Author: Ken Duenke

Bob and Julie Skandalaris have given another major gift to advance the University’s entrepreneurship curriculum throughout the campus.

The University’s fund-raising initiative has secured the resources to realize its potential to delivery myriad advances and contributions to society for generations to come.

Henry L. Roediger III, Ph.D., Daniel Ma, Dan Carlin, Cynthia Weese, and Andrea Perry

Photo by Bill StoverChancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Executive Vice Chancellor David T. Blasingame spoke at a celebration July 1 in Holmes Lounge.The Campaign for Washington University ended June 30 with $1.55 billion in gifts and commitments, a WUSTL record.

“Beyond his leadership of the campaign, (he) is an invaluable future contributor to the advance of the University,” Chancellor Wrighton says.

The cancer physician-scientist from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University will join the University Oct. 1.

A five-year, $2.5 million grant may help employers determine which employees are more likely to get the condition.

School of Medicine scientists suspect a drug already approved for seizure disorders and chronic nerve pain can also help.

Photo by Bob Boston123 first-year students of the Class of 2008 were presented Aug 13 with their white coats, long a symbol of the medical profession.

Keister, 71; Suydam, 54.