Author: Kelly Wiese Niemeyer

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall will be lowered to half-staff from sunrise through sunset Sunday, May 15, in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day.

Marvin E. Levin, MD, a renowned endocrinologist and teacher for many years at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died of complications from pneumonia April 30, 2016, in St. Louis. He was 91.

Faculty, staff and students, take note: the university’s Blackboard service will be unavailable from 3 p.m. Friday, May 20, until 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21, while Information Technology performs an upgrade.

Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, director of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected chairman of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) board of directors.

Two mouse models of Zika virus infection in pregnancy have been developed by a team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The models provide a basis to develop vaccines and treatments, and to study the biology of Zika virus infection in pregnancy.

Timothy Moore, John and Penelope Biggs Distinguished Professor of Classics and chair of the Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences, recently delivered a lecture titled “Greek Tragedy after Ferguson” at Butler University in Indianapolis.

A campus memorial service for James W. Davis, professor emeritus of political science in Arts & Sciences, will be held at 4 p.m. June 6 in Graham Chapel. Davis died April 27.

Question: Which campus building includes a public display of fossils from creatures that lived long ago, including a 12-foot crocodile?

Two School of Medicine scientists have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. They are Kenneth M. Murphy, MD, PhD, and Herbert W. “Skip” Virgin IV, MD, PhD, both of the Department of Pathology and Immunology. Election to the academy is among the highest honors that can be awarded to a U.S. scientist or engineer.

Washington University Information Technology has extended the WUSM Secure wireless network to enable better collaboration and access. Medical school faculty, staff and students now can connect to the encrypted WUSM Secure wireless network when visiting the Danforth Campus.