Author: Jessica Daues

When light bulbs need to be replaced, change to compact fluorescent bulbs instead of incandescent bulbs.

Photo by David Kilper”People need role models, and it is critical to be able to look at your own family and community for those models,” says Jack Kirkland, associate professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Kirkland is putting his philosophy to work in East St. Louis, Ill., and a low-income area of St. Louis, the 3rd Ward.

The University will open a child-care facility on North Campus by the fall 2010 semester, announced Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration. The new center will offer care for 150-175 children ranging in age from 6 weeks to 6 years.

WUSTL’s Office of Human Resources invites all faculty and staff to an annual workshop on “Planning For the Future of a Child or Other Dependents With Special Needs.”

Eric Galburt, Ph.D., James Janetka, Ph.D., and Ana Ruiz Manzano, Ph.D.

Robert Sparks, Ph.D., professor, biomedical researcher and international consultant, died March 21, 2009, of acute leukemia. He was 78.

Ronald E. Schuchardt, retired captain and member of University Police from 1970-1996, died March 17, 2009. He was 73.

Photo by Robert BostonJennifer S. Lawton, M.D., associate professor of surgery, is committed to lessening the impact of heart disease on both women and men and is especially concerned by differences in heart care between women and men.

The Department of Athletics will hold a Celebration of Champions at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in the WU Field House.

Check with your office manager to see if at the end of the day you can shut your computer down and turn off the power strip.