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Toliver-Diallo appointed to University City Arts Commission

Wilmetta Toliver-Diallo, PhD, assistant dean in the College of Arts & Sciences and senior lecturer in African & African-American Studies, has been appointed to University City’s Municipal Commission on Arts & Letters.

The Commission advises the City Council on artistic, cultural and scholarly programs within University City. It is dedicated to “promoting the arts and making art publicly visible and accessible to a broad and diverse community audience.”

Toliver-Diallo, who founded Washington University’s African Film Festival (http://wupa.wustl.edu/africanfilm/), approached University City Mayor Shelley Welsch in 2011 about organizing a series of outdoor movies during the summer months. The “Movies in the Parks” series celebrates its fifth anniversary this summer. After witnessing Toliver-Diallo’s initiative to create opportunities for younger residents through the arts, Welsch invited her to serve on the arts commission for a four-year term.

For more information about the University City Municipal Commission on Arts & Letters, visit here.

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Stamps Scholars attend national convention in Atlanta

Ten WUSTL students were among the nearly 500 other Stamps Scholars from 41 universities across the nation in attendance at the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation’s third national convention. The convention took place at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia April 10-12.

Kailin Baechle, Candace Borders, Camille Borders, Alex Carsello, Allen Osgood, Karthik Rohatgi, Grant Shillington, Jimmy Wang, Chase Wehrle, and Alex Zdonczyk represented Washington University in a weekend designed to inspire the Stamps Scholars to actively make a difference in their communities.

The weekend engaged students both socially and academically with programming such as keynote speakers and professionally focused threads. On Friday evening, the students gathered to listen to TED talks and research presentations put on by their fellow Stamps Scholars. Throughout the weekend, students also got the chance to

hear from their own benefactors and founders of the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, Roe and Penny Stamps.

The prestigious Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps IV Leadership Scholarship partnered with Washington University in fall 2013. The scholarship rewards exceptional students who exemplify leadership, perseverance, scholarship, service and innovation. The merit-based scholarship helps to fund both the academic and the outside-the-classroom experience. The Stamps Family Charitable Foundation was recently named a recipient of the 2015 CASE Distinguished Service Award honoring individuals and organizations for extraordinary service to the field of education.

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Savoie to teach lighting class at international conference

Sean M. Savoie, senior lecturer in Drama and coordinator of the design-technical theater program at Washington University in St. Louis, will teach a professional development class at the Entertainment Technology New Zealand (ETNZ) 2015 Conference: Big Steps Forward.

ENTZ is an organization that recognizes and supports technicians and designers working in the entertainment industry. The annual conference is open to anyone with an interest in the technical side of theater or entertainment and includes professional development sessions, seminar sessions and tradeshows.

Savoie will teach a class called “Projection in Lighting Design” on June 27th and 28th. He currently serves as lighting designer, production manager and design coordinator for the Performing Arts Department at Washington University, as well as production manager for The Muny.

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Law’s Richards elected to Freedom to Read Foundation Board

Neil Richards, JD, professor of law at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, was one of six people elected to a two-year term on the Freedom to Read Foundation Board of Trustees in April.

The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is a nonprofit legal and educational organization that protects both the First Amendment and the rights of libraries to collect, and provide access to, information.

Richards’ academic and legal work focuses on First Amendment and privacy law. His recent book “Intellectual Privacy” (Oxford University Press, 2015) stresses the importance of free speech and privacy and explains the complex relationship between these two areas of civil liberties.

“I firmly believe that libraries and their commitment to the intellectual freedom of their patrons have been and must continue to be an essential part of our society’s commitment to intellectual freedom,” Richards said in a statement for FTRF. 

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Renewable energy certificate awarded

Cutline:Robert Blankenship, PhD (back left), professor of chemistry and biology in Arts & Sciences and director of the university’s Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), and Himadri Pakrasi, PhD (back right), professor of biology and director of the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) pose with the 2015 recipients of the Certificate in Renewable Energy and the Environment.

Four students at Washington University in St. Louis successfully completed the Certificate in Renewable Energy and the Environment this year and were recognized at a luncheon April 27 at the Whittemore House.

The students who completed the program are (from left) Bruce Wittman, a May graduate in chemistry in Arts & Sciences, Brandon Chang, also May graduate in chemistry in Arts & Sciences, Allison Karp, a May graduate in biology in Arts & Sciences, and Esther Koh, a junior studying finance in the Olin School of Business (not pictured).

