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^Jfehington University in St Louis Jan. 22, 2009 record.wustl.edu Wihl to become dean of faculty of Arts & Sciences

BY SUSAN KILLENBERG MCGINN "Gary Wihl brings his many talents as candidates of great merit, I can say with support of an intellectually diverse group," both an accomplished scholar and an expe- confidence that Gary is exactly the academic said James V. Wertsch, Ph.D., the Marshall Gary S. Wihl, Ph.D., dean of Rice rienced administrator to Washington leader we were looking for and who will S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences, who University's School of Humanities and University at a very important time in our enjoy great support among the key constitu- co-chaired the advisory committee. "Gary a highly respected scholar and aca- history," Wrighton said. "I am grateful for encies of Arts & Sciences — faculty, stu- Wihl did. He brought exciting ideas to the demic leader, will become dean of the fac- the excellent work of those on the advisory dents, staff and alumni. table about the opportunities and challenges ulty of Arts & Sciences July 1, according to committee for identifying such an outstand- "He brings to this that will face all of us. We also found Gary Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. ing candidate to fill this important role on position the right mix of to be someone who understands the broader Wihl will succeed Ralph S. Quatrano, the University's senior leadership team. qualities, values and societal context in which universities work Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin Professor and "We are excited about the prospect of experience, including his and ways to shape, rather than just react to, former chair of the Department of Biology working with Gary Wihl and will value the multidisciplinary out- this context. This has been a key to the in Arts & Sciences. Quatrano has been intellectual leadership he will bring to Arts look, proven commit- major successes he has had in fund raising. serving as interim dean of the faculty of & Sciences and to the University more ment to fostering diver- "The committee was convinced that Gary Arts & Sciences since July 1,2008, when broadly," Wrighton said. sity and outstanding will bring thoughtful new perspectives to Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., was selected to "As co-chair of the 16-member Advisory fund-raising record," she everything from the graduate and under- become provost and executive vice chancel- Committee on the Appointment of the Dean Wihl said. "I am delighted graduate curriculum, to research, to fund lor for academic affairs. of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, I am that Gary has agreed to raising for the sciences, social sciences and Macias, the Barbara and David Thomas thrilled to convey our enthusiastic support guide us forward in these challenging humanities at Washington University," Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, for Gary's appointment," said Elzbieta times." said Wertsch, who also is director of the served as dean of the faculty of Arts & Sklodowska, Ph.D., the Randolph Family "We had a very large committee repre- McDonnell International Scholars Academy Sciences for 15 years prior to his appoint- Professor in Arts & Sciences. "After thor- senting every part of the Arts & Sciences, so and of International & Area Studies. ment to his new position. oughly reviewing a large and diverse pool of candidates had to inspire and win the See Wihl, Page 7

Liver fat, not body shape, is main factor in heart woes BY JIM DRYDEN pears or apples, it was fat in the liver that influenced metabolic For years, pear-shaped people risk. who carry weight in the thighs "Abdominal fat is not the best and backside have been told they marker for risk," Klein said. "It are at lower risk for high blood appears liver fat is the real marker. pressure and heart disease than Abdominal fat probably has been apple-shaped people who carry fat cited in the past because it tends in the abdomen. to track so closely with liver fat. But new findings from School But if you look at people where of Medicine nutrition researchers the two don't correspond — with suggest body-shape comparisons excess fat in the liver but not in don't completely explain the risk. the abdomen and vice versa — In two studies, researchers the only thing that consistently report excess liver fat appears to predicts metabolic derangements be the real key to insulin resis- is fat in the liver." tance, cholesterol abnormalities In a second study, Klein's team and other problems that contrib- found nonalcoholic fatty liver ute to diabetes and cardiovascular disease was related to the release disease. Having too much fat of larger amounts of fatty acids stored in the liver is known as into the bloodstream that were, in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. turn, linked to elevated triglycer- "Since obesity is so much more ides and to insulin resistance, a common now, both in adults and key precursor to type 2 diabetes. Remembering MLK Members of Afriky Lolo, a nationally acclaimed West African dance company in children, we are seeing "Multiple organ sys- located in St. Louis, perform during WUSTL's 22nd annual celebration honoring Martin Luther King a corresponding increase tems become resistant to Jr. Jan. 19 in Graham Chapel. Titled "Shattering Ceilings: Celebrating Success in Pursuit of 'The in the incidence of non- insulin in these adoles- Dream'," the event featured remarks from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Camille A. Nelson, alcoholic fatty liver cent children with fatty visiting professor of law, as well as performances from the University City High School Jazz Band disease," said senior liver disease," he said. and WUSTL student groups Black Anthology, Visions Gospel Choir, Sur Awaaz South Asian a investigator Samuel "The liver becomes cappella group and The Greenleafs female a cappella group. Adrienne Glore, former associate dean Klein, M.D., the resistant to insulin, and of students, and Judy Bentley, president and CEO of Community Health-ln-Partnership Services of Danforth Professor of muscle tissue does, too. St. Louis, were presented with the Rosa L. Parks Award for Meritorious Service to the Community. Medicine and This tells us fat in the Nutritional Science. liver is a marker for "That can lead to serious Klein metabolic problems Carnaghi, Carroll, Glass and Steiner-Lang promoted liver disorders such as throughout the entire cirrhosis in extreme cases, but system." BY NEIL SCHOENHERR community is fortunate to have curricular activities for students. more often it tends to have meta- The findings indicate that many talented people providing a She works closely with the Office bolic consequences." children and adults with fatty Four top WUSTL administrators great experience for our students," of Student Activities, the Com- Klein, who heads the Division liver disease should be targeted have received promotions, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton said. munity Services Office, event of Geriatrics and Nutritional for intensive interventions, Klein announced James E. McLeod, vice "Jill, Justin, Kathy and Alan are services, the Greek life office, Science and runs the Center for said. Those who are obese but chancellor for students and dean dedicated, talented and highly student organizations and campus Human Nutrition, studied obese don't have fatty liver disease still of the College of Arts & Sciences. valued contributors here. It is ministers. She also serves as ad- adolescents. They were divided should be encouraged to lose Jill Carnaghi, Ph.D., assistant rewarding to everyone in our viser to the Student Union. into two groups: obese with exces- weight, but those with evidence vice chancellor for students and community to see the success of She received the 2004 Excel- sive liver fat and those with no of fatty liver are at particularly dean of campus life, and Justin these leaders." lence in Practice Award from the evidence of fatty liver disease. The high risk for heart disease and Carroll, assistant vice chancellor "All of these people have American College Personnel groups were matched by age, sex, diabetes and need to be treated for students and dean of students, worked tirelessly for the benefit of Association and the 2007 Richard body mass index, body fat per- aggressively with therapies to have each been promoted to asso- the University and its students," Caple Professional Award from the centage and degree of obesity. help them lose weight. ciate vice chancellor. McLeod said. "We want stable Missouri College Personnel The researchers determined "Fatty liver disease is com- Kathy Steiner-Lang, director of leadership in place so we are ready Association. that children with fatty liver dis- pletely reversible," he said. "If you the Office for International Stu- for the challenges that lie ahead Carnaghi came to WUSTL ease also had abnormalities in lose weight, you quickly eliminate dents and Scholars, and Alan and for the next phase of our from the University of Vermont, glucose and fat metabolism, in- fat in your liver. As little as two I. Glass, M.D., director of the development. I think these four where she was director of residen- cluding lower levels of HDL cho- days of calorie restriction can Habif Health and Wellness Center, are certainly up to that task." tial life from 1991-97. She earned a lesterol, the so-called good choles- improve the situation dramati- have each been promoted to assis- Carnaghi has been at the Uni- doctorate in higher education terol. Those without a fatty liver cally, and, as fat in the liver is tant vice chancellor. versity since 1997. Her areas of administration from Indiana did not have markers of metabolic reduced, insulin sensitivity and "The Washington University responsibility emphasize co- See Promotions, Page 2 problems. Whether shaped like metabolic problems irrtDrove." WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL LIBRARY 2 RECORD WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Writer Naomi Klein opens spring Assembly Series

