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Ta-Chiang Liu, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a three-year, $486,000 grant from The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for research titled “Small Intestinal Paneth Cell Phenotype In Crohn’s Disease: Clinical Relevance And Genetic Associations.”

The Duncan Avenue entrance to the St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) staff parking garage will reopen June 1, a few days later than had been planned due to weather and other delays regarding a Metropolitan Sewer District storm-sewer line upgrade.

David G. Mutch, MD, the Ira C. and Judith Gall Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine, has been elected chairman of the Foundation for Women’s Cancer board of directors.

Washington University in St. Louis Senior Class President Jeremy Sherman’s message to the graduating Class of 2015 can be found here. Sherman, from West Bloomfield, Mich., earned a bachelor of science in business administration degree from the Olin Business School with a second major in political science from the College of Arts & Sciences.

“Thank you for what you have done so far, but you have raised my expectations through your successes,” said Chancellor Mark Wrighton, at Washington University in St. Louis’ 2015 Commencement. “The future of the world depends on you!”

Mary Klingensmith, MD, the Mary Culver Distinguished Professor and vice chair for education in the Department of Surgery, was installed as president of the Association for Surgical Education (ASE) at the organization’s annual meeting in Seattle.

Filmmaker Ken Burns’ remarks to the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2015. The university’s 154th Commencement ceremony was held Friday, May 15, in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus.

Ron Nwumeh, a junior studying biology and research assistant in the lab of Joseph Jez, PhD, in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, recently received the 2015 Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Award.

Lucia Strader, PhD, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a five-year, $866,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research titled “Roles for Indole-3-butyric Acid in Plant Development.”

Washington University’s 154th Commencement is at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 15, in Brookings Quadrangle. The university will award 2,974 degrees to 2,825 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The university also will bestow honorary degrees on five individuals. Here are details to help you cover WashU’s Commencement.