PARC and I-CARES award the Certificate in Renewable Energy and the Environment, providing an opportunity for students to pursue interdisciplinary energy studies to complement their major or minor coursework. The program combines academic studies with educational experiences, such as outreach interaction, seminars, hands-on research and networking opportunities.

For more information about the certificate, visit the PARC website.(http://parc.wustl.edu/certificate)

Photo credit: Kevin Lowder/WUSTL

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Music professor and former student featured in festivals this summer

Christopher Stark, assistant professor of music in the College of Arts & Sciences and composer of contemporary classical music, has two notable performances coming up this summer. Stark’s composition Ignation Exercises will be performed at both the Artic Philharmonic in Norway and the Aspen Music Festival this August. For more information, visit here.

Kelly Stathis, Bachelor of Music and former student of Stark, was accepted into the Atlantic Music Festival Composition Program this summer, where she will have a new piece premiered at the festival.

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Performing Arts’ McGinley receives award for book

Paige McGinley, assistant professor of performing arts, received the American Theatre and Drama Society’s 2014 John W. Frick Award for the best book in American theater and drama for her book, “Staging the Blues: From Tent Shows to Tourism” (Duke University Press 2014).

McGinley’s research focuses on American theater in the twentieth century with an emphasis on African American theater. “Staging the Blues,” her first book, explores the theatrical history of blues performance and the racial politics that surround the genre.

For more information, visit here.

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Hadley Honored for service

Robyn S. Hadley, associate vice chancellor for students and director of the John B. Ervin Scholars Program at Washington University in St. Louis, recently was honored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Alumni Association with a 2015 Distinguished Service Medal. Hadley was one of three recipients recognized for outstanding service to that university.

Hadley graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1985 and has since served on the university’s Board of Visitors and its alumni association board. 

Hadley started volunteering as an undergraduate, helping students to apply and prepare for college, and she continued that work throughout her academic and professional career. In 2005, her commitment to education led to the founding of the “What’s After High School?” program in Burlington, N.C. Hadley has been recognized by the White House and the U.S. Department of Education for her work in preparing students for success after high school.

To learn more about Hadley or the Distinguished Service Medal, visit the UNC news site.

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Gass awarded medal for novel

World-renowned author William H. Gass, PhD, the David May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis, recently was awarded the William Dean Howells Medal for his novel “Middle C.”

The medal is given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters once every five years for the most distinguished American novel published during that time period. Previous recipients include John Updike, Eudora Welty and William Faulkner.

Gass taught philosophy for 30 years at the university and also founded and directed the International Writer’s Center, now known as The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences. Gass’ writing has received numerous awards and prizes, and he continues to write prolifically today. “Middle C” is his 15th book.

For more information on Gass or the William Dean Howells Medal, visit theArts & Sciences website.

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Faculty and staff celebrated in publication on diversity

On May 14th, a new publication, “Who’s Who Diversity in Color,” released its inaugural edition to citizens of St. Louis. The publication highlights minorities from the St. Louis region who have positively influenced their workplace or community. Publisher Ericca Willis stated, “Our differences unite us; for when we can celebrate that which separates from the norm, we add value to our cultural stance, both individually and collectively.”

Eight faculty and staff members of Washington University in St. Louis were featured in the publication. Those featured are:

LaTanya N. Buck, PhD, director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion Virginia Braxs, senior lecturer in Spanish in the College of Arts & Sciences Dedric Carter, PhD, associate provost and associate vice chancellor for

innovation and entrepreneurship Denise Decou, diversity and inclusion leader at the School of Medicine Andwele Jolly, manager of business operations for the Divisions of Allergy &

Immunology and of Rheumatology at the School of Medicine Leah Anne Merrifield, assistant vice chancellor for community engagement Jose Pineda, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics and of neurology and

director of the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program Jason Purnell, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School

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Performing Arts’ McGinley receives award for book

Paige McGinley, assistant professor of performing arts in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received the American Theatre and Drama Society’s 2014 John W. Frick Award for the best book in American theater and drama for her book, “Staging the Blues: From Tent Shows to Tourism” (Duke University Press 2014).