BY BARBARA REA war won the James Aronson studies in future scientific and medical Award for Social Justice English in Arts breakthroughs. For the past two Speakers covering such di- Journalism. The documentary she 8c Sciences, at decades, Alivisatos, Ph.D., has verse subjects as science, co-produced with Avi Lewis 11 a.m. Feb. 20 been at the forefront of this revo- entrepreneurship, film and called "The Take," reporting on in the Women's lution. In his talk for the Arthur mathematics will take center Argentina's occupied factories, Building Holly Compton Lecture, he will stage during the spring 2009 won the Best Documentary Jury Formal describe his work and the promise Assembly Series. Prize at the American Film Lounge. it holds for creating new imaging The programs will be present- Institute's Film Festival. Jonathan tools. ed in a variety of venues and at The lecture will be followed by Schaeffer, Robert Osserman, 4 p.m. Klein Lee Spurlock various times, including the a panel discussion scheduled at 11 a.m. March 25, Steinberg Auditorium traditional Wednesday 11 a.m. 2 p.m. in the Women's Building Feb. 18, The St. Louis Gateway Arch is slot. Formal Lounge. The discussion Her talk, "My Culture Is Pop Steinberg Auditorium not only a monumental architec- Kicking off the spring series is will continue to explore the issues Culture," is sponsored by the Schaeffer is a computer scientist tural structure, it's also a math- the annual Chancellors Fellow- Klein will raise in the lecture. Asian American Association. who created the Chinook Project, ematical marvel. Osserman, Ph.D., ship Lecture featuring Naomi Janice Radway, noon the 18-year project to build a a distinguished mathematician, Klein at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Spring 2009 schedule Feb. 17, Women's Building computer program capable of will explore the concepts involved Jan. 28, in Graham Chapel. Her Maxine Clark, 5 p.m. Feb. 5, Formal Lounge winning the human World in the Arch's design. talk is on "The Present and Future Graham Chapel Radway is known as a cul- Checkers Championship. In his Morgan Spurlock, of Capitalism." In 1997, Clark turned a tural historian and literary William C. Ferguson Lecture, April 1 or 2, location and In columns and best-selling unique concept into a multi- scholar who examines the art as "Computer (and Human) time TBA books, Klein writes about global million dollar success story. The well as the act of reading. The Perfection at Checkers," he will For filmmaker Spurlock, social ills, such as the detrimental founder of Build-A-Bear Work- author of "Reading the Ro- discuss the interplay between "keeping it real" is more than just effects of brand-oriented consum- shop updated the traditional mance" and "A Feeling for people and technology — the story a phrase — it's the philosophy that erism and unconstrained free- teddy bear and made it interac- Books" looks at the excitement of man versus machine — for drives him to write, direct and star market capitalism. tive. In just 11 years, she has and satisfaction of "middle- supremacy at checkers. in his documentaries. Her third and most recent grown the business from one brow" reading. The Legacy of George Spurlock gained fame in 2005 book, "The Shock Doctrine: The store to more than 400 Radway will speak on Washington: A Panel Discussion, with the Oscar-nominated "Super Rise of Disaster Capitalism," worldwide. "Zines, Half-Lives, and After- 6 p.m. Feb. 18, Women's Building Size Me," an indictment of challenges the ideology espoused She will field questions on the Lives: On the Temporalities of Formal Lounge Americans' unhealthy eating by Milton Friedman and his role of entrepreneurship in the Social and Political Change." To commemorate the anniver- habits in fast food restaurants. His followers that free-market poli- current economy and participate Her talk is one of three speakers sary of George Washington's 277th film "Where in the World Is cies create democratic nations. in the Olin Cup awards ceremo- for this year's Interdisciplinary birthday, WUSTL scholars will Osama Bin Laden?" was released Rather, she sees free-market ny. This program and ceremony Project in the Humanities examine the legend versus the real in 2008. This presentation is being capitalism as the opposite, creat- are being hosted by the Skan- Lecture Series. man and consider whether the sponsored by Congress of the ing economic opportunists who dalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Other speakers include philosophical and moral ambigui- South 40. use misery and disasters to push Studies. Lynne Tatlock, Ph.D., the ties he wrestled with during his Theresa Wilson, 11 a.m. through economic policies that Lela Lee, 4 p.m. Feb. 11, Hortense and Tobias Lewin lifetime have modern implica- April 15, Graham Chapel benefit themselves, not the Graham Chapel Distinguished Professor in the tions. Wilson is leading thousands of people. Through her cartoons, short Humanities in Germanic Panelists are David Konig, women in some of the poorest Klein also writes a syndicated films and Internet comic series, Languages and Literatures in Ph.D., professor of history in Arts countries out of poverty with her column for The Nation and The Lee has found creative outlets for Arts & Sciences, at noon Feb. 18 & Sciences and professor of law, nonprofit organization, The Guardian, distributed interna- expressing her feelings as a mi- in the Women's Building Formal and Andrew Rehfield, Ph.D., asso- Blessing Basket Project. tionally by The New York Times nority in America. Lee also is an Lounge; and Miriam Bailin, ciate professor and director of The concept, connecting basket Syndicate. Her 2004 article for actress whose credits include the Ph.D., associate professor and undergraduate studies in political weavers directly with consumers, Harper's Magazine on the Iraq popular television series "Scrubs." director of undergraduate science in Arts 8c Sciences. translates a simple purchase into A Discussion About Race, one that makes a big impact. 4 p.m. Feb. 25, location TBA The Women's Society of residence houses, creating un- in health care. In mid-January, several spon- Washington University Adele Promotions precedented interaction between Steiner-Lang directs the Office sors brought the Human Race Starbird Lecture, "Making a students and faculty. for International Students and Machine to campus with the hope Purchase that Makes a Difference: All have 'worked Carroll earned a bachelor's Scholars, whose mission is to of creating a new way of discussing The Blessing Baskets Project," will tirelessly'for students degree in political science and provide social, cultural and aca- race. In February, members of the close the Spring 2009 Assembly Series. - from Page 1 history in 1972 from Bene- demic support; English-language sponsoring groups will converge dictine College in Atchison, instruction; and information on for an informal discussion. All Assembly Series programs Kan. He earned a secondary governmental regulations. It also Paul Alivisatos, 11 a.m. are free and open to the public. University. teaching certificate at the facilitates cross-cultural under- March 4, Graham Chapel For more information about indi- Carroll joined the University University of Missouri-St. Louis standing within WUSTL and the Nanoscience and its applica- vidual events, visit assemblyseries. in 1981 as director of student in 1974 and a master's degree in St. Louis metropolitan area. tions will play a major role in wustl.edu or call 935-5285. activities. In 1986, he was named college student development in Steiner-Lang and her office associate dean of students and 1979 from Southern Illinois provide services for undergradu- acting director of residential life. University Carbondale. ates, graduate students, post- He was appointed acting dean of In addition to being director doctoral students and faculty and Inclement weather information student affairs in 1992 and was of the Habif Health and Wellness staff members. named dean in 1993. Center on the Danforth Cam- In 1996, she was named work- Should weather conditions Separate announcements will In his new role, Carroll will be pus, Glass also is assistant pro- ing chair of NAFSA: The create potentially hazardous be made regarding the Danforth working with sports and recre- fessor of clinical psychiatry at Association of International travel conditions, Washington Campus (which includes all ation, the residential life center the School of Medicine. He is Educators, an organization that University will evaluate the campuses other than the and the Habif Health and vice president of the American promotes the exchange of stu- situation and take into consider- Medical Campus), the Medical Wellness Center. College Health Association. dents and scholars to and from ation the safety of the faculty, Campus and evening school During his tenure, particularly A graduate of the University the United States, and remains a staff and students as well as the classes. in the past decade, the student of Minnesota Medical School, he member of the group. services that must be provided These announcements will environment has seen numerous completed a pediatric residency International enrollment has despite the inclement weather. apply only to Washington enhancements. Undergraduates at Cincinnati Children's skyrocketed during Steiner-Langs In the unlikely event that University students, faculty and have gained several new resi- Hospital. He practiced emer- tenure. While 38 first-year stu- WUSTL alters the normal work staff. dence buildings on campus, all of gency medicine for several years dents were from other countries and/or class schedule, an an- The media outlets that would which are equipped with class- before entering the field of col- in 1992-93, students and faculty nouncement will be posted on air such an announcement are room and study spaces. Every lege health. now come from more than 125 the University's home page KTVI-TV Channel 2, KMOV- freshman floor has a faculty His areas of interest include countries around the world, and (wustl.edu), and a number of TV Channel 4, KSDK-TV associate, and five faculty mem- college health, sexual health, nearly 35 percent of freshmen are media outlets also will air an Channel 5, WSIE-FM (88.7) bers and their families have alcohol and prescription drug multicultural or international announcement. and KMOX-AM (1120). apartments and offices in the misuse and cultural competency students.

