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Toronto Star Think stilettos are hazardous? Check out these heels 9/10/2010 ‘On a Pedestal,’ an exhibit currently showing at Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum, examines two of the most extreme forms of Western footwear, the 16th century chopine and its successor, the high heel. No sensible shoes here. The more impractical, the sexier. Both the chopine […]

Steve Hoffner, associate vice chancellor for operations, seeks to create an environment that provides the campus community the support it needs to flourish and to truly feel at home at WUSTL.

Of note Marco Colonna, MD, professor of pathology and immunology and of medicine, has received a three-year, $495,000 grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, for research titled “The Role of Viral Sensors in Type I Diabetes.” … The Corner Building on Skinker and Delmar boulevards has been awarded the 2010 Regional Excellence Award […]

Psychology Today Will increasing the number of US medical students translate into more practitioners? 9/9/2010 Recently, there has been movement towards substantial growth in the number of medical schools and in the number of medical students training in the US. About 15-18 new schools may be added to the 131 current schools. Also, medical schools […]

Senior Megan de Villiers (left), and sophomores Jennifer Korman and Vivek Gupta put the finishing touches on a mural in the entrance to Buder Elementary School in St. Louis Saturday, Sept. 4, as part of the WUSTL’s Service First program. More than 1,200 WUSTL students volunteered their time during the annual Service First event, helping to paint, landscape and clean 12 St. Louis-area schools to make their surroundings more enjoyable for students and their teachers.

James “Jamie” Kolker has been named assistant vice chancellor of campus planning and director of capital projects in Facilities Planning & Management at Washington University in St. Louis, announced Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration.

Psychology Today / National Humanities Center Bright spots and blind spots in self-knowledge 9/7/2010 How well do you know yourself? How well do you know what makes you happy? Do others know things about you that you don’t know about yourself? If so, can you improve your self-understanding, bring your view of yourself more into […]

Students celebrate First Friday, the annual campus celebration marking the end of the first week of classes, by sliding down a giant inflatable slide in the Village Sept. 3. Other First Friday events around campus included free donuts and ice cream, an appearance by comedian Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live, a dance party, games and more.

Rose Windmiller has been named assistant vice chancellor for government and community relations, and Leah Merrifield the executive director for academic-civic engagement in the Office of Government and Community Relations, announced Pamela Lokken, vice chancellor for government and community relations.

Looking to kick the semester off right by doing something good for the community? Volunteer to donate blood during the first of four university-wide blood drives to be held this year. The drive will take place Sept. 14 at eight different locations on the Danforth, Medical and West campuses.