Campus & Community

The Center for Diversity and Inclusion is accepting proposals for the inaugural Faculty Fellows & Emerging Scholar-Professional Program for the 2016-17 academic year.

Gastroenterologist C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, uses complex tools to learn what’s behind patients’ symptoms and treat them more effectively.

From analyzing vast DNA sequences to handling electronic medical records, the importance of big data in medicine has increased dramatically in recent years. To support the growing need to manage and harness big data, the School of Medicine is launching an Institute for Informatics and has named Philip R.O. Payne its first director.

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Danny Kohl, a professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Saturday, March 12, 2016. He was 87. A memorial service will be held April 9.

Nichole Mercier has been appointed managing director of the Office of Technology Management, effective May 1, according to Dedric Carter, who recently was named vice chancellor for operations and technology transfer.

Two Washington University in St. Louis education professors, William F. Tate and Carol Camp Yeakey, have been elected as the newest members of the National Academy of Education (NAEd) for outstanding scholarship on education.

Ronné Patrick Turner, associate vice president of enrollment and dean of admission at Northeastern University, has been appointed vice provost for admissions at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

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At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting March 3 and 4, the trustees heard presentations from School of Medicine faculty and received a report from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton that included updates on administrative appointments, admissions, athletics, construction and diversity efforts.