McGinley’s research focuses on American theater in the 20th century with an emphasis on African-American theater. “Staging the Blues,” her first book, explores the theatrical history of blues performance and the racial politics that surround the genre.

For more information, visit the Performing Arts Department website.

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Center for Humanities announces new grant recipients

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis has awarded grants to a number of faculty and graduate students for seminars or focused reading and writing groups for the 2015-2016 academic year.

The grants can cover speakers, materials or other expenses directly related to the groups’ success. The new awards issued for the upcoming academic year are:

Faculty seminar grants

“Memory and Violence,” convened by Anika Walke, PhD, assistant professor of history, and Heidi Kolk, PhD, associate director of the American Culture Studies program, both in Arts & Sciences. The three-year seminar will focus on the intersection between memory and violence as a point of convergence and interaction for humanities scholars, social scientists, artists and legal scholars.

Reading-group grants for faculty, graduate students

“Placing Space,” convened by Anna-Rebecca Nowicki, a graduate student in Germanic languages and literatures, and Erika Rodriguez, a graduate student in comparative literature. This reading group gives an overview of spatial theory and its historical function in conjunction with close readings of canonical texts.

“Digital Approaches,” convened by Kenny Gradert, John Ladd and Melanie Walsh, all graduate students in English. This reading group will focus on projects relating to the use of digital tools in humanities disciplines.

Writing-group grants for faculty, graduate students

“The Ancient Mediterranean World,” convened by Roshan Abraham, PhD, assistant professor of classics and of religious studies; Karen Acton, PhD, assistant professor of classics; Nathaniel Jones, PhD, assistant professor of art history and archaeology; and Ryan Platte, PhD, assistant professor of classics, all in Arts & Sciences. The writing group aims to create a common space for pre-modern scholars to share their research and collaborate in the study of the ancient Mediterranean region.

“Medieval Colloquium,” convened by Daniel Bornstein, PhD, the Stella Koetter Darrow Professor of Catholic Studies; Jessica Rosenfeld, PhD, associate professor of English; and Christian Schneider, PhD, assistant professor of German, all in Arts & Sciences. This interdisciplinary writing group of faculty and graduate students will host speakers and present their own work.

The center also renewed another six awards. For information on applying for funding, visit the center’s website. 

Those interested in joining a group should contact the appropriate conveners.

Asia Extra Supplement

Volunteer SpotlightPaul Shao, MBA ‘13

Paul Shao’s “brilliant” experience with the Washington University-Fudan University Executive MBA program fueled his desire to become the new Managing Director of the program. “This is a program that has potential to grow further in China,” Shao said. “As I have invested a lot of time in my own learning, I am confident I know this program well enough to lead the program in China.”

Established in 2002, the program prepares senior-level professionals in China and other parts of Asia for global leadership. Courses are taught mainly in English by both Washington University and Fudan University faculty. Classes at held at Fudan University’s School of Management in Shanghai.

Shao, a graduate with Class 11 in 2013, shared what drew him to the EMBA Shanghai program: “I wanted to understand business management from a holistic point of view, rather than a single standpoint of marketing.“

Shao began work with the newest class, class 14, in March. “The biggest challenge for me is to set a bigger yet achievable vision for the program. The program has been very successful for the past 13 years, so any effort to bring it to a next level should be carefully evaluated.” Shao is spot on about the program’s success: in 2014, the Financial Times ranked the program seventh best worldwide.

Asia Extra NotablesTwo companies with WUSTL relations win Arch Grants

Arch Grants is a Missouri not-for-profit corporation that helps to create a more robust startup culture in St. Louis. Two business startups with direct ties to Washington University in St. Louis have each received $50,000 from Arch Grant’s Global Startup Competition to help their companies flourish in their native city.

Pratim Biswas, PhD, the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Professor and chair of the Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, along with doctoral students Jiaxi Fang and Tandeep Chadha, founded a business called Applied Particle Technology (APT) in 2014. APT provides air treatment systems in environments that require high efficiency removal of particles. The system’s innovative filtration technology can also inactivate pathogens and remove toxic fumes and odors.

Alumni of the university Matthew Homann (JD ’93) and Kyle Tabor (MBA ’13) founded a vastly different service called Invisible Girlfriend helping users avoid the “social stigma of being single.” Customers can choose their significant other’s name, age, and interests. Employees from the company then text the customers, simulating conversations that customers can use as proof of the relationship to show to their family and friends.

