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Higher Education Issues
Washington University relies on a number of people and departments outside of the classroom. These include admissions, the college experience, campus police, student health, off-campus housing and finances, among others. Relying on these people and departments is vital to the success of Washington University, and these people are recognized as experts in their fields outside of academia.
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Karen L. Coburn
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Students
Karen Levin Coburn is one of the country's leading experts on the college experience. She is co-author of the acclaimed book, Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years, which, in its fourth printing, has sold more than 330,000 copies. Coburn is often quoted in the national and ...
Expertise: college experience, freshman transition, letting go, students
Direct contact: (314) 935-5040
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coburn@dosa.wustl.edu
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Alan Glass
Director of Student Health and Counseling
Dr. Glass joined the staff of Student Health and Counseling in January, 2004. A graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, he completed a pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He practiced emergency medicine for several years before entering the field of college heath. ...
Expertise: student health, men's health, sexual health, leadership education, mental health
Direct contact: (314) 935-9626
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alan_glass@aismail.wustl.edu
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Don Strom
Chief, University Police
Expertise: campus safety, security, crime prevention
Direct contact: (314) 935-5514
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don_strom@wustl.edu
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Nanette Tarbouni
Director of Admissions
Nanette Tarbouni has been director of undergraduate admissions for nearly seven years. She and her colleagues travel around the country in an expansive recruitment effort, looking for top students who are interested in Washington University. As such, she plays a variety of roles at the University, ...
Expertise: University admissions, admission trends
Media assistance: (314) 935-5293 / andyc@wustl.edu
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Bob Wiltenburg
Dean of University College in Arts & Sciences
Expertise: adult education, continuing education, liberal arts, poets, Ben Jonson, English composition, John Milton, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-4806
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rewilten@artsci.wustl.edu
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Whitesides ponders the origin of life
Harvard professor George Whitesides ponders new ideas in chemistry and the origin of life
Jan. 24,
2008 -- Innovative researcher George Whitesides will speak on revolutionary ideas in chemistry that may lead to a new understanding of the origin of life for the Ferguson Science Lecture at 11 a.m. on Wed., Feb. 6 in Graham Chapel as part of the Assembly Series.
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Executive Education
Financial Times ranks Washington University-Fudan University Executive MBA 7th in world
Oct. 23,
2007 -- The Washington University-Fudan University EMBA Program is ranked as the 7th best international executive MBA program in the world and, for the second consecutive year, as the 1st program in mainland China, according to 2007 rankings released today by The Financial Times, one of the world's leading business newspapers.
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Not just another face in the crowd
Students should use common sense when posting to Facebook.com, says expert
July 31,
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Think you know your daughter's potential college roommate for her freshman year? Think again. Not to imply that your daughter will be rooming with an alien being, but as Facebook.com continues to gain popularity, it's become easier for students to post information that may or may not always be true, which can pose problems for professors, friends and future employers. Students need to remember that a Facebook.com posting becomes public information. And the persona they create online may be hard to maintain once they arrive on campus, says a leading expert on the college experience.
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Give a leg up
The Times Education Supplement (London UK)
April 25,
2008 -- So you thought testing was just assessment and either neutral or actively harmful to learning? Well, think again. New research from the U.S. suggests that, far from being a recipe for a blighted childhood, repeated testing is one of the best ways to learn. The active retrieval of facts from the memory that occurs during testing is far more helpful for consolidating knowledge than passive studying.
This research was conducted by Purdue's Jeffrey Karpicke and WUSTL psychology professor Henry Roediger.
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Backed patent bill in trouble in U.S. Senate
The Guardian (UK)
and 10 others
April 15,
2008 -- A long-negotiated patent overhaul bill sought by technology companies and opposed by big pharmaceutical makers ran into trouble in the U.S. Senate. Scott Kieff, WUSTL law professor and patent law expert, comments.
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NASA Spacecraft Fine Tunes Course For Mars Landing
ScienceDaily.com
and 21 others
April 11,
2008 -- NASA engineers have adjusted the flight path of the Phoenix Mars Lander, setting the spacecraft on course for its May 25 landing on the Red Planet. ...
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Fed Bank Appoints Bullard as President
The Wall Street Journal
March 26,
2008 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, has appointed as president James Bullard, an 18-year veteran of the bank's research staff and an adjunct faculty memeber at WUSTL.
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Finding Industry Funding
Science Magazine
March 14,
2008 -- WUSTL's Karen Wooley, professor of chemistry, comments on the difficulties and approaches academic researchers use to garner industry funding.
