Centers and institutes of Washington University in St. Louis

Biological sciences

* [http://biology4.wustl.edu/tyson/index.html Tyson Research Center] - a 2,000 acre outdoor facility located about 20 miles from the main Washington University campus. Various ecological systems and habitats help provide valuable outdoor education and teaching opportunities for classes and research projects at the University.

Business

* [http://bctim.wustl.edu/ Boeing Center for Technology and Information Management] - Focused collaboration between business and academe. Businesses provide professors and students with access to in-house real-world technology, and these researchers use these data and machines to formulate theories on operations and supply chain management to better improve logistics and processes.

* [http://www.olin.wustl.edu/acadres/centers/cres.cfm Center for Research in Economics and Strategy] - supports empirical and scientifc research to aid in the understanding of how markets behave, how firms strategize, and how industries evolve.

* [http://www.olin.wustl.edu/acadres/research/taylor.cfm Reuben C. Taylor Experimental Laboratory] - a high-technology facility for conducting experimental research to analyze negotiation, market behavior, and decision making. Included in the laboratory is a computer network that allows participants to make decisions and communicate with others in real-time.

* [http://www.sces.wustl.edu/ Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies] - established in 2004 with a grant from the Kauffman Foundtation. The Center's initiatives focus on corporate innovation, application and commercialization for early-stage science, student-initiated ventures (such as the Hatchery course and the Olin Cup competition), social entrepreneurship, and connecting the University with the St. Louis start-up community.

Engineering

* [http://bme.wustl.edu/Research/Laboratory.asp?id=42 Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center] - an interdisciplinary center whose goals are to study the mechanisms of rhythm disorders of the heart, and to develop new tools for their diagnosis and treatment.

* [http://capita.wustl.edu/CAPITA/ Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis] - performs air quality research, data dissemination, a literature and data library, and publishes reports and journals. CAPITA specializes in the effects of aerosol research and the impact of air pollution on the atmosphere.

* [http://www.cait.wustl.edu/ Center for Application of Information Technologies (CAIT)] - provides resources, classes, training, and professional development opportunities for Information Technology leaders at Washington University and throughout the St. Louis region, in order to make the region more competitive as an IT hub.

* [http://www.cmi.wustl.edu/ Center for Materials Innovation] - a collaboration between the School of Engineering, School of Medicine, and College of Arts & Sciences, to advance the field of materials research. The CMI's research focuses are nostructured materials synthesis, magnetic materials, biological and biomedical materials, and materials for energy applications.

* [http://rodin.wustl.edu/cosc/center.html Center for Optimization & Semantic Control] - an effort between various academic divisions at Washington University, and leaders in the US Air Force and Aerospace and Air Transportation industries. The COSC works to use mathematical models and optimization problems to solve complex issues in aerospace and transportation systems.

* [http://i-cares.wustl.edu/ International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability] - I-CARES is a $55 million dollar effort to explore alternative solutions for fuel, by researching biofuels from plant and microbial systems to forward sustainable alternative environmental practices.

* [http://mcss.wustl.edu/ McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences] - A coordinated effort between the School of Engineering, and the departments of Earth and Plantary Sciences, Physics, and Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences. Groups work to research broad questions in the space sciences, such as the formation of planets, the beginning of the Universe, and geologic activity on Earth. A unique, state-of-the-art microprobe known as NanoSIMS analyzes cosmic dust, and recently separated and identified individual presolar dust grains that forms around new stars.

Humanities and Social Sciences

* [http://cenhum.artsci.wustl.edu/index.html Center for the Humanities] - formerly the International Writers Center, has expanded its focus and purpose; is "dedicated to letters and humanistic research and their presence in public life."

* [http://cniss.wustl.edu/ Center for New Institutional Social Sciences] - founded in 1999 by Nobel Laureate Douglass C. North, Ph.D, the Center works to apply economics more effectively in enhancing the growth of developing nations.

* [http://humanvalues.wustl.edu/aboutus.htm Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values] - Creates venues and forums for faculty and students from across the University to combine their areas of expertise with the goal of creating new knowledge and understanding about human values, affairs, and relationships. The Center examines current issues facing our world and the human condition, and motivates community leaders in business, politics, and education to apply valued-based judgements to their spheres of influence.

* [http://artsci.wustl.edu/~urban/ Center on Urban Research & Public Policy] - studies the urban environment in America, it's successes and failures, and advances discussion on urban issues by research, teaching, promoting involvement of residents in building their community infrastructure to enhance the urban fabric of their city.

* [http://www.isnie.org/ International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE)] - an interdisciplinary enterprise combining economics, law, organization theory, political science, sociology and anthropology to understand the institutions of social, political and commercial life, using economics as a common language.

Interdisciplinary

* [http://ucollege.wustl.edu/lifelong.html The Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI)] - affiliate of the Elderhostel Institute Network. Courses are not-for-credit peer-learning groups. Participants must be members and age 55 or older.

