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The finishing touches are being made to the exterior of the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University.The $235 million BJC Institute of Health will be the hub for Washington University’s BioMed 21 initiative to speed scientific discovery and rapidly apply breakthroughs to patient care.

Photo by Mary ButkusGary S. Wihl, Ph.D. (right), dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, meets with Phyllis Goldberg, niece of the late Hortense and Tobias Lewin, after the Sept. 16 ceremony in which he was installed as the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities.

The office of Campus Life recently announced staff promotions and a hire. Mike Hayes has joined the University as executive director of Campus Life and director of Greek Life. Leslie Heusted has been promoted to director of the Danforth University Center. Julia Macias Garcia has been promoted to assistant director of Campus Life and assistant […]

Photo by David KilperMatthew W. Kreuter, Ph.D., founder and director of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work’s Health Communication Research Laboratory, brings health information to key communities.

The Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center was designed to meet the stringent requirements for becoming one of the greenest buildings in North America. To meet those standards required solutions to environmental, architectural and legal challenges never before experienced by designers.

Photo by David KilperMatthew W. Kreuter, Ph.D., founder and director of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work’s Health Communication Research Laboratory, brings health information to key communities.

Kick-off event for annual business competitions at Washington University features Jessica Jackley, founder of Kiva.org. Kiva is first online micro financing web site that connects individual lenders to aspiring entrepreneurs in developing countries. Olin Cup and YouthBridgeSEIC 2010 competitions for student and community entrepreneurs are accepting applications.

Marfan syndrome is almost as common as cystic fibrosis or muscular dystrophy, but doctors sometimes miss its signature traits that include unusual height, long, spindly arms, legs and fingers, a sunken chest and loose jointedness. To improve diagnosis, physicians at the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have established the Marfan Clinic, which has quickly become the largest multidisciplinary in the Midwest for Marfans and related syndromes.

Tom Huck, Margaret Lin, Nan Lin, Ph.D., and more…

The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 9-15. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Sept. 9 12:35 a.m. — An officer […]