New Master of Social Policy and Master of Arts Dual Degree Offered by WUSTL and Fudan University

Students will soon have the opportunity to gain a global perspective on social and policy issues through a partnership between Washington University in St. Louis and Fudan University. Graduates of the new dual-degree program will receive a Master of Arts in a specific field from Fudan University’s School of Social Development and Public Policy and a Master of Social Policy from Washington University’s Brown School.

The program’s combination of training in a specific discipline and development of skills in social policy analysis ensures that graduates have the necessary knowledge to advance social welfare and implement policy change. Students will study in-residence at the Brown School for twelve months and complete six additional courses at Fudan University.

Engineering’s Lu named inaugural Fullgraf Professor

Chenyang Lu, PhD, professor of computer science and engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has been named the inaugural Fullgraf Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

Lu’s endowed position was made possible by a gift from Charles M. Fullgraf, a Washington University alumnus who had a long career as an engineer, researcher, division manager, group vice president and director for Procter & Gamble. Fullgraf was an innovative researcher and business leader and an honored alumnus of the university, receiving both a Distinguished Alumni Award and an Alumni Achievement Award.

Lu’s research interests include real-time systems, wireless sensor networks and cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things and their applications in areas including health care, resilient civil infrastructure and smart homes. He also directs the Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory (CPSL) at Washington University. Lu has made numerous pioneering contributions to the field of wireless health, including the development of one of the world’s first large-scale clinical monitoring systems that uses wireless sensors to collect vital signs from hospital patients.

First U.S.-India joint EMBA program begins  

Washington University in St. Louis and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) partnered to create the Executive MBA program in Mumbai, India. The 18-month program began April 22nd, 2015 and is the only one in the world to confer a degree from both an Indian and an American university.  

The program is modeled after Washington University's joint EMBA program with Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Students are senior-level working professionals that can apply the knowledge gained from the program to their companies in real time. Courses are taught four days per month by world-renowned faculty from IIT Bombay's Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management and Washington University's Olin Business School. The program ends with a two-week capstone experience at Washington University. 

Engineering’s Genin receives prestigious award from Chinese government

Guy M. Genin, PhD, professor of mechanical engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named a Yangtze River Scholar by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China.

This is the highest award given to an individual in higher education by the country’s Ministry of Education. Genin will receive the title of Yangtze River Chaired Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University in Xi’an, China and a monetary prize valued at nearly $1 million in U.S. dollars. The award will also allow expansion of the collaboration between Xi’an Jiaotong University and Washington University. Only a handful of people who were not born in China have ever been honored with this prestigious award.

Researchers’ plans for Nepal altered after earthquake

Three Washington University in St. Louis researchers have put their studies on hold to focus on relief after the devastating earthquake hit Nepal in April.

Geoff Childs, PhD, associate professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, and E.A. Quinn, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology, were scheduled to fly to Nepal just days after the quake hit. They intended to begin five weeks of field research on how life at high altitudes influences infant health and development.

Shanta Pandey, PhD, professor at the Brown School and a native of Nepal, was in Kathmandu on April 25 when the initial quake hit. She was in Nepal to make a conference presentation on ways to engage the community to empower women in Nepal.

Pandey boarded a flight for home five days after the quake, and Childs and Quinn have postponed their research until November 2015.

“I’d love to be there for them, but right now, the last thing they need is another foreigner to house, another mouth to feed,” Childs said.

Instead, the researchers are putting their time into relief efforts for the country. Pandey encourages supporting non-governmental organizations with staff in Nepal, such as the United Nation’s Population Fund or the American Nepal Medical Foundation. Childs has been working with Nepal Seeds, a nonprofit group that he co-founded years ago.

Washington People Profiles

Washington People: Andy MausFrom the mailroom to the medical school

For undergraduates, receiving an e-mail or text message with “You have received a package,” in the subject line can be enough to brighten even the worst case of Monday blues.

Andy Maus was the man behind those messages.

From January 2012 through June of this year, Maus, 27, worked in the South 40 mailroom located in Hitzeman Hall on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, where he received, organized and shelved packages for freshman and sophomore students. He took over the e-mail and text message alert system after about a year, when he said his boss, Peggy Smith, realized he actually knew how to use a computer.