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BY GWEN ERICSON until later stages, most lung cancer patients we see have late-stage A vaccine designed to prevent cancer — stage III B or IV — so the recurrence of lung cancer the majority of lung cancer trials is now being tested in centers are designed for these patients." around the world, including the The vaccine contains Siteman Cancer Center. MAGE-A3 antigen particles along The vaccine stimulates the with compounds that cause in- immune system to destroy cells flammation. The inflammation that carry a tumor-specific antigen helps alert the immune system to called MAGE-A3. This antigen is the antigen and activate killer not present in normal tissue but is T-cells that can eradicate cells found in several cancer types, with the antigen on their surface. including 35 percent to 50 percent Only cancer cells have the antigen. of cases of the most common type Preliminary results in small of lung cancer, non-small cell lung trials have suggested that the cancer. vaccine does improve survival, but The MAGE-A3-based vaccine more data are needed to firmly answers a need for a highly effi- establish its effectiveness. cient and safe therapy for patients "With the MAGRIT trial, there who have undergone conventional will be a sufficient number of Picture Of health Friendly Village Apartments resident Catherine Hicks (left) receives a treatment for a participants to give a definitive bone-density test from Consuelo Wilkins, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and of psychiatry, primary tumor answer about which lung cancer as part of the Collaborative Assessments to Revitalize the Elderly (CARE) in Our Community but are at a patients will benefit from the Program. The program, funded by the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation, combines educational high risk of vaccine and the degree of benefit," seminars with free comprehensive medical screenings for osteoporosis, frailty and depression as relapse. Meyers said. well as personalized recommendations from medical professionals specializing in aging to help "The vac- Physicians and patients inter- older adults stay active, independent and healthy. The team includes experts from the School of cine takes ested in the MAGRIT trial can Medicine's Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, the George Warren Brown School of advantage of call 747-6969. Social Work, the Goldfarb College of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the St. Louis College the immune of Pharmacy. system's built- Meyers in ability to eliminate foreign materials and harmful Kahl, Murray, Pike receive Goldstein Awards cells," said Bryan Meyers, M.D., professor of surgery and chief of BY BETH MILLER numerous manner, his patience and depth the General Thoracic Surgery teaching of knowledge and his influence Section of the Division of The 2008 Samuel R. Goldstein awards. on their decision to choose Cardiothoracic Surgery. "This Leadership Awards in Medi- Erika careers in anesthesiology. natural process has few side ef- cal Student Education have been Crouch, "Dr. Murray is internation- fects, unlike traditional treatments awarded to Leslie Kahl, M.D.; M.D., Ph.D., ally recognized for his outstand- such as chemotherapy or radiation David Murray, M.D.; and Linda professor of ing contributions in relation to therapy.". Pike, Ph.D. pathology the development and implemen- Known as the MAGRIT The annual awards, which and immu- tation of clinical simulations," (MAGE-A3 as Adjuvant Non- recognize outstanding teaching nology and Crouch said. "These tools allow Small Cell Lung Cancer Immu- Kahl Murray Pike and commitment to medical chair of the students to fine-tune their skills notherapy) trial, the study will test education, are among the high- selection in a risk-free environment." the vaccine to determine whether est honors that School of Medi- acknowledges their important committee, said Kahl has also Pike is associate professor of it can prolong survival by delaying cine faculty can achieve. They contributions and dedication to made numerous contributions as biochemistry and molecular or preventing recurrence of lung were established in 2000 in training outstanding physicians associate dean for student affairs. biophysics. She is coursemaster cancer. The study involves more honor of Goldstein, a longtime and scientists. We are grateful to "She has worked tirelessly on for the first-year "Molecular than 400 centers in 33 countries, friend of the School of Samuel Goldstein for his gener- behalf of our students, investing and study leaders hope to enroll Foundations of Medicine" Medicine. 2,270 patients. ous gift allowing us to recognize great time and effort to provide course, which she reorganized It is estimated that 215,000 A selection committee made our faculty in this manner." additional guidance for students by increasing the clinical rel- men and women in the United up of faculty and a student Kahl is a professor of medi- who encounter difficulties dur- evance, reducing the number of States were diagnosed with lung representative from each class cine and associate dean for ing their preclinical or clinical lecturers, changing the nature of cancer in 2008. In people with reviews all submitted nomina- student affairs. She has been training," Crouch said. exams and introducing elec- lung cancer, the rate of recurrence tions and selects three awardees coursemaster of the rheumatol- Murray is the Carol B. and tronic presentations. Pike is also and death is high, making the based on incorporation of inno- ogy course for second-year Jerome T. Loeb Professor of a lecturer for the "Cell and five-year survival rate only about vative approaches to teaching medical students since 1992, Medicine, professor of anesthesi- Organ Systems Biology" course. 10 percent. and curriculum development, which includes a formal curricu- ology and director of the "These are demanding cours- The trial is open to people with commitment to enhance educa- lum in rheumatology and small- Clinical Simulation Program, es with a rapidly evolving cur- stage IB, II or IIIA non-small cell tional skills and teaching evalua- group sessions with patients. which he has spearheaded since ricula," Crouch said. "Dr. Pike lung cancer with MAGE-A3 posi- tions. The committee forwards Kahl teaches in all four years of 1996. continues to innovate in her tive tumors. Participants must its recommendations to Larry the medical school curriculum, Simulation-based training approach to teaching, making have undergone complete surgical J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice including oath-building in the programs designed by Murray materials available online to removal of their tumors within six chancellor for medical affairs first year, the second-year rheu- provide experiential learning students in new and convenient weeks of beginning the trial. and dean of the School of matology course, third-year opportunities for medical stu- ways." "This trial is one of the few that Medicine, for final approval. lectures in the internal medicine dents, interns and residents. Pike has received nearly a focuses on patients with less ad- "Drs. Kahl, Murray and Pike clerkship and hosting fourth- These unique training experi- dozen teaching awards from vanced lung cancer," said Meyers, exemplify the outstanding edu- year students in her rheumatol- ences allow medical students to students. who heads the MAGRIT trial at cation the School of Medicine ogy clinic. Students have rated acquire many skills directly Kahl, Murray and Pike will the School of Medicine. "Because offers our students," said the second-year course very applicable to patient care. be honored at Medical lung cancer has few symptoms Shapiro. "This award highly and have awarded her Students cite his relaxed Education Day in the spring. School works to reduce student debt through scholarships, loans

BY DIANE DUKE WILLIAMS based on personal interest, not salaries." financial aid will be the tuition they will pay all four years. Previously, the medical school required #* $30,000. The medical "Ours is one of only a handful of Tuition and fees at U.S. medical schools students to borrow a certain amount of school then funds schools that offers this benefit," says Robert have risen dramatically in the past 20 money before they could receive any schol- $15,000 in scholarships J. McCormack, assistant dean and director years, and students nationwide are going arships. Three years ago, the medical school and $15,000 in interest- of financial aid. into deeper debt to become physicians. began offering need-based scholarships free loans. Tuition at the medical school is compre- The School of Medicine is trying to along with loans starting with the first \«,~.^Jfk ^ee Years a8°>the hensive. It includes student health coverage, reverse the trend and has taken a number of dollar of need. ^M^t/r^^ medical school intro- hospitalization and long-term disability steps in recent years to reduce the debt of Need-based scholarships are determined W-dSL—^k duced a policy that insurance. its students. by a careful evaluation of detailed financial capped the amount of The medical school also offers 15-18 Dodson "We want to ensure that the School of information from the applicant and his or debt a student could merit scholarships each year. Medicine is within reach of students from her parents. To give an example of the new take on each year. Once "Increasing debt burdens medical stu- all segments of society," says W Edwin policies, 2008-09 costs for a student's first students reach $20,000 in debt in a year, dents and can have effects on the entire Dodson, M.D., associate vice chancellor year of medical school are $61,222. These they receive the rest of the money they need health-care system," Dodson says. "We and associate dean for admissions and for include tuition, room, board, books, trans- in scholarships. believe these steps to reduce student debt continuing medical education. "Reducing portation and other expenses. If the evalua- Additionally, the medical school's tuition will benefit not only our future physicians the debt of students also makes it more tion determines that the student and par- is stabilized, which means the tuition stu- but also the many patients they will take likely that students will choose specialties ents can contribute $31,222, the student's dents are charged as first-year students is care of during their careers." 4 RECORD WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS University Events