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Drake, Washington U. stars set pace for Academic All-Americans
ESPN.com
Feb. 27,
2008 -- WUSTL senior forward Troy Ruths heads the 2008 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America men's basketball teams. Ruths is the Academic All-American of the Year for the second straight year in the college division and carries a 4.0 grade-point average in computer science.
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Extracurriculars That Count
BusinessWeek.com
Feb. 26,
2008 -- Nanette Tarbouni, WUSTL undergraduate admissions director, talks about the importance of extracurriculars in undergraduate applications.
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Group says it has mapped corn genome
Associated Press
and 76 others
Feb. 26,
2008 -- Richard Wilson, director of WUSTL's Genome Sequencing Center, comments on the successful mapping of the corn genome.
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Stanford Set to Raise Aid for Students in Middle
The New York Times
and 4 others
Feb. 21,
2008 -- WUSTL has need-based loans with grants for students from families earning less than $60,000. many prominent universities are moving to expand financial aid to the middle class.
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Parents learn how to let go in the technological age
NPR Morning Edition
Feb. 8,
2008 -- When kids head off to college, parents are forced to separate themselves from what has been a constant hands-on job for years. Parents and students comment on "Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Year," by WUSTL's Karen Levin Coburn.
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Campus Health's Hidden Costs
U.S. News & World Report online
Feb. 1,
2008 -- Debra Harp, WUSTL's associate director of Student Health Services, comments on mandatory health insurance mandates by universities, including WUSTL.
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1,000 Genomes Project
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jan. 28,
2008 -- The 1,000 Genomes Project, an international research effort that includes WUSTL scientists, will sequence the genomes of one thousand people from different parts of the globe. Elaine Mardis, co-director of WUSTL's Genome Sequencing Center, comments.
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The New Theology
Chicago Tribune magazine
Jan. 22,
2008 -- The Chicago Tribune magazine story on the conflict between Darwin and theology. Ursula Goodenough professor of biology comments on the conflict.
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A Shaky Season for Student Loans
Business Week Online
Jan. 18,
2008 -- Student financial aid season is getting off to a shaky start. The industry is experiencing jitters as the fallout from the subprime credit crisis trickles down to lenders who make private loans, as well as companies that also issue federal loans. Bill Witbrodt, director of WUSTL student financial aid services, says he has not seen students directly affected yet, but expects that could change.
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Car sharing makes its area debut
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
and 3 others
Jan. 16,
2008 -- WUSTL parking and transportation director Lisa Underwood comments on a new collaboration with Enterprise Rent-A-Car on a new car-sharing program, called WeCar, on campus.
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A Hereditary Perk the Founding Fathers Failed to Anticipate
The New York Times
Jan. 15,
2008 -- Legacy admissions may be elitist, says Adam Liptak, but they're not illegal.
He also says that legacy preferences in college admissions -- the nepotistic advantages given to the children of alumni -- are indefensible.
References include an article published in the WUSTL Law Review.
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A Growing College Rivalry: The Fight for Faculty Stars
The Washington Post
Jan. 14,
2008 -- Dealmaking is constant, delicate and increasingly competitive as schools hunt for ways to attract top educators and keep their own stars from straying. The benefits to playing the faculty shuffle are many; academic prestige and grant money often come with new recruits. Some universities play down faculty member moves, calling them part of the recruitment process in higher education. Others refer to many of the raids on star faculty members by competing universities as poaching or outright theft. "Top-talent people who are happy and successful and thriving as academicians are free agents," said Mark Wrighton, chancellor at WUSTL.
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A few tips to lead a 'greener' lifestyle
DailyIndia.com (FL)
and 3 others
Jan. 14,
2008 -- Matt Malten, WUSTL assistant vice chancellor for campus sustainability, offers a few tips on how to lessen your impact on the environment without spending a lot of bucks. "The old adage of reduce, reuse, recycle remains apropos. We must remind ourselves that the first step is always to reduce our demand of natural resources," Malten said.
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Maine program brightens college prospects -- at birth
The Christian Science Monitor
Jan. 10,
2008 -- The new Harold Alfond College Challenge is a first-in-the nation philanthropic program that will give families statewide a $500 starter grant — and assistance with paperwork — to set up 529 college savings accounts for infants. About 80 percent of account owners who receive matching grants in Maine continue to make contributions, according to a study by WUSTL.
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Winners of the 2008 Awards for Distinction Announced
ArtDaily.org
Jan. 7,
2008 -- Ronald Leax, WUSTL professor of art, received a CAA award as part of their eleven Awards for Distinction for 2008. These annual awards honor outstanding member achievements and reaffirm CAA's mission to encourage the highest standards of scholarship, practice, and teaching in the arts.
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