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David Fike, professor of earth and planetary sciences and director of environmental studies, both in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, won a $98,406 EAGER Grant from the
National Science Foundation for a project in geobiology and low-temperature geochemistry titled “Microscale d34S Analyses in Pyrites to Distinguish Environmental and Biological Drivers of Isotopic Variability.”
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Welcome back to Class Acts, a celebration of the Class of 2021. This week, we celebrate three graduating students who are leaders in research Churchill Scholar Jessika Baral, Spencer T. Olin Fellow Chelsey Carter and U.S. Army veteran Alex Reiter.
Jessika Baral leverages her expertise in biology and computer science to advance cancer research. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)
It started back in middle school, when Jessika Baral got glasses and her dad was struggling with his cataracts.
“He suggested that we do eye exercises together,” Baral recalled. “Middle-school Jessika was not down for that.”
So she engineered a sort of sombrero festooned with LED lights. By following the blinking lights, users could strengthen their eye muscles. The results were so impressive, Baral was invited to the White House Science Fair, where she met her hero, Bill Nye.
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William M. Boothby, professor emeritus of mathematics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. He was 102.
Boothby was born in Detroit and earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1940. His graduate studies in mathematics were interrupted by World War II. In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces, trained as a pilot and flew over 600 hours before being discharged in 1945. Boothby completed his PhD in mathematics at the University of Michigan in 1949.
William Boothby (right), with his wife, Ruth, in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy of the department)
“You had to tell her,” says Bobby.
“Well, I thought about it all weekend,” says Jill. “I weighed the pros and cons. But then, yeah. I had to tell her.”
“Betrayal,” says Tina. “Do you know what that word means?”
Things get heated. Things get loud. But fear not, this isn’t some end-of-year meltdown it’s a live, un-miked, guerilla-style performance of “Tough!,” George F. Walker’s provocative tragicomedy of youth, relationships and thwarted potential.
“Tina is angry because she heard Bobby was flirting with another girl,” said William Whitaker, professor of practice in drama in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, who directs the cast of three. “Jill is there to help Tina deliver some tough news. And Bobby, seeing his whole life about to change, is doing everything possible to escape.
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