Kemper presents retrospective on Arch architect Saarinen Eero Saarinen was among the most prolific, the Future," the Sam unorthodox and controversial architects of Fox School of Design the 20th century, creator of the monumen- & Visual Arts will tal St. Louis Gateway Arch as well as sweepingly host a second exhibi- abstract terminals for New York's John F. Ken- tion in Steinberg Hah nedy International and Washington's Dulles titled "The Gateway International airports. Arch and St. Louis." Beginning at 7 p.m. fan. 30 with an opening It also opens at 7 p.m. reception, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Mu- Jan. 30 but runs seum will present "Eero Saarinen: Shaping the through March 9. Future," the first retrospective to explore the The Arch exhibit complete career of the acclaimed Finnish- will highlight the American architect. The exhibit will remain on history of the view at the Kemper Museum through April 27. St. Louis waterfront as In the 1940s and '50s, Saarinen developed well as selected sub- innovative construction techniques and de- missions to the 1947 ployed a highly personal, exuberant and often competition, includ- metaphorical aesthetic that defied Modernist ing Saarinen's own orthodoxies and gave iconic form to the postwar entry and his subse- American ideals of diversity, openness and quent drawings and models. A daylong sympo- unbounded freedom — ideals that persist to this sium of the same title will take place day. Jan. 31. At the same time, though often celebrated as In addition, the Kemper Art Museum will a lone, heroic creator, Saarinen worked fre- sponsor "1,000 Arches," a community project quently and enthusiastically with other archi- that invites the public to create short films in- tects, artists, engineers and clients to create spired by the Gateway Arch. Selected entries cohesive, harmonious environments across a will be screened at the museum April 18. wide range of architectural scales. "Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future" was "Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future" compre- organized by the Finnish Cultural Institute in hensively examines both aspects of Saarinen's New York, the Museum of Finnish Architecture oeuvre, investigating the aesthetic, cultural and in Helsinki and the National Building Museum political significance of his work within the in Washington, D.C., with the support of the larger context of postwar modern architecture Yale University School of Architecture. while also exploring the personal and working Donald Albrecht curates the exhibition in relationships between the architect and his conjunction with an international consortium of many collaborators. Finnish and American scholars. Peter MacKeith, Drawn largely from the archives of Saarinen's associate dean of the Sam Fox School of Design office, exhibits include drawings and full-scale & Visual Arts and associate professor of archi- building mock-ups of more than 50 built and tecture, serves as St. Louis coordinator for "Eero proposed projects — from private residences to Saarinen: Shaping the Future." religious and educational buildings to large- MacKeith also collaborated with Eric scale urban planning projects such as airports Mumford, Ph.D., associate professor of archi- and corporate headquarters — as well as photo- tecture, to curate "The Gateway Arch and graphs, personal documents, press clippings, St. Louis." films and other ephemera. Both the opening reception and the two The resulting portrait shows the architect to exhibitions are free and open to the public. have been guided by a clear vision of modern For more information on "Eero Saarinen: life as a constant collaborative dialogue. Shaping the Future," call 935-4523 or visit Saarinen also emerges as a media-sawy man in kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu. The last piece of the Gateway Arch is lifted into place Oct. 28,1965, giving full command of the most sophisticated archi- For more information on "The Gateway St. Louis an instantly iconic symbol. A retrospective of the innovative work of tectural and design strategies of his day. Arch and St. Louis," call 935-9300 or visit its acclaimed architect, Eero Saarinen (inset), opens at the Mildred Lane In conjunction with "Eero Saarinen: Shaping samfoxschool.wustl.edu. Kemper Art Museum Jan. 30. Periklean Acropolis • Translating Poetry • Leisure Time

"University Events" lists a portion of the Extraction from the Mantle?" David 4 p.m. Vision Science Seminar Series. "Use 4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar activities taking place Jan. 22-Feb. 4 at Kohlstedt, prof, of geology and geophysics, of First and Second Generation Activatable Series. "Learning Tolerance From Cancer: Washington University. Visit the Web for U. of Minn. Earth & Planetary Sciences How to submit Probes for Imaging RGC Apoptosis." The Lesson of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor expanded calendars for the Danforth Bldg., Rm. 203.935-5610. 'University Events' Edward Barnett, assoc. prof, of ophthalmol- Cells." Enzo Bronte, Venetian Inst. for Campus (news-info.wustl.edu/calendars) ogy and visual sciences. Maternity Bldg., Molecular Medicine, Italy. Farrell Learning and the School of Medicine (medschool. Rm. 725.362-3315. & Teaching Center, Connor Aud. 362-2763. wustl. edu/calendars. html). Friday, Jan. 23 5:30 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity and 9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "The fj-' ubmit "University Events" Arrhythmia Center Seminar. "Cardiac Very Hungry Parasite: Progress Against Friday, Jan. 30 Ct items to Angela Hall of the KATP Channels: New Twists on an Old Malaria in the 21st Century." Audrey Odom, 9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Sarah Record staff via: Conundrum." Colin G. Nichols, prof, of instructor of pediatrics. Clopton Aud., Tycast, instructor of pediatrics. Clopton cell biology & physiology. Whitaker Hall, 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006. e-mail — recordcalendar Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006. Exhibits Rm. 218.935-7887. 11 a.m. Computer Science and Engineering @wustl.edu 11 a.m. Energy, Environmental and "Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future." Colloquium. "Dynamic Ideal Point campus mail — Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. Tuesday, Feb. 3 Through April 27. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Estimation and Ideological Change on the Campus Box 1070 "Occurrence and Behavior of Prions in the U.S. Supreme Court." Andrew Martin, prof, Environment." Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, asst. 4:30 p.m. Freedom From Smoking Class. Museum. 935-4523. fax —935-4259 of law. Cupples II Hall, Rm. 217.935-6160. prof, of civil engineering, U. of Neb. at "Quit Day." Center for Advanced Medicine, "The Gateway Arch and St. Louis." Through Upon request, forms for Lincoln. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 935-5548. Barnard Health and Cancer Info. Center. 11 a.m. Energy, Environmental and March 9. Steinberg Hall Architecture submitting events will be e-mailed, To register: 362-7844. Gallery. 935-4523. Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. Noon. Cell Biology and Physiology Seminar. "Perchlorate-Reducing Gene Targets for mailed or faxed to departments to be "Molecules and Morphogenesis: BMPs, the Biological Treatment Applications." Mary Jo filled out and returned. Actin Cytoskeleton and Matrix Organization Wednesday, Feb. 4 Kirisits, asst. prof, of civil, architectural and Deadline for submissions in Lens Placode Formation and Pagi- 11 a.m. Electrical & Systems Engineering environmental engineering, U. of Texas at is noon the Thursday prior to nation." David C. Beebe, prof, of Seminar. "Joint Prediction of RNA Austin. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101.935-5548. ophthalmology and visual sciences. Lectures publication date. Secondary Structure." Gaurav Sharma, McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Noon. Cell Biology and Physiology Seminar. assoc. prof, of electrical and computer Rm. 426.362-6950. Thursday, Jan. 22 "Intracellular FGFs Novel Regulators of engineering, U. of Rochester. Bryan Hall, Membrane Excitability." Jeanne M. Rm. 305.935-5565. Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Ctiemoreception Nerbonne, prof, of developmental biology. Failure and Cardiac Resynchronization Saturday, Jan. 31 in Drosophila." John Carlson, prof, of McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Therapy." Niraj Varma, cardiovascular 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Kemper Art Museum molecular, cellular and developmental Rm. 426. 362-6950. medicine, Cleveland Clinic. Whitaker Hall, biology, Yale U. McDonnell Medical Rm. 218.935-7887. Symposium. "The Gateway Arch and St. Louis." Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-4523. Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823.362-2139. Sunday, Jan. 25 And More Noon. School of Law "Access to Justice" Tuesday, Jan. 27 Public Interest Law Speaker Series. 4:30 p.m. Art History and Archaeology Monday, Feb. 2 Lecture. George E. Mylonas Memorial 4:30 p.m. Freedom From Smoking Class. Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 11 a.m. Electrical & Systems Engineering Monday, Feb. 2 Lecture. "The Uses of the Past on Periklean "Wanting to Quit." Center for Advanced Commemorative Lecture. "The Civil Rights Seminar. "Automated Prostate Cancer Acropolis." Jeffrey M. Hurwit, U. of Ore. Medicine, Barnard Health and Cancer Info. 6-10 p.m. Marrow Registry Drive. (Also Dimensions of Prisoner Reentry: The Localization with Multispectral MRI." Iman Brown Hall Aud. 423.3900. Center. To register: 362-7844. 6-10 p.m. Feb. 3.) Wohl Student Center, Impact on Individuals, Families and Samil Yetik, asst. prof, of electrical and Friedman Lounge. For information: Communities." Michael Pinard, prof, of computer engineering, III. Inst. of [email protected]. law, U. of Md. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Monday, Jan. 26 Wednesday, Jan. 28 Technology. Bryan Hall, Rm. 305.935-5565. Cave Moot Courtroom. 935-7567. Noon. Work, Families and Public Policy 4 p.m. East Asian Studies Lecture. "Through Noon. School of Law "Access to Justice" Friday, Jan. 30 3:30 p.m. Whitney R. Harris World Law Brown Bag Seminar Series. "Institutions, a Glass, Darkly: Is Translating Poetry Public Interest Law Speaker Series. Institute Seminar. "The Visible and Social Norms and Bargaining Power: An Possible?" Janine Beichman, prof, of "Immigration: Enough Enforcement? The 7 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Opening Invisible World of International Claims Analysis of Individual Leisure Time in Japanese Literature, Daito Bunka U. Crackdown and the Policy Options for the Celebration. "Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Tribunals." Seigle Hall, Rm. 109.935-7988. Couple Households." Leslie Stratton, assoc. Duncker Hall, Rm. 201, Hurst Lounge. New Administration." Julia Preston, Future." Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523. 935-4448. 4 p.m. Vision Science Seminar Series. prof, of economics, Va. Commonwealth U. journalist, New York Times. Co-sponsored "Tuning Retinal Function With Inhibition Seigle Hall, Rm. 348.935-4918. by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot and Transporter Activity." Peter 4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Thursday, Jan. 29 Courtroom. 935-7567. Lukasiewicz, prof, of ophthalmology and Series. "Epithelia Morphogenesis in Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Cellular visual sciences. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. Development and Disease." Greg Responses to Physiologic DNA Double 3 p.m. Siteman Cancer Center Neuro- On Stage 362-3315. Longmore, prof, of medicine. Farrell Stranded Breaks Generated in Developing oncology Seminar Series. "Stem Cells, 4:15 p.m. Earth & Planetary Sciences Learning and Teaching Center, Connor Aud. Lymphocytes." Barry Sleckman, prof, of Developmental Signaling Cascades and Saturday, Jan. 24 Colloquium. Stephen Zatman Memorial 362-2763. pathology and immunology. McDonnell Brain Tumors." Charles Eberhart, assoc. prof, of neuropathology, Johns Hopkins U. 11 a.m. ovations for young people series. Colloquium. "Shearing Melt of the Earth: 5:30 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity and Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. South Bldg., Rm. 3907, Philip Needleman "Masked Marvels & Wondertales." Cost: An Experimentalist's Perspective on the Arrhythmia Center Seminar. "The 362-2139. Library. 454-8981. $10. Edison Theatre. 935-6543. Influence of Deformation on Melt Electrophysiological Substrate of Heart record.wustl.edu WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Jan. 22,2009 5

Film scholar launches Sports Faculty Fellows series Men's basketball

