." ... National Science Foundation for 12:51 a.m. — A witness in hydrocarbons and toxic John E. Kelly, Ph.D., senior research titled "SGER: Robust metals. lecturer in anthropology in Arts Intelligent Automation for Life 8c Sciences, has received a one- Science Systems." 8 record.wustl.edu WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Sept. 25, 2008 Washington People

Allan Doctor, M.D., always expected to work on the water. He loves the ocean so much that he began undergraduate study intent on becoming an oceanogra- pher. But after a lot of thought, the coastal Virginia native determined he would find the most meaning in medicine, knowing he would get some ribbing because of his last name. Doctor directs the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and treats patients in two intensive-care units at St. Louis Children's Hospital: the Pediatric BY BETH MILLER Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. He says he decided long ago not to be bothered by questions about his last name. "It gives people a way to remember me," he says with a laugh. However, in medical school, it wasn't so easy for him to shrug it off. "We didn't have photo ID badges then, just pin-on name tags like you see at Shoney's," he says. "Mine just said 'A. Doctor,' so people would just look at it and say, 'What's your name?' It was awful," he says chuckling. Allan Doctor, M.D., director of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, tends to Manning Layne Doctor arrived at the pediatric Scott, a young patient in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at St. Louis Children's Hospital, intensive-care specialty indirectly accompanied by Amanda Lee, M.D., a third-year pediatric resident. "What stands out the most about after his initial residency training Allan is that he is the kind of person who will be up all night in the ICU taking care of patients and up all in emergency medicine at the the next day doing research," said Benjamin M. Gaston, M.D., professor of pediatrics at the University of University of Pittsburgh. Virginia. "It's hard to contain his enthusiasm for just about anything he does."

intensivist and to work in a labo- in Boston were here, and I came ratory studying how blood vessels out to see why," he says. "It was Finding meaning in medicine get injured in the lung in early immediately obvious. I was sepsis. While there, he went to completely blown away by the "I had a difficult time choosing or failure, accidents, severe infec- hear a lecture by a visiting scientist environment at the medical Allan Doctor seeks which specialty I wanted to pur- tions, cancer or any condition about how signaling by red blood school, St. Louis Children's sue," Doctor says. "I really liked that requires close monitoring. cells governs the redistribution in Hospital and the health system to restore potential taking care of children, but I also "It is very fulfilling to see regional blood flow that occurs overall. I found a very open and enjoyed the challenge of adult these children do well, which during exercise. collaborative environment and in critically ill critical-care medicine. While I was they do most of the time, As it turned out, the visiting world-class resources for the in school at the University of thought it is very saddening scientist had a trainee at UVa, research I wanted to do." children Virginia, pediatric critical-care when they don't," he says. "At the Benjamin M. Gaston, M.D., who Schwartz says Doctor is a medicine had not yet fully same time, involvement in these was studying the impact of inflam- "terrific addition" to the developed." challenging cases can be very mation upon nitric oxide metabo- WUSTL community. During a rotation at the meaningful when you see that lism in the airway of asthma pa- "Allan Doctor is one of that Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, the care they receive is making tients and the effect on airway rare breed of individuals who is Doctor followed patients from the things better than they would be smooth muscle. Doctor proposed a passionate and outstanding emergency room to the intensive- otherwise. If we can't cure the that the same biochemical phe- clinician and educator and as care unit. "The clouds parted, and problem, we can at least ease nomenon may disrupt the control well a creative and insightful I knew this is what I wanted to do," suffering or help the family cope of vascular smooth muscle during investigator," Schwartz says. Allan Doctor he says. with a devastating outcome, systemic inflammation. He joined "On a personal note, he has Because there wasn't a clear which can be just as important." this lab and discovered that red boundless energy and real path from emergency medicine to blood cells are injured in severe desire to make an impact in the Family: Wife, Dahven White; son, Seeking the root Reid, 10, the city chess champion in pediatric