Language and literature

* [http://artsci.wustl.edu/~german/Resources/Center/hierarchy.php Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature] - promotes teaching and research of modern German literature and supports collaboration among students/scholars in the field as the only center of its kind in the United States. Part of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.

Law

The Washington University School of Law has five Centers and Institutes, which are mostly housed at the Anheuser-Busch and Seigle Hall buildings: [ [http://law.wustl.edu/centers_institutes WULS: Centers and Institutes ] ]
* [http://cerl.wustl.edu/ Center for Empirical Research in the Law] - focuses on applying sophisticated empiral methodology to legal studies research.
* [http://ls.wustl.edu/centeris/ Center for Interdisciplinary Studies] - supports interdisciplinary legal research and scholarship.
* [http://law.wustl.edu/CRIE/ Center for Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship] - provides law students wit hthe ability to work with intellectual property counsel and provide legal advice to both the University and the wider community. Law students collaborate with students from the School of Medicine, Olin School of Business, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, and Arts & Sciences.
* [http://clearinghouse.wustl.edu/ Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse] - collection of documents and information about civil rights cases in specific topics.
* [http://law.wustl.edu/higls/ Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute] - focuses as a center for instruction and research in international and comparative law to prepare students for a global society.

Medicine

* [http://alzheimer.wustl.edu/ Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC)] - founded in 1985, the mission of the ADRC at Washington University School of Medicine is to promote collaborative research in the treatment and assessment of Alzheimer's disease. The center also provides a training environment for postdoctoral fellows, students in nursing, social work and medicine, along with residents in geriatrics, psychiatry and neurology.

* [http://biomed21.wustl.edu/ BioMed 21] - started in 2003, BioMed 21 is an interdiscplinary research center linking life sciences and medical education throughout Washington University. To be housed in a 700,000 square-foot facility in the Medical Complex to be named the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University, BioMed 21 includes five Interdisciplinary Research Centers: [ [http://biomed21.wustl.edu/summary.html BioMed 21 Summary] ]
** [http://biomed21.wustl.edu/IRC_CCG.htm Center for Cancer Genomics]
** [http://biomed21.wustl.edu/IRC_CIMED.htm Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Disorders]
** [http://biomed21.wustl.edu/IRC_CWIDR.htm Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research]
** [http://biomed21.wustl.edu/IRC_HCPPFN.htm Hope Center Program on Protein Folding and Neurodegeneration]
** [http://biomed21.wustl.edu/IRC_CISDCD.htm Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Diabetic Cardiovascular Disease]

* Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) - combines education, research and clinical and community service to benefit individuals who are deaf and hearing-impaired. Audiologists, teachers and scientists serve as graduate program faculty and Washington University graduate students gain experience in real-world situations.

* [http://www.mir.wustl.edu/ Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology] - serves as the Department of Radiology for the Washington University School of Medicine. Institute physicians and scientists are faculty members of the School of Medicine, and physicians are on the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital. Multidisciplinary research training programs combine both clinical and basic research.

Political science

* [http://www.gephardtinstitute.wustl.edu/ Richard A. Gephardt Institute for Public Service] - founded with a major gift from former U.S. Congressman Richard Gephardt. Focuses on the value, interest and importance of public service and civic engagement. Major activities of the Gephardt Institute include the hosting of speakers series, internship and career placement services, granting of money to faculty and students for community-based teaching and learning, supporting co-curricular activites with the community service office, and a summer stipend program, where the University financially supports students who take uncompensated internships in the field of public service.

* [http://wc.wustl.edu/ Weidenbaum Center] - combines academic research with policy analysis centering on economy, business, government, and public policy. The Weidenbaum Center is non-profit and non-partisan, and programs events, hosts speakers and lecturers, holds retreats, and publishes journals to further its mission.

ocial work

* [http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/buder/ Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies] - founded to provide scholarships for Native American students, the Center for American Indian Studies is now located within the School of Social work and is geared toward the "academic advancement and study of American Indian issues related to social work." [ [http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/buder/ Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies ] ] The center still continues to offer scholarships.

* [http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/research/Pages/LatinoFamilyResearch.aspx Center for Latino Family Research] - is the only center in a U.S. school of social work that conducts research on Latino social, health, mental health, and family and community development in the U.S. and Latin America. The Center's ultimate goal is to help improve the lives of Latino families in all of the Americas.

* [http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/cmhsr/ Center for Mental Health Services Research] - through its national network of collaborative research partners, works with public social service agencies to build a base of evidence designed to address the challenges of delivering mental health services to vulnerable populations. The center is one of only 11 centers of its kind in the country and the only one part of a social work school.

* [http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/CSD/ Center for Social Development] - the center's domestic and international research focuses on building assets of individuals and families so they can invest in life goals such as homes, education, and enterprise development and thus break the cycle of poverty. The Center's work also explores issues of civic engagement to ensure the people of all ages and economic levels actively participate in our society.

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