BY LIAM OTTEN 300 of the Danforth University unbeaten in UAA Center. The men's basketball team scored I ecent blockbuster films and The workshop will examine 12 unanswered points to start and . television events devoted to the construction of affect in melo- never looked back en route to a RI World War II and its after- drama, drawing on brief, pre- 79-58 win over University Athletic math have claimed to break new circulated readings and specific Association (UAA) foe Emory ground by breaking taboos on the examples taken largely from the University Jan. 18. representation of German suffer- history of German cinema. It was a historic game for ing while also emphasizing an The Center for the Humanities' senior Sean Wallis, who finished emotional engagement with the Faculty Fellowships are designed the game with 11 points and eight past, particularly through forms of to provide both physical and assists, passing Matt Tabash for sympathy and empathy. intellectual environments for third place in assists all-time. Yet the work of Alexander innovative, interdisciplinary Tabash had 429 career assists in Kluge, the German director and scholarship and teaching. four seasons (1999-2003) on the writer, predates these develop- Winners are selected by a panel of Danforth Campus. ments by several decades. Indeed, University faculty and outside The Bears have now won Kluge's films and stories — which reviewers. 74 consecutive games when hold- have explored questions of war Each fellow will spend a se- ing an opponent under 60 points. and suffering since the late 1960s mester in-residence with the The win was the 490th of head — reveal both the taboo thesis and center, researching a new book coach Mark Edwards' career, and the "emotional turn" in historical project while attending a variety the Bears are now 42-3 (.933) at representation to be little more of presentations and delivering home since the 2005-06 season, than marketing devices in the race one formal, public lecture about including a 5-0 mark this year. for new media content and their work. With 11 games remaining in its formats. The 2009 series schedule: regular-season slate, WUSTL has On Jan. 27, Johannes von Feb. 10. Guinn Batten, Ph.D., clinched its school-record 25th- Moltke, Ph.D., professor of screen associate professor of English in consecutive winning season under arts and cultures at the University Arts & Sciences, will speak on Edwards. of Michigan, will speak on "Con- "Romanticism, Violence, and the Junior Aaron Thompson fusion of Feelings: War and Feminine in Contemporary Irish (14 points), sophomore Caleb Emotion in the Films of Alex- Poetry." Knepper (13), senior Tyler Nading ander Kluge" to kick off the Feb. 24. Penny M. Von (11) and Wallis (11) each scored Center for the Humanities' 2009 Eschen, Ph.D., professor of his- in double figures. With his 14 Faculty Fellows' Lecture and tory and American culture at the points, Thompson eclipsed 800 for Workshop Series. University of Michigan, will speak his career, now standing at 808 The talk begins at 4 p.m. in on "Cold War Nostalgia: From the over his three seasons on the Duncker Hall, Room 201, Hurst International Spy Museum Danforth Campus. Junior Aaron Thompson moved past the 800-point mark in his Lounge. Refreshments will be (Washington, D.C.) to 'Stalin In an 87-77 win over Case WUSTL career. He now has 808 points in nearly three seasons. provided. World,' Grutas Park, Lithuania." Western Reserve University Von Moltke — the first of six March 17. Andrea Friedman, Jan. 16, Nading dropped in 21 conference home games dating "B" cuts. The women's squad took speakers appearing for the Center Ph.D., associate professor of points, and Thompson added 19. back to the 2006-07 season. first in 10 events and featured for the Humanities this spring history in Arts & Sciences, will WUSTL finished the game WUSTL (11-3, 3-0 UAA) will 20 top three performances, and — was invited to campus by 2009 present "Bringing Anti-Coloni- with a 38-25 advantage on the put its seven-game winning the men's team won seven races, Faculty Fellow Jennifer Kap- alism Home: Gendering Puerto glass, outrebounding Case streak on the line at top-ranked with 16 top three finishes. czynski, Ph.D., assistant professor Rican Nationalism in the Early Western 25-9 in the second half. University of Rochester Friday, WUSTL has one final regular- of German and Film & Media Cold War." The No. 3 Bears (13-1, 3-0 Jan. 23. Rochester is 14-0 and 3-0 season meet before they compete Studies, both in Arts & Sciences. April 7. Kapczynski will speak UAA) begins a four-game road in the UAA. The teams split their at the University Athletic Associ- "Johannes von Moltke has on "Haunted Heimat: The Specter trip at Rochester Friday, Jan. 23. two meetings a year ago, with the ation (UAA) Championships. done pathbreaking work on of Male Violence in Postwar West home team prevailing in overtime WUSTL will face Principia Col- German cinema-of the 1950s, German Film." Women's basketball in both cases. lege Friday, Jan. 23, in Elsah, 111. on the negotiation of space and April 14. David L. Clark, wins seven straight modernity in the genre of the Ph.D., professor of English and Women's swimming Men's track wins 'Heimatfilm,' or 'homeland film,' " cultural studies as well as an The No. 20 women's basketball Kapczynski said. "His more recent associate member of the Health team defeated Case Western wins WU Invitational Rose-Hulman meet work on the place of emotion in Studies Program at McMaster Reserve University, 76-40, and The women's swim team finished The men's indoor track and field the negotiation of national history University in Canada, will present Emory University, 77-50, last first, and the men placed second team got off to a strong start to the in German cinema promises to "The Promise of Peace: Kant's weekend at the WU Field House. out of seven teams at the 25th 2009 season, winning the Rose- become another important contri- Wartime and the Tremulous Body With the two wins, the Bears Annual Washington University Hulman Double Dual meet in its bution to the field." of Philosophy." pushed their current winning Invitational meet Jan. 16 and 17. season opener Jan. 16 in Terre In addition to the talk, von All talks are free and open to streak to seven straight games and The women eclipsed NCAA Haute, Ind. Moltke will lead a workshop titled the public, though RSVPs are improved to 3-0 in the University provisional standards in three The women fell to defending "Cinematic Empathy" at noon requested. For more information, Athletic Association (UAA). races over the weekend, while the NCAA Division III champion Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the call 935-5576 or email cenhum@ WUSTL has now won 21 straight men's team met a pair of NCAA Illinois Wesleyan University, Graduate Center, located in Room artsci.wusd.edu. 78-66, at Rose-Hulman. The WUSTL men's and wom- en's indoor track and field teams will return to action Saturday, Fishman first up in Fox School's Public Lecture Series Jan. 24, at the Illinois College Snowbird Open in Jacksonville, 111. Beverly Fishman, head of the since 2002. otherwise noted. Dialogue about Community and painting department at the Since 2000, Fishman has had A 30-minute reception is held Soul With Brett Cook." Cranbrook Academy of Art, will more than a dozen one-person prior to each lecture. March 23. James Polshek, launch the Sam Fox School of exhibitions at galleries in New For more information, call senior design counsel, Polshek Campus Watch Design 8c Visual Arts' spring York, London, Paris, Berlin, 935-9300 or visit samfoxschool. Partnership Architects, New Chicago and Los Angeles. Recent York. The following incidents were reported to Public Lecture Series at 6:30 p.m. wustl.edu. University Police Jan. 13-19. Readers Thursday, Jan. 22. shows' include "Beverly Fishman: The Public Lecture Series March 30. Brad Cloepfil, who have information concerning these Fishman is a pioneering paint- Optical Unconscious" at the schedule: founder/principal, Allied Works incidents are urged to call 935-5555 er whose work combines abstrac- Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Jan. 30. Saarinen Exhibition Architecture, Portland, Ore. tion with the exploration of sci- Illinois University; "Op Art: Lecture. Billie Tsien and Tod April 2. Freund Fellow Jan. 13 ence, technology and medicine. Then and Now" at the Columbus Williams, partners, Tod Williams Lecture, co-sponsored by the Her latest work, featured in the Museum in Ohio; and "Dreaming Billie Tsien Architects, New York. Saint Louis Art Museum. Claudia 7:53 p.m. — A vehicle was exhibition "Beverly Fishman: of a More Better Future" at the 4 p.m., Steinberg Auditorium. Schmacke, artist, Henry L. and reported stolen from Millbrook New Paintings" at Bruno David Cleveland Art Institute Gallery. Feb. 2. Coral Courts Lecture. Natalie E. Freund Teaching Garage. Gallery Jan. 23-Feb. 28, is a vi- Fishman has been awarded Lindy Roy, founder, ROY Co., Fellow. 7 p.m., Saint Louis Art 8:32 p.m. — A damaged ve- brant barrage of information many honors, including a New York. Museum. hicle was found parked in derived from and alluding to Guggenheim Fellowship (2005), Feb. 16. Distinguished April 3. Andreas Huyssen, the Millbrook Garage. charted systems and functions of a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foun- Alumni Lecture. David Dowell, Villard Professor of German and the natural universe. dation Award (2003) and a Na- principal & director of business Comparative Literature, Jan. 15 She utilizes materials from tional Endowment for the Arts development, el dorado inc, Columbia University. "Urban 9:25 a.m. — An iPod was paint and silkscreen to polished Fellowship (1989). Kansas City, Mo. Imaginaries, the Modernist reported missing. and powder-coated metal to Her work has been reviewed Feb. 18. Yuko Shimizu, artist. Miniature, and the Feuilleton." manipulate light and color, illu- and profiled in numerous art Feb. 23. Steinberg Rededi- Presented with the Department Jan.16 minating themes addressing journals and scholarly publica- cation Lecture. Fred Tomaselli, of Germanic Languages and 10:35 a.m. — An iMac com- abstraction, technology, medicine tions and appears in public collec- artist. 4 p.m., Steinberg Literatures in Arts 8c Sciences, puter was reported missing from and the body. tions at the Columbus Museum Auditorium. 4 p.m. Duncker Hall, Room 201, Eads Hall. Fishman earned a bachelor of of Art, the Cranbrook Art Mu- March 2. W J. T. Mitchell, Hurst Lounge. fine arts from the Philadelphia seum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, Ph.D., the Gaylord Donnelley April 3. Lorcan O'Herlihy, Jan.17 College of Art in 1977 and a the Stamford Museum & Nature Distinguished Service Professor AIA, founder/principal, Lorcan 9:01 p.m. — A person reported master's in fine arts from Yale Center, the United Nations Em- of English and Art History, O'Herlihy Architects, Culver that her books were missing from University in 1980. bassy in Istanbul, Life Sciences University of Chicago. "The City, Calif. a rented locker in Olin Library. She taught at the College Institute at the University of Future of the Image." April 6. Paul Monaghan, of New Rochelle in New York, Michigan and the MacArthur March 16. Stanley Saitowitz, partner, Allford Hall Monaghan Additionally, University police the Maryland Institute College Foundation. senior partner/design principal, Morris, London. responded to three lost ID cards, of Art and Cranbrook Academy All talks in the Public Lecture Stanley Saitowitz/Natoma April 20. Marianne Burk- one accidental injury, one false of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Series are free, open to the public Architects Inc., San Francisco. halter & Christian Sumi, partner, fire alarm, one investigation, one where she has served as head and presented at 6:30 p.m. in March 18. Brett Cook, artist. burkhalter sumi architekten, recovered stolen item and one of the painting department Steinberg Hall Auditorium unless "Collaborative Aesthetics: A Zurich. sick case. 6 RECORD WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

