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Teresa J. Vietti, M.D., a pediatric oncologist who earned the nickname, “the mother of pediatric cancer therapy,” died Jan. 25, 2010. She was 82.

Faculty and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest in labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are invited to take part in a series of Monday brown-bag luncheon seminars to be held biweekly through April 26.

It’s time to nominate School of Medicine staff for this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor awarded to a medical school staff member.

Of note D. Craig Allred, M.D., professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year $200,000 grant from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for research titled “Epithelial-Stromal Interactions in the Progression of Non-Invasive to Invasive Breast Cancer.” … Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., the Stifel & Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science, has received a one-year, […]

The Web site for Washington University’s planned child-care facility, wustl.edu/childcare, came online Jan. 25. The Web site provides more information on the university’s planned 19,900-square-foot child-care center, which will open Sept. 7, 2010. 

The exhibition “RACE: Are We So Different?” opened at the Missouri History Museum in January. The exhibition — which focuses on the history of race, the role of science in that history, and race in modern society — is free to Washington University faculty, staff and students through Feb. 27.

Professor Bob Deusinger’s love of mechanics, coupled with an affinity for science and curiosity into how the human body moves, led him to a doctorate in biomechanics and a successful career as a physical therapist for more than 30 years at the School of Medicine.

Shin-Ichiro Imai, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of developmental biology and of medicine, remains smiling while receiving a 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine Jan. 7 from Melanie Dill, a registered nurse for the Student and Employee Health Services at the School of Medicine. Despite an early morning snowstorm, many faculty, staff and students turned out to receive a vaccine. A vaccine clinic for Danforth Campus faculty, staff and students is planned for early February.

Undergraduate tuition at Washington University in St. Louis will be $39,400 for the 2010-11 academic year — a $1,600 (4.2 percent) increase over the 2009-10 current academic tuition of $37,800. The required student activity fee will total $394, and the student health fee will be no more than $580. Barbara A. Feiner, vice chancellor for finance, made the announcement.

The Assembly Series annually serves up topics for almost every appetite, and this spring the series offers speakers from A to Z. Representing the broad interests of the Washington University community, the Assembly Series begins Wednesday, Jan. 27, with environmentalist Amory Lovins and concludes April 21 with playwright and director Mary Zimmerman.