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Liz Kramer (center), a fellow in the office of the executive vice chancellor for administration, and students cheer the passing of Proposition A April 6 at the Danforth University Center. Many Metro supporters — including Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton — gathered in the Tisch Commons April 6 for an election-watch party.

The Brown School honored two distinguished individuals for outstanding service to their profession during its annual Alumni Awards celebration April 6 in Steinberg Hall Auditorium. Two alumni received Distinguished Alumni Awards and a faculty member received a Distinguished Faculty Award.  

TIAA-CREF and Vanguard will offer free financial education seminars April 13-15 on the Danforth and Medical School campuses for WUSTL faculty and staff. Topics include budget and debt management, determining net worth, managing credit, creating a spending plan, saving for retirement, asset allocation and understanding different types of investments.

The Gephardt Institute for Public Service has partnered with the newly formed university group, Student United Way, to offer funding for students applying to the Civic Engagement Fund. The Civic Engagement Fund awards graduate, professional and undergraduate students who seek funding for service trips, civic initiatives, or community service projects.  

Eric Greitens (left) works with volunteers to prepare care packages for U.S. troops serving overseas following his Assembly Series presentation March 30. The former Navy SEAL and Rhodes Scholar was on campus to speak about The Mission Continues, the organization he founded that provides career service opportunities for wounded and injured veterans.

The Locks of Love hair donation and haircut event will be held from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, April 12, in the Fun Room of the Danforth University Center. Members of the WUSTL community who attend can donate 10 inches of hair to receive a free professional haircut or get a professional cut for a $20 donation.

A total of 395 productive units of blood were collected at the eight locations around the Danforth, Medical and West campuses March 31.

For many WUSTL students, faculty and staff, Metro provides an environmentally friendly and economical commute to campus, work and social events. St. Louis County voters will decide April 6 whether to pass Proposition A, which calls for a half-cent sales tax increase to support public transportation in the St. Louis area.

Evan D. Kharasch, MD, PhD, the Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Professor of Anesthesiology and professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, has been appointed vice chancellor for research at Washington University in St. Louis, effective April 5. He had served as interim vice chancellor since July 2009. As the chief officer responsible for the university’s research mission, he will oversee an enterprise that generates more than $500 million annually for sponsored research from a wide array of funding sources.

Of note Jeffrey Bradley, MD, the S. Lee Kling Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, was named the lung cancer committee chair for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. As chair, Bradley will serve on the RTOG Research Strategy Committee and work closely with investigators from the group’s scientific core committees to develop and report on protocols […]