Civil Justice Clinic client has sentence commuted A client of the School of Law's occurred," said third-year student Civil Justice Clinic convicted Anne Siarnacki. "Charity had for the murder of her abusive endured years of the most severe husband had her sentence com- abuse imaginable and, yet, was muted by former Missouri serving a sentence that would Gov. Matt Blunt in one of his keep her imprisoned and sepa- final gubernatorial acts. rated from her son until well into Since 2005, the clinic has her 50s. To have the opportunity worked to bring to light the ex- to work on such a case, where the treme physical and sexual vio- injustice was so clear, and to then lence that Charity Sue Carey be able to see true justice occur suffered at the hands of her hus- was a once-in-a-lifetime band. Carey was convicted before opportunity. much was known about "battered "My team was overjoyed to wife syndrome," and her 30-year hear that Gov. Blunt granted sentence for his murder would clemency and gave Charity a now be considered excessive. chance to start her life anew. We Thanks to the clinics efforts, all feel so fortunate to have played the sentence of Carey, 35, of a role in seeing justice at work," Sikeston, Mo., was commuted Siarnacki said. from 30 years to 10 years by Said Jane Aiken, J.D., a former Blunt, making Carey eligible for law school professor who was release in April. directing the clinic at the time it "The clinic and Ms. Carey took the case: "I am happy for received this incredible news on Charity. Clemency is always a Jan. 12," said Brendan Roediger, long shot. J.D., managing attorney for the "This success is due to clinic. "Ms. Carey was overtaken Brendan Roediger's and Kathy with joy, and her thoughts turned Goldwasser's instincts to pursue GOOd advice in these times Members of the St. Louis community listen to Bill Malek, immediately to reuniting with her all options for this case," Aiken president of Gateway Capital Mortgage Corp., speak about home ownership at a workshop, teenage son." said. which was part of "Financial Freedom Seminar: Achieving Economic Independence Through "When my fellow clinic stu- The Civil Justice Clinic oper- Education" on Jan. 17 in Brown Hall. The event, hosted by the Society of Black Student Social dents Tom Smith, Erin Nave, ates as a public interest law firm Workers at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., Emily Vance and I reviewed within the law school. In addition offered a variety of workshops on building wealth, repairing and maintaining good credit, Charity's case, we were shocked to Aiken, Roediger and Gold- purchasing a home or starting and expanding a business. by the injustice that had wasser, J.D., professor of law, many faculty, staff and students worked tirelessly on Carey's case. For more information about the clinic, visit law.wustl.edu/ Tuition, fees, room and board set for 2009-10 civiljustice. Undergraduate tuition will be previous years. On the other planning and job placement will be $37,800, an increase of $37,800 for the 2009-10 hand, they also reflect the realities support. A building project cur- $1,600 (4.4 percent) over the academic year — a $1,600 that we are all facing. Since July 1, rently underway on the Danforth current charge of $36,200. Brostoff named (4.4 percent) increase over the the value of our endowment has Campus, Stephen E and Camilla Graduate School of Art: The 2008-09 current academic tuition dropped approximately 25 per- T. Brauer Hall, will be completed 2009-10 tuition charge for the associate dean of $36,200. The required student cent. This decrease will result in in late summer 2010. The facility Master of Fine Arts program will activity fee will total $378, and the less endowment spending in will serve as home for the School be $30,890, an increase of $1,390 BY MELODY WALKER student health fee will be no more 2009-10. We have increased funds of Engineering's Department of (4.7 percent) over the current than the current charge of $686. available to assist families that Energy, Environmental & Chem- charge of $29,500. Mark J. Brostoff has been Barbara A. Feiner, vice chancellor have experienced dramatic rever- ical Engineering, provide space George Warren Brown named associate dean for finance, made the announce- sals in their own economic cir- for the International Center for School of Social Work: The and director of the Weston ment. cumstances and now qualify for Advanced Renewable Energy & 2009-10 tuition charge for the Career Center at Olin Charges for on-campus dou- need-based financial aid. In addi- Sustainability (I-CARES), and Master of Social Work program Business School. ble-occupancy housing for tion to declines in endowment share facilities with the Univer- will be $30,180, an increase of Brostoff, who began the 2009-10 will range between value and increases in financial sity's highly successful Depart- $1,290 (4.5 percent) over the position Jan. 9, is a retired $7,656 and $8,466, depending on need, we are seeing a leveling of ment of Biomedical Engineering." current charge of $28,890. commander in the U.S. Navy whether a student selects newer research awards as well as uncer- About 60 percent of Wash- School of Law: The 2009-10 and earned a master's degree housing. This is an increase of 4.0 tain expectations for future gift ington University undergraduates tuition for the Juris Doctor pro- in health administration percent over the current year's support. receive financial aid in the form of gram will be $41,670, an increase from WUSTL in 1982. He housing. The meal plans for 2009- "Across the University, we have scholarships, grants and other of $1,970 (5.0 percent) over the graduated from Alfred 10 will range from $3,396 to announced plans to control awards through the University's current charge of $39,700, and the University in 1980. He was $4,648, a 3 percent increase from growth in compensation and strong financial assistance pro- LLM program at $41,850, an previously associate director this year's range of $3,296 to other operating expenses, includ- grams. Students who qualify for increase of $1,990 (5.0 percent) of student services and career $4,512. ing energy usage. We also will be need-based financial assistance over the current charge of education with the Kelley In a letter to parents and stu- scaling back on capital projects, will receive consideration for $39,860. School of Business at Indiana dents about 2009-10 tuition, such as an indefinite delay on the these costs increases, along with Olin Business School gradu- University Bloomington. room, board, and fees, Edward renovation and expansion of the consideration of changes in their ate program: The 2009-10 tuition "The opportunity to S. Marias, Ph.D., provost, execu- Mallinckrodt Center. Redevelop- family financial circumstances. for the Master of Business return to Washington Uni- tive vice chancellor for academic ment of the South 40 student Feiner noted that the Univer- Administration program will be versity to work at Olin is a affairs and the Barbara and David residence area will be slowed and sity offers payment plans to help $42,525, an increase of $2,025 tremendous honor," Brostoff Thomas Distinguished Professor new construction and renovation lessen family financial burdens, (5.0 percent) over the current said. "Olin business students in Arts & Sciences, said the projects for our schools will re- including the Partners in Edu- charge of $40,500. are future leaders of industry following: quire a much larger fraction of cation with Parents (PEP) plan School of Medicine: Tuition and global markets, and I "We begin this new calendar funds in hand before construction that allows University charges for for 2009-10 for the Doctor of look forward to building year in an era of financial uncer- begins. Chancellor Mark S. all undergraduate years to be paid Medicine degree will be set in relationships with world- tainty and doubt. Washington Wrighton already has announced in monthly installments over as March. class companies wanting University is subject to global a significant reduction in his own many as 10 years at competitive to recruit the best and economic forces, but I am writing compensation, and academic and fixed interest rates. The advantage Evening and Summer brightest." to reconfirm our commitment to administrative leaders have volun- of this plan is that a family can School tuition While at Indiana, Brostoff providing the best undergraduate teered to forgo salary increases for decrease the effect of future tu- Undergraduate evening served as a career coach and education possible and to assure the next fiscal year. ition and room-and-board in- students: For undergraduate developed specialized career you that the investment you are "Beyond cost controls, the creases, depending on the level of evening students enrolling in programs and workshops for making in your children will pay University must be mindful that participation the family chooses. University College in Arts & students. He also was a lec- dividends throughout their life- some costs are beyond the institu- There is also a monthly payment Sciences or continuing education turer in the School of Public times. In announcing our tuition tion's control in what remains a plan that allows families to spread classes in the School of and Environmental Affairs. for 2009-10,1 will share with you highly competitive environment. all or most of a single academic Architecture in 2009-10, tuition "Mark's leadership and some of the things we are doing Rising more rapidly than the year's expenses over 10 equal will be $515 per credit hour, expertise can transform the not only to continue the improve- consumer price index are such monthly payments without any compared with the 2008-09 cost Weston Career Center into a ment of your child's educational costs as computer technology for interest charges. of $495 per credit hour. source of distinct competi- experience but also to contain instruction, administration and The following are the 2009-10 Graduate students in tive advantage for Olin," said costs and improve efficiencies. networking; library subscriptions full-time tuition and fee schedules University College: Depending Mahendra Gupta, Ph.D., "We rely upon tuition and our and book purchases; upgrading for the Washington University upon the graduate program in dean and the Geraldine J. other charges as a significant and modernizing laboratories and graduate and professional pro- University College in Arts & and Robert L. Virgil Profes- factor in providing the best qual- classrooms; and significantly grams as well as tuition for eve- Sciences, tuition ranges from $515 sor of Accounting and Man- ity learning experiences for all of higher health-care costs for all ning and summer schools enroll- to $730 per credit hour for 2009- agement. "The vision of Olin our students. Tuition is the largest employees. ing part-time students. 10 compared with the current Business School is to be source of operating revenue for "Enhancements have been range of $495 to $695. recognized as one of the the University schools with un- achieved, too. This fall, we opened Graduate and Summer School in Arts & world's best business schools, dergraduate programs but covers Harry and Susan Seigle Hall and professional tuition Sciences: Tuition in Summer and we are building the team, less than two-thirds of the actual William H. and Elizabeth Gray Graduate School of Arts & School classes in Arts & Sciences strategies and momentum to cost of educating a student, with Danforth University Center, both Sciences, Graduate School of will be $795 per undergraduate get there. the remaining coming from gifts, of which have dramatically im- Architecture and Urban Design, credit hour and $965 per graduate "The ultimate measure of endowment income and grants. proved services and opportunities and graduate programs in the credit hour for summer 2009, success is our ability to create "In recognizing the financial for undergraduates, such as the School of Engineering: The compared with the 2008 Summer exceptional job placement pressures facing all of society, expanded Career Center now 2009-10 tuition charge for gradu- School rates of $765 and $915 per and career acceleration for these increases are smaller than in available to all students for career ate students in these programs credit hour, respectively. our graduates," Gupta said. record.wustl.edu WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. 