Surgery embraces diversity training
Faculty and staff in the plastic and reconstructive surgery, urologic surgery and public health sciences divisions in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have completed all four levels of training offered by the medical school’s diversity and inclusion team.
Snapshots 7.13.15: Summer celebrations
Images captured in and around the Washington University campuses.
Obituary: Jacques de Villiers, 21
Washington University in St. Louis rising senior Jacques de Villiers died July 3, 2015, of cancer. He was 21. Diagnosed with cancer as a high school student in Cleveland, De Villiers arrived at Washington University ready to engage in campus life. He studied economics and biomedical physics, played club hockey, joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and cooked elaborate meals for friends.
Encouraging diversity in the neurosciences
In an effort to increase diversity in the neurosciences, Washington University in St. Louis has received a five-year, $1.5 million federal grant to participate in a national pipeline program with that mission.
Washington People: Leah Merrifield
Leah Merrifield, assistant vice chancellor for community engagement at Washington University in St. Louis, has worked at Olin Business School, in the Office of the Chancellor and in the Office of Government and Community Relations – twice. Her titles have been different, but in her 20 years at the university, her overarching goal has remained the same: to help Washington University be a more diverse and inclusive place.
Stohler named managing director of asset allocation
Michael L. Stohler, PhD, has been named managing
director of asset allocation at the Washington University Investment
Management Company – the investment office for the endowment at
Washington University. In this capacity, Stohler
will play a key role in the overall management of the university’s
endowment and other assets.
Snapshots 7.6.15: St. Louis pride
Images captured in and around the Washington University campuses.
Vice chancellor for finance, CFO search committee named
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton has appointed an eight-member committee to identify candidates for the position of vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer. Barbara A. Feiner announced her plans to retire Dec. 31 as vice chancellor for finance and CFO after 19 years at the university.
Snapshots 6.29.15: Pretty plants and fostering learning
Images captured in and around the Washington University campuses.
WashU’s Summer Writers Institute celebrates 20th year
For 20 summers now, students of all ages and from all walks of life have gathered on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis to write, read, write, read and write some more. The Summer Writers Institute, an intensive, two-week writing seminar that is part summer camp, part MFA-level instruction, is thriving after two decades.
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