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Mass excavation of the Central Underground Parking Garage is 80 percent complete.

There will be 30 different meetings to ensure eligible faculty and staff thoroughly understand the plans.

The following are among the new faculty members at the University. Others will be introduced periodically in this space. Patricia L. Kohl, Ph.D., joins the George Warren Brown School of Social Work as assistant professor. Kohl earned a doctorate from the University of North Carolina, where she also served as a research assistant for the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being. Her past positions include clinical director at Children’s Place Inc. and mental health counselor at Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Center, both located in Aiken, S.C. A consulting editor for the journal Social Work, Kohl studies the link between child welfare and domestic violence, and safety from repeated neglect and abuse. Ramesh Raghavan, M.D., Ph.D., serves as assistant professor in both the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine. He earned a medical degree from Stanley Medical College, Madras, India, and completed a psychiatric residency at the Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal, India. He received fellowship training in pediatric pain at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned a doctorate in health policy. Raghavan previously worked as policy core director at the UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress. His research centers on policies that promote access to, and raise the standards of, mental health services for children in the child welfare system. Matt Gabel, Ph.D., joins the Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences as associate professor. He earned a doctorate in political science from the University of Rochester in 1994. He also completed a master’s degree in advanced European studies at the College of Europe in Brugge, Belgium. He spent 1996-98 at the University of Michigan as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research. His research interests include the political economy of European integration, the political consequences of electoral laws, comparative democratic processes and American health policy. He is associate editor of the Journal of European Union Politics. Melanie Springer, Ph.D., joins the Department of Political Science as assistant professor. She earned a doctorate in political science from Columbia University in 2006. She specializes in American politics and quantitative methods. Her teaching and research interests include voting and elections, political institutions, state politics and policymaking, American political development, Congress and political parties. Robert Walker, Ph.D., joins the Department of Political Science and the Program in Applied Statistics and Computation as assistant professor. He earned a doctorate in political science from the University of Rochester in 2005. His research interests are political methodology (interdependent choice and path dependence), international relations (international political economy and international human rights) and political economy.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Oct. 4-10. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Crime alert University Police released the following […]

The No. 19 women’s soccer team extended its winning streak to six with two victories last week.

Photo by David Kilper

Sept. 26-Oct. 2 Sept. 28 10:39 a.m. — A staff member reported that four computers were stolen from a storage area in Simon Hall sometime over the summer, possibly in July. During that time, the building was being painted and staff members found the doors insecure on several occasions. The theft was not discovered until an inventory was taken. Total loss is estimated at $3,200. 8:32 p.m. — An unattended book bag was reported as missing from the dining area of The Village No. 3. The time of the disappearance was between 7-7:45 p.m. The bag also contained the owner’s wallet. Sept. 30 7:43 p.m. — Admissions reported four tables had been delivered to the basketball courts in the Swamp on the South 40 for an event at noon. Upon their arrival at 4 p.m., one table was missing. Oct. 1 10:07 p.m. — A graduate student reported the theft of credit card information and that fraudulent purchases had been made with the information at Wohl Student Center. Additionally, University Police responded to two parking violations and one report each of auto accident, drug offense, recovered property, larceny, false fire alarm and lost or stolen property.

University Police recently released the following crime alerts. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. On September 22, a resident of an apartment building […]

The 60 retirees contributed a total of 1,309 years of service to the University.