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Following two postdoctoral fellowships, he returned to McGill MPH degree to debut fall 2009 Wihl in 1985 as assistant professor of New dean to take English and was promoted to Learn about the new offering from Brown School Feb. 13 office July 1,2009 associate professor in 1989 and to - from Page 1 professor in 1996. BY JESSICA MARTIN biostatistics, environmental what they do," McBride said. While at McGill, he served as health, epidemiology and health "Improving the quality of associate dean of the Faculty of People committed to improv- policy and management. The services delivered by health and "Arts & Sciences at Washington Graduate Studies and Research ing the health of vulnerable curriculum also will draw upon a human service organizations is a University has achieved remark- from 1991-93 and from 1996-99 communities and popula- wide range of disciplines includ- key element of the Brown Schools able momentum during the last as chair of the Department of tions have a new degree option ing economics, medicine, psy- mission. The content of our MPH 10 years, something that is well English, where he eliminated an — a Master of Public Health chology, social work and degree already fits with the re- known in higher education circles," operating deficit, increased sup- (MPH). The MPH program at the sociology. search and professional interests Wihl said. "I feel honored to be port for graduate students, revital- George Warren Brown School of A unique feature of the pro- of our faculty, students and grad- selected by the faculty and the ized the theater program, recruit- Social Work is accepting applica- posed curriculum is a set of spe- uates, many of whom work in University leadership for this ed new faculty and restructured tions for its first class. cial interdisciplinary problem- administrative or policy roles in position as the University seeks to the departmental curriculum. "Health care is a significant solving courses. These intensive health care settings." fulfill the goals of the Plan for "Gary Wihl brings to Wash- part of our current economic and seminars will allow students to The Brown School regularly Excellence over the next 10 years. ington University outstanding environmental crisis," said work in small teams to focus on a hosts information sessions about (My wife) Sarah and I are im- scholarship, a strong record of Timothy McBride, Ph.D., profes- specific public health issue such its academic programs. mensely excited about joining an administrative accomplishment sor and associate dean for public as obesity, diabetes, Medicare The Brown School plans a outstanding academic community and eagerness to work with the health at the Brown School. reform, global climate change, special half-day "Focus on MPH" and doing all diverse "Key components of any solu- cancer prevention or internation- event Feb. 13 from 8:30 a.m.- we can to groups that tion will include the creation and al health. 1:30 p.m. contribute to comprise implementation of evidence- Students will simultaneously Individuals who have applied its further "I feel honored to be Arts 8c based programs, such as health participate in courses to help or plan to apply for the fall 2009 success." Sciences," promotion and disease preven- build analytical, research, presen- semester should attend. The As dean of selected by the faculty and said Barbara tion, targeted to at-risk popula- tation, leadership and team- event will be held in Brown Hall Rice Univer- the University leadership A. Schaal, tions and communities. This will building skills. Lounge. sity's School Ph.D., the create greater opportunities for "One of the unique and excit- For more information, visit of Humani- for this position as the Mary-Dell those interested in public health," ing aspects of our program is the gwbweb.wustl.edu/Admissions/ ties, Wihl is University seeks to fulfill Chilton McBride said. connection between the public MPH/Pages/MPHLanding.aspx, responsible Distinguished As part of the public health health and social work profes- contact the Office of Admissions for 12 de- the goals of the Plan for Professor in curriculum, students will take sions because both have the needs and Recruitment at 935-6676 or partments, Excellence over the next biology. core courses in behavioral health, of communities at the heart of e-mail [email protected]. three centers "One of and four 10 years." Dean WihPs interdepart- many appeal- GARY S. WIHL mental pro- ing qualities grams; 150 is his record Obituaries tenure-track of encourag- faculty and ing scholar- lecturers and 50 administrative ship across diverse fields," said staff; and a budget of approximate- Tim Bono, third-year doctoral Herbert F. Hitzeman Jr., senior vice chancellor emeritus, 81 ly $26 million. student in psychology, graduate Herbert F. Hitzeman Jr., senior literally thousands of student University's distinguished alumni During his tenure as dean, Wihl representative to the board and a Ivice chancellor emeritus and scholarship recipients, many en- award and also was honored with raised more than $40 million, 2005 Arts & Sciences graduate chief architect of the nation's first dowed professorships for our fac- the William Greenleaf Eliot So- including one of the largest single with a major in psychology and campaign by a university to exceed ulty, major support for our teach- ciety's prestigious Search Award. gifts in Rice's history in the amount minor in music. $500 million, died Jan. 16, 2009. He ing and research programs, and Upon his retirement in 1990, of $20 million for the recruitment "Many students are attracted to was 81. much-needed resources for build- the University dedicated the of star faculty. His principal ac- Washington University because of Under Hitzemans leadership, ing projects. Were it not for Herb Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr. Residence complishments include the estab- the rich opportunities here to ' Washington University completed Hitzemans efforts, Washington Hall in his honor and, in 2005, lishment of a new doctoral pro- pursue studies that transcend the three successful fund-raising cam- University would be a lesser insti- established the Herbert F. Hitze- gram in art history in collabora- limits of traditional academic paigns, culminating in the Alliance tution today." man, Jr. Leadership Award, given tion with Houston's major art boundaries, and I am happy that for Washington University, which Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton annually to a resident of the hall. museums; increasing support for we have found a leader who is raised $630.5 million upon its said, "In many ways, Herb Hitze- The Hitzemans have been faculty research by 348 percent; dedicated to promoting this inter- completion in December 1987. At mans strong support and dedication fellows of the William Greenleaf increasing graduate stipends by disciplinary spirit not only within that time, the Alliance campaign to the University throughout the Eliot Society, a philanthropic 32.5 percent; and adding postdoc- Arts 8c Sciences but also among was the first campus-based cam- years has touched every person organization that Hitzeman toral fellowships in the fields of the other academic divisions," paign in United States history to here. He was a great friend and helped expand to encourage gender studies, classics, linguistics Bono said. raise more than $500 million. creative contributor to our Univer- increased annual giving to and German studies. "Under Dean Wihl's tutelage, I At the time of his retirement in sity. His commitment to our teach- Washington University. With the support of the believe Arts & Sciences has a lot 1990, Hitzeman had become one of ing and research mission will have Active in community affairs, Andrew Mellon Foundation, Wihl to look forward to in the era the most successful fund-raisers in an impact for generations to come." Hitzeman was elected to serve as developed an innovative training ahead," he said. the history of American higher In 1968, Hitzeman was named a member and secretary of the program for doctoral students in Wihl's research focuses on the education. During his more than director of the University's board of education of the then- the humanities. He also launched interpretation of liberalism and two decades at Washington "Seventy By 'Seventy'" Campaign, newly consolidated Parkway new undergraduate programs in constitutional change in selected University, he after serving as director of the School District. creative writing, poverty and social 19th- and 20th-century English raised in excess campaign's medical and alumni Hitzeman was president and justice studies; a package of study- and American authors. of $1 billion in phases. The $70 million goal was chairman of the board of the abroad fellowships and courses; The author of two books — gift support. reached a year ahead of schedule in United Cerebral Palsy Associ- and a pilot program in medical "The Contingency of Theory, A lifelong 1969, the same year he was pro- ation. He was chairman of the humanities. Wihl built strong Pragmatism, Expressivism, and resident of moted to be the University's overall building committee of award- relationships with alumni and the Deconstruction" and "Ruskin and St. Louis and a director of development. winning Trinity Lutheran Church Houston community through the the Rhetoric of Infallibility" — graduate of From 1973-76, Hitzeman head- in Town and Country. He also establishment of a Humanities and co-editor of two collections of Washington ed a second major campaign that served as a member and chair- Advisory Board consisting of essays, he has received numerous University, raised $120 million and was suc- man of the board of education of distinguished alumni from the awards and grants. arts, investment banking, venture He will become a member of where he Hitzeman cessfully completed two years Trinity Lutheran School. He also earned a bach- ahead of schedule. Hitzeman was was a board member of the capital and legal professions. the Department of English. Wihl's elor of fine arts promoted to vice chancellor in Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Wihl came to Rice University in wife, Sarah Westphal-Wihl, Ph.D., degree in 1953, Hitzeman returned 1975 and was ultimately named From 1945-48, Hitzeman July 2003 as the Francis Moody who is an associate professor of to Washington University 13 years senior vice chancellor for univer- served on active duty as a radio- Newman Professor of the Hu- German studies at Rice, will be- later as an entry-level development sity relations in 1983. man, first class, in the U.S. Coast manities and as dean of the hu- come an associate professor in the officer in 1966. Additionally, in preparation for Guard, patrolling in the Aleutian manities school from Emory Department of Germanic Lan- During his 24 years at Washing- the Alliance campaign, Hitzeman Islands and the Bering Sea. In University, where he had been guages 8c Literatures in Arts ton University, Hitzeman designed established the Commission on the 1950, he was an organizing mem- acting dean of the graduateschool. 8c Sciences. and implemented the University's Future of Washington University, ber of the Coast Guard Reserve He arrived at Emory in January Westphal-Wihl, whose areas of development and alumni pro- which consisted of 10 task forces Unit in St. Louis. 