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Michelle L. Milligan, EdD, has been promoted to associate provost, effective July 1, announced Edward S. Macias, PhD, provost, executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences.

WUSTL police staff members meet Matt, an Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale, during the IACLEA Family Event at Grant’s Farm June 20. Washington University, led by a university-wide committee chaired by WUSTL Police Chief Strom, hosted the 2010 IACLEA (International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators) annual conference in St. Louis June 18-22.  

Washington University is committed to the highest ethical and professional standards of conduct. WUSTL maintains a Compliance Hotline — at (314) 362-4998 — to provide members of the university community a means to anonymously report concerns or suspected violations of the university’s Code of Conduct.

All Washington University campuses will be tobacco-free beginning Thursday, July 1. Under the new university policy, smoking and tobacco use will be prohibited on all university-owned and -managed properties. 

The School of Medicine’s Farmer’s Market is held every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April through September in the fountain plaza outside of the Barnes & Noble bookstore.

Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, professor of medicine, received the Distinguished Educator Award from the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy May 2 at the society’s Crystal Awards dinner in New Orleans. The award goes to a physician educator and recognizes contributions to the education of fellows through endoscopy seminars, participation in national postgraduate courses and published […]

Ralph G. Dacey Jr., MD, assisted by scrub technician Tinika Noldin, uses an endoscope to examine a pituitary tumor. On the monitor: a pituitary gland. Richard A. Chole, MD, PhD, was in his home workshop, and the sparks were flying. Chole is an ear, nose and throat specialist and surgeon. But on this day he […]

The BJC Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine was dedicated in June, amid a celebration featuring U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, and artist Maya Lin.

Of note John Baugh, PhD, the Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts & Sciences, has received an Open Door Award from the St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council for his work to further fair housing in metropolitan St. Louis. … Douglas Char, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine and residency director of the Washington University […]

Students react while watching the June 11 opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup between host nation South Africa and Mexico in the Fun Room of the Danforth University Center. Every game of the World Cup, which ends July 11, is being shown at the DUC.