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Five faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recently were elected to the Society for Pediatric Research, which aims to improve child health through research, professional collaboration and advocacy. They are Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD; Brian J. DeBosch, MD, PhD; Laura G. Schuettpelz, MD, PhD; Indi Trehan, MD; and Yumirle P. Turmelle, MD.

Members of the Washington University in St. Louis community are invited to bring their children to Olympic Day 2018 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 22, at Francis Field and Sumers Recreation Center.

Apologies only go so far. As #MeToo reminds us, we must look beyond the “bad man.” We must confront the systems that enable sexual violence — systems that all too often we countenance with our own participation.

Interested faculty are invited to apply for the fall 2018 “Redefining Doctoral Education in the Humanities” faculty retreat, which will take place Sept. 28-29 and Oct. 6.

Christina Thurman, marketing team lead at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, was honored recently at the St. Louis American Foundation’s 18th Annual Salute to Excellence in Health Care awards luncheon.

Timothy Miller, MD, PhD, the Clayson Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2018 Sheila Essey Award from the American Academy of Neurology. The award includes $50,000 to support his work on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Gerald Early, the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in Arts & Sciences, was among the honorees at the 2018 Royal Vagabonds Leadership Awards.

The Campus Diversity Collaborative is holding an “Interrupting Racism” workshop from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. June 19 on the South 40. Space is limited, so those interested should apply to participate by Wednesday, June 13.

A stretch of Forest Park Parkway, between Skinker and Big Bend boulevards, will be closed to through traffic beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 13, through June 18. Drivers still can access Hoyt and Throop drives.

Pedestrians’ ability to get around the east end of the Danforth Campus became more limited after Commencement as crews’ work, including regrading and utility upgrades, expanded to the west of the construction site.