critical care, Doctor infections and that these abnormal field — on behalf of children." his age group; and daughters Chase, worked with Harvard University of a disorder red blood cells then interfere with Doctor says he is grateful to 8, and Moxie, 3 and Children's Hospital Boston to Doctor's research explores the normal vascular control and sig- have sufficient resources to both create a custom program that control of blood-flow distribu- naling in the lung microcircu- pursue bench science and de- Education: B.A., 1984, M.D., 1989, entailed six years of training in lation. velop new programs for pediat- University of Virginia; residencies: tion in the body. general pediatrics, pediatric emer- "There is a very important Gaston, now professor of pedi- ric critical care in clinical University of Pittsburgh, 1992, gency medicine and pediatric atrics at UVa, says the most re- medicine. Harvard University/Children's Hospital efficiency in our circulatory critical care as well as a research system in that blood flow routes markable thing about Doctor is "There are very few places Boston, 1996; fellowships: Harvard fellowship. his boundless energy to do both where the hospital runs University/Children's Hospital Boston, to areas in the body where there "This was the kind of medicine is specific demand and away clinical work and research. smoothly enough that a practic- pediatric emergency medicine, 1994, I enjoy," he says. "There is so much "What stands out the most ing intensivist can also pursue and pediatric critical care, 1999 from areas where there is not," he potential in a child, and it is tragic says. "Loss of control in this about Allan is that he is the kind an investigative career, and Hobbies: spending time with family, when that potential is cut short by routing and disordered distribu- of person who will be up all night that's another reason I wanted watching his children's sporting a serious illness. Striving to restore tion of regional blood flow are in the ICU taking care of patients to come here," he says. events, Latin dancing at the Atomic that potential in very ill children is signatures of early shock and and up all the next day doing Doctor had to do a bit more Cowboy, traveling to the beach, skiing, particularly fulfilling, and I knew organ failure. We're basically research," Gaston says. "He is convincing with his family, playing squash, waterskiing and that's what I wanted to do." helpless in trying to deal with certainly someone who thinks and particularly his wife, Dahven visiting area parks, museums and the Doctor's patients range from this, and I was seeing patients lives outside the box, which is White, and their children, who Saint Louis Zoo newborns to 18-year-olds who are slip through our fingers because partly a function of his overall were very happy in Charlottes- in the unit after organ transplants of this problem." energy level. It's hard to contain ville. Doctor says St. Louis has During his his enthusiasm for just about exceeded his family's expec- training in anything he does." tations. "We're thrilled to be here," Boston, Doctor A skeptical move began studying Doctor says. "I miss living in abnormal re- "I was very happy at the University the mountains and being near gional blood flow of Virginia and was making prog- the coast, but it's more than in the lungs of ress in the lab, but I missed work- balanced by easy access to children with ing in a dedicated children's hospi- fantastic parks, the ease of severe infections tal and was looking for a platform getting around the city, the and worked on a to develop some new clinical welcoming community and technique called programs," Doctor says. "About great culture." liquid breathing, this time I met Alan (L.) Schwartz Dahven, an architect by a form of artifi- (Ph.D., M.D., the Harriet B. trade and an essayist, is renovat- cial respiration in Spoehrer Professor and chair ing the family's Central West which a patient of Pediatrics at the School of End home and writing. It was "breathes" an Medicine) at a retreat. I was talk- her writing that brought the two oxygen-rich ing with him one night after the of them together. liquid rather meeting and later realized I was While Doctor was doing his than air. being interviewed for the division residency in Boston, he read a After com- director position here." column the Seattle-based pleting his train- Doctor says he accepted Dahven had written that in- ing, he joined the Schwartz's invitation to visit the trigued him so much he sent faculty at the School of Medicine out of respect her a fan letter. The two corre- University of but was skeptical about the sponded for about six months Virginia (UVa) Midwest. before they met. They have been The Doctor family: (from left) wife, Dahven White; children Moxie, 3, Reid, 10, and "A lot of people I'd trained with married 11 years. Chase, 8; and Allan. as a pediatric