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Tegan Bukowski came to WUSTL to “explore the world, to discover problems and to produce solutions,” say Bruce Lindsey, dean of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration. Bukowski, who will receive a dual degree in architecture and environmental studies May 21, has been chosen by the Record as an Outstanding Graduate in architecture.

Each year at Commencement, Washington University’s Record presents its annual Gallery of Outstanding Graduates. From among the more than 2,700 degree candidates, 12 are chosen who not only excel academically but also stand out because of exceptional ability or community service.

The WUSTL Campus Store will offer textbook rental services through the Rent-A-Text program beginning fall 2010. Rent-A-Text gives students an option to rent rather than purchase textbooks — and see significant savings, according to Follett Higher Education Group.

A memorial service for I. Jerome Flance, MD, a renowned physician, educator and pulmonary disease specialist at Washington University School of Medicine, will be held at 4 p.m. June 24 in Moore Auditorium at the School of Medicine.

Two Washington University doctoral students were inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at the annual Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education this spring at Yale University. The 2010 Bouchet Fellows are Kelly Diggs-Andrews in the Molecular Cell Biology Program in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, and Christie T. Spence in the Clinical Psychology Program in the Department of Psychology in Arts & Sciences.

Ping Wang’s love of the humanities is the driving force behind his research. Wang, PhD, the Seigle Family Professor in Arts & Sciences, explores social, political and cultural considerations that influence who wins and who loses in the global economic arena.

Of note Lesley Addison, Bill Janes and Janelle Sullivan, third-year doctoral students in the Program in Occupational Therapy, were selected to participate in the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Leaders Development Program, a new initiative to identify leaders who are about to start or have just started their careers and provide them with a yearlong mentored […]

When many people think of St. Louis, the Gateway Arch, Cardinals baseball or Anheuser-Busch beer comes to mind. With the help of her book, Meet Me: Writers in St. Louis, Catherine Rankovic is looking to add another feature to that list: literary hub. 

No room for a futon, boxes of macaroni or stacks of nearly new T-shirts in the backseat of the car during move-out? Don’t throw them away — share extra items instead by donating to “Share Our Stuff.” Drop-offs are located on and off campus this spring and summer.

Freshman students enjoy pizza and Ted Drewes frozen custard in Bowles Plaza following the Freshman Finale ceremony April 21. Sponsored by the Freshman Class Council and the First Year Center, the event, which is the first to gather freshmen from all schools together at the end of the year, included an awards ceremony, a raffle, a slideshow of memories from the year and several speakers.