With control over the alert system, Maus could personalize his messages to remind students to bundle up during winter months or let them know he was scanning after hours if they still wanted their packages. His favorite part of the job had nothing to do with the mail or the computers, however.

“After starting, I quickly realized that I saw thousands of people a day at peak times. It was great! I loved getting to talk to students — it kept me feeling young after I graduated,” Maus said with a laugh.

Maus graduated from the University of Missouri in December of 2010, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in biology while playing baritone in the marching band and throwing around a football with his friends on weekends.

Working in the South 40 mailroom wasn’t his first stop after studying his organic chemistry books, however. After graduating from Mizzou, Maus took a job at Monsanto in February 2011 before settling in later that year at the McDonnell Genome Institute, where he says he operated a genome-sequencing machine.

So how did he go from DNA analysis to weighing packages?

Although Maus was one of the lucky undergraduates to get a job in his field of interest after graduation, recession and budget cuts soon got the best of him. He searched for another biology related job, but when nothing turned up, he reconsidered his options.

“A lot of my family work for WashU — my uncle and aunt work here, my sister works at the medical school and my dad works in purchasing,” he said.

Maus’ father, Gary Maus, contract manager liaison for purchasing services, told him about the open position in the South 40 mailroom. Though it was vastly different from what he had previously done, Maus applied for the job.

“The best part about working for the university is the benefits,” Maus said. “It was either start all over somewhere else, or take a job that wasn’t necessarily what I was interested in and keep my benefits.”

In January 2012, Maus officially swapped his lab coat for his mailroom uniform. He remained positive, however. “I’ve never had a job — and I’ve had some weird jobs—that I didn’t enjoy doing. The first job I ever had was pushing carts at Sam’s Club, and I loved it. If I could make a career out of pushing carts, I would do it.”

Although it wasn’t quite Sam’s Club and nothing like the Genome Institute, Maus ended up loving the South 40 mailroom.

“I was like Santa Claus every day of the year,” he said, ”Everyone loves getting packages.”

Maus gave students more than just care-packages from their parents, however. Being only a few years out of college himself, Maus tried to offer as much advice to students as he could.

“Number one: Don’t be so cocky,” he said. “I’m pretty blunt about that. Now that you’re here, you’re one of 8,000 other kids just like you. You’re not that special.”

Most of all, though, Maus wanted students to enjoy the time they have here.

“You know, you can study your books, but also try and have some fun, too,” he said. “I always try to harp on that, as much as I don’t think parents would like it. You have to have someone telling you that—it’s much more about the experience than anything else.”

While Maus has enjoyed his time in the mailroom, this past June he returned to his undergraduate roots when he was offered a position as a clinical research coordinator at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

According to Maus, he works under “the man in multiple myleloma,” Ravi Vij, MD, MBA professor of medicine in the Division of Oncology and a medical oncologist with Siteman Cancer Center.

Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer. Unfortunately, so far it is incurable. However, researchers like Vij have been working towards advances in therapy to prolong and improve the quality of patients’ lives.

Dr Vij and his colleagues are overseeing a multitude of different types of clinical trials for patients with multiple myeloma. After patients are diagnosed with multiple myeloma, they are referred to Maus, who presents and explains the different studies they qualify for. After that, Maus is responsible for making sure patients get all their blood work done and attend all their appointments.

“Just like in the mailroom, interacting with people is the best part of the job for me,” he said. “I go in and talk to patients about the general procedure, but the rest of the time I just sit and joke around with them. They don’t want to just be a patient number; they want to be a person. So that’s how I treat them.”

Maus says he’s thoroughly enjoying the job and leaves work every day feeling positive that he impacted someone’s life. But he can still commiserate with students on their pre-med tracks.

“Right now I feel like I don’t know anything—but that just comes with being new,” he said. “I’ll learn more. I just need to go back to my biology textbooks.”

Incoming freshmen who have yet to receive Maus’ wisdom and upperclassmen who have formed close friendships with the “big brother of the mailroom” shouldn’t get discouraged at Maus’s absence—he might even be back to talk about his research in the fall.

“I’m going to miss the students,” he said. “I’m going to miss the job. But I’ll be back in August. After hours, when I get off work at 9 o’clock, maybe I’ll drive down and scan packages. You guys will always be buying stuff, and no one else wants to come in after hours. But I’d love to.”

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