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Twenty-four research groups have received funding through a jointly funded Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program.

Barry P. Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine.

Photo by Robert BostonArts & Sciences senior Sarah April talks with Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D., as they look at the “Changing the Face of Medicine” exhibit at the Bernard Becker Medical Library.

A quiet leader: M. Kenton King says that he “just wanted to do a good job.”M. Kenton King’s 25-year tenure as dean of Washington University School of Medicine stands as a hallmark in academic medicine. And his influential tenure is still being honored.

Gary S. Wihl, Ph.D., who joined Washington University in St. Louis July 1 as dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, will be installed as the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities during a 4:30 p.m. ceremony Sept. 16, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. Wihl, who also is a professor in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences, came to WUSTL from Rice University, where he was dean of its School of Humanities and the Francis Moody Newman Professor of the Humanities.

A. Peter Mutharika, J.S.D., will be installed as the Charles Nagel Professor of International and Comparative Law at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 309. Mutharika is on leave from the University serving his native country of Malawi. In June 2009, he was appointed to the presidential cabinet as minister of justice […]

Even $1.50 — the price of a large soda — can make a difference in a little girl’s life, said Stephen P. Zwolak, executive director of the University City Children’s Center (UCCC). The UCCC, with support from the United Way of Greater St. Louis, provides care for nearly 200 young children, Zwolak said. That includes […]

Students, faculty and staff living or working in the South 40, the Village, Simon Hall, the Danforth University Center or the Knight Center might have noticed their cell phone signals are much stronger this fall than when spring semester ended last May. This summer, WUSTL’s Information Services and Technology (IS&T) and Facilities continued to worked […]

Wireless network users can now use one set of personal credentials to securely access the Internet from any Washington University wireless hotspot. Medical Campus wireless users can connect to the Medical School’s secure wireless Internet while on the Danforth Campus, North Campus or West Campus. The WUSTL secure wireless network also is accessible while on […]

A memorial service for Lynn Imergoot, associate director of intramurals and club sports and former women’s tennis coach, is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at Graham Chapel.