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Peeking over your shoulder
When is it okay for employers to monitor workers?
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There is an appropriate time and place for employers to monitor employees, according to a business professor at the Olin Business School. If done wrong, firms can lose their worker's trust and willingness to go above and beyond.
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'An extraordinary lawyer, teacher and scholar'
Law professor Troy Paredes nominated to SEC
| On May 6, President George W. Bush nominated Troy Paredes, J.D., professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, to serve as commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Troy Paredes is an extraordinary lawyer, teacher, and scholar who cares about well-functioning securities markets," said Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. "He will make an excellent SEC Commissioner."
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Workaholic
Single-celled bacterium works 24-7, converting light to energy by day, moonlighting at night
| Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have gained the first detailed insight into the way circadian rhythms govern global gene expression in Cyanothece, a type of cyanobacterium (blue-green algae) known to cycle between photosynthesis during the day and nitrogen fixation at night.
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"What We Believe: A History of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work: 1909-2007"
New book looks at nearly 100 years of social work at the University and in St. Louis
| To celebrate nearly 100 years of existence and a new era in social work education, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis is publishing What We Believe: A History of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work: 1909- 2007. Author Candace O'Connor begins the book with a look at poverty in St. Louis and the early history of social work education locally, and concludes with an overview of more recent accomplishments and a glimpse at the Brown School's future. Threaded throughout the book are milestones and evolutions in social work education as well as first-person accounts from alumni and current and former faculty.
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Quincy Jones among recipients
Washington University to award six honorary degrees at 147th Commencement
| Six distinguished individuals, including a pioneer of women in medicine and a multimedia entrepreneur, will receive honorary degrees May 16 during Washington University's 147th Commencement ceremony. The university also will bestow academic degrees on more than 2,500 students during the ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle.
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All shook up
Midwest now worries about a different fault
| Two seismologists at Washington University in St. Louis think the New Madrid Fault may have seen its day and the Wabash Fault is the new kid on the block. "I think everyone's interested in the Wabash Valley Fault because a lot of the attention has been on the New Madrid Fault, but the Wabash Valley Fault could be the more dangerous one, at least for St. Louis and Illinois," said Doug Wiens, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences. "The strongest earthquakes in the last few years have come from the Wabash Valley Fault, which needs more investigation."
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In the mix
Research aims to produce energy on the farm
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| Muthanna Al-Dahhan (left) and graduate student Rajneesh Varma are researching effective ways to take agricultural waste and make biofuel out of it. |
Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, using an impressive array of imaging and tracking technologies, have determined the importance of mixing in anaerobic digesters for bioenergy production and animal and farm wastes treatment. They are studying ways to take "the smell of money," as farmers long have termed manure's odor, and produce biogas from it.
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Globalization and trade
Don't blame free trade for a weak economy
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Even though the benefits of free trade outweigh the harm, the subject has not garnered a lot of attention during this year's election cycle. WUSTL business professor Jim Little discusses why it is important for Congress to liberalize trade and the dangers of embracing stricter policies.
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