2001 as professor of English and expertise include medieval litera- grams. Under his leadership, total and included University trustees Hitzeman is survived by his associate dean of the graduate ture and culture and religious yearly giving to the University and administrators and key alum- wife of 57 years, Jane Reuter school, before being named acting communities in the German increased from about $5 million ni, friends and academic leaders Hitzeman; son, John; two grand- dean in June 2001. Enlightenment, is the author of annually in the late 1960s to ap- from across the nation. Members children; sister, Lois Jean His many achievements at "Textual Poetics of German proximately $50 million annually of the task forces studied the vari- Whitesett (nee Hitzeman); and Emory included restructuring the Manuscripts 1300-1500," a study by fiscal year 1989. He also oversaw ous schools and units of the Uni- nieces and nephews. graduate school budget to phase in of how the production of hand- the revitalization of the overall versity and made recommenda^ A memorial service for fifth-year funding for doctoral written books reveals aspects of public relations program, which tions to the Board of Trustees on Hitzeman at Graham Chapel will students in the humanities and medieval reading and interpretive significantly improved the programs to significantly strength- be announced at a later date. social sciences; organizing a major practice. University's national recognition. en all of the schools of the Uni- national conference on philan- From 1985-1990, she was Today, Washington University is versity. The task forces continue thropy and the research university; associate editor of Signs: Journal ranked among Americas top dozen today as National Councils — on- Barry memorial and sponsoring the establishment of Women in Culture and Society. research universities. going advisory groups to the of a new Center for Humanistic Her new book, "Ladies, Chancellor Emeritus William schools and units of the University. A memorial service for Elizabeth Inquiry. Harlots and Pious Women: A H. Danforth, who worked with In 2007, he and his wife, Jane, K. Barry, a first-year student in A native of Montreal, Canada, Sourcebook in Courtly, Religious, Hitzeman for two decades, said, "It established the Jane Reuter Hitze- Arts & Sciences who died Dec. 8, Wihl earned a bachelor's degree and Urban Cultures of Late is hard to imagine Washington man and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr., 2008, will be held at 1 p.m. in 1976 and a master's degree in Medieval Germany," co-authored University's successes without the Professor of Art in the Sam Fox Sunday, Jan. 25, in Graham 1978, both in English from McGill with Ann Marie Rasmussen, significant leadership of Herb School of Design 8c Visual Arts. Chapel. The service will be open University. He earned a doctorate Ph.D., of Duke University, is Hitzeman. He secured gifts for In 1991, Hitzeman received the to the University community. from Yale University in 1983. forthcoming in spring 2009. 8 RECORD WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Jan. 22,2009 8 Washington People

Costas Azariadis, Ph.D., was a third-year engi- neering student in his native Athens, Greece, when he took his first class in economics. That was 40 years ago. Today, the silver-haired profes- sor of economics in Arts & Sciences and Edward Mallin- ckrodt Distinguished University Professor pauses at the memory of his college days. Then with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes and infectious smile, he says, "The course was incomprehensible!" An ironic beginning for a man who has become "one of the worlds leading economists," ac- cording to an article published in BY MELODY WALKER Macroeconomics Dynamics by Steven N. Durlauf, Ph.D. Durlauf writes, "(Azariadis') research has profoundly influenced the way economists think about labor markets, business cycles and growth and development. No quick summary can ever capture the formal elegance or depth of his work.". Azariadis didn't set out to be an economist, but as he tells it Costas Azariadis, Ph.D., teaches an undergraduate class, "Intermediate Macroeconomics," in Seigle with that twinkle again: "I fell in Hall. Azariadis likes to call his students his "intellectual children." He has supervised more than with a bad crowd." 40 doctoral dissertations, and many of his former students hold prestigious positions at major uni- That "crowd" happened to be versities around the world, the International Monetary Fund and Federal Reserve banks. pursuing a master's degree in the served as the Distinguished bad," Azariadis says while point- United States. Professor of Economics at the ing out passages in a 1981 paper Academic odyssey "The biggest decisions of my University of California, Los he wrote titled "Self-Fulfilling life have been taken by my wife," Angeles, for more than a decade Prophecies." Azariadis says. before accepting his appointment "When I started out, I wanted the economics department at Assimo is a retired French at WUSTL in 2005. to show that self-fulfilling proph- Eminent economics teacher and recalls her motivation ecies were not rational," he says. Carnegie Mellon University, Welcome to St. Louis professor Azariadis where two of the professors who to leave Greece as a young married "My intention was to prove that a mentored Azariadis and advised couple. "The reason why I favored "Costas is one of several high- confidence crisis was irrational, brings global views his doctoral thesis went on to earn the idea of coming to the U.S. is caliber macroeconomists whom that people were crazy. But guess Nobel Prizes in economics. that I recognized my husband's we have hired recently," says John what? I couldn't prove it!" to WUSTL Ed Prescott, Ph.D., winner of talents, the most important ones Nachbar, Ph.D., professor and Fear and a lack of confidence the 2004 Nobel Prize, was one of being creativity and optimism," associate chair of the Department among consumers directly im- those professors. He currently is she says. "No matter how hard life of Economics. "Our macroeco- pact the economy, according to a professor at Arizona State Uni- has been for us, we never stopped nomics faculty is now one of the Azariadis. versity. seeing the glass as half-full, never strongest in the world." "This kind of harks back to "I remember meeting Costas half-empty." Nachbar says that Azariadis FDR, who said that we had many years ago," Prescott says. Pittsburgh and the campus of has a very high citation count (the 'nothing to fear but fear itself,'" "He talked like someone who had Carnegie Mellon were the first number of times a published he says. "If we didn't have a crisis gone to Oxford or Cambridge and places they called home in paper is cited in other papers), a of confidence now, we would be not like an engineer. He was as America. Azariadis remembers measure of impact in the realm of having a mild recession." argumentative then as he is today, that his business school classmates economics, which ranks him He predicts the current reces- and it was a lot of work convinc- were a very international bunch among top researchers. sion will last a couple of years "if ing him not to explore a line that and a challenge for the Athenian's "Costas is an eminent macro- policymakers keep their cool, had already been explored and first exposure to English. economist who has written many longer if they panic." had hit a dead end. Actually, it "The class was heavily foreign influential papers," he says. "He Azariadis remains optimistic was Bob Lucas (1995 Nobel laure- with students from Jamaica, has worked in a number of areas about the global economy's abil- ate) and me independently saying England, Scotland, Texas and but is particularly well known for ity to recover, especially because the same thing. I forget what that Boston — each with a different his contributions to labor markets, he views emerging economies as dead end was." accent. Luckily, the instructor was economic development and mac- so dynamic. But there is a dark Lucas, Ph.D., became from Ohio, and he was under- roeconomic fluctuations." side to the world's economies as Azariadis' mentor in 1971. The standable!" Azariadis used the wild swings well, and Azariadis' work encom- young Greek engineer had come In addition to Greek and in the stock markets last semester passes social concerns such as to get an M.B.A. but was lured English, Azariadis speaks "toler- as real-world examples for his searching for clues to explain into economics when he took an able French and bad Italian." And intermediate macroeconomics why so many people live in Costas Azariadis elective with Lucas, a young and of course the lingua franca of course. poverty. rising star in the field. With a macroeconomics: mathematics. "My undergrads are so excited The answer, he suggests, lies Hobbies: Theatre, history, French business degree in hand and two "Economics became more about what's going on — with the within his own enigmatic pro- wine economics courses under his belt, mathematical in the '60s, and stock market crashing — and the nouncement worthy of the Azariadis embarked on his doc- people with math backgrounds way it's doing it — up and down Oracle of Delphi in ancient Favorite vacation destinations: In no torate and a journey into the thought it was a new and exciting so dramatically!" Azariadis says. Greece: "The secret to success is particular order — Greece, California, academic world of economics that field," says Azariadis, who had The professor enthusiastically well known, but the secret to Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Israel, France, continues to this day. focused on math and science to turns to his computer and clicks failure is not." Italy, Austria, Turkey and others prepare for a career in engineer- on the latest graphs from Wall Fun fact: His wife, Assimo Azariadis, Seeing the glass as ing. His dissertation at Carnegie Street. "Aha, they're up, but the 'Traveling salesman just completed a term as president of half-full Mellon on implicit contract theory day is young!" he says. "I save time of ideas' the WUSTL Woman's Club. was a new and controversial appli- every class to discuss the econom- Lectures at nearly 100 universi- Azariadis credits his wife of cation of microeconomic reason- ic news of the day." 44 years, Assimo, with the idea of ties nationwide, frequent keynote ing to macroeconomic In addition to his teaching addresses at international confer- problems in 1975. But, duties, Azariadis is the inaugural ences and visiting professorships within a few years, it director of the Center for have helped Azariadis log many became part of the Dynamic Economics at WUSTL, miles during his career, and he curriculum in almost and he conducts research for the seems to relish every trip. He every major graduate Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. refers to himself as a "traveling program in He has authored several papers salesman of ideas" whose terri- economics. with James Bullard, Ph.D., the tory has no borders. From Pittsburgh, current president of the St. Louis "I don't know about other Costas and Assimo bank. His colleagues at the central professions, but, in economics, Azariadis and their bank may not agree, but Azariadis there are about 5,000 economists new baby daughter, believes if the Fed had stepped in who are active and good re- Cleo, moved to and bought all the bad loans in searchers," Azariadis says. "I'm Providence, R.I., for July 2007, they could have pre- now losing track of the younger four years at Brown vented the current credit crisis set, but let's say there are maybe University and Costas' that has resulted in an even larger 10,000 economists total. So it's first position as an crisis of confidence. like a very small town or village, assistant professor of Self-fulfilling and it's spread around the world, economics. Next stop: and you kind of travel through Philadelphia, where prophecies all the neighborhoods and spend the University of "The word 'credit' comes from your life in that small town." Pennsylvania was the Latin word, which means In other words, Azariadis says Costas Azariadis at his summer home in Kirra, Greece, with family members: home for 15 years. faith. You gotta have faith and he feels at home everywhere. He (clockwise from left) great nephew Killian Pasche; nephew Claude Pasche; In 1992, the family confidence, or things will go bad is a true citizen of the 21st-centu- daughter, Cleo Caccavas; Costas Azariadis; wife, Assimo Azariadis; niece Annie moved to Los Angeles, because people expect them to go ry global economy. Pashe; and cousin Flora Pappas. where Azariadis