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Three School of Medicine employees were recognized this spring by Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of the School of Medicine, for their outstanding contributions and exceptional commitment and dedication to the school.

Summertime is beach time, swimming pool time and gardening time. Most of us spend a lot more time in the sun during the summer months than during the rest of the year, and Washington University dermatologists say it’s very important to protect ourselves from the sun’s damaging rays.

U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley FarnsworthAirmen load the MRI machine onto a C-17 Globemaster.Members of the 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Scott Air Force Base recently loaded the 26,000-pound heart of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine onto a C-17 ultimately bound for Argentina. The MRI equipment was donated to a hospital in Salta, Argentina, by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

B. Don Taylor III, J.D., has been named executive director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and Cash Nickerson Fellow at the School of Law. “Don Taylor’s extensive practical experience and scholarship in the areas of international criminal tribunals and courts will be a wonderful addition to the work of the Harris Institute,” […]

Photo by Eileen A. ClerRiccardo Ferdani (left), staff scientist in radiology, teaches students from Flynn Park Elementary in the University City School District about nanotechnology through the Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology grant.

Washington University is dismayed and shocked to learn that an attack was made today at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. The university has a long-standing commitment to human rights and religious studies, including the Holocaust and Jewish studies, as well as being a sponsor of Holocaust lectures by experts from around the world.

The following incidents were reported to University Police May 13-June 9. 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. May 14 1:46 p.m. — A […]

Danforth Campus employees were recognized during a May 18 ceremony for 10, 15, 20, 26, 30, 35 and 40 years of service.

In conjunction with National HIV Testing Day, free, confidential HIV testing is available June 29-July 2, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in the Storz Building, 4570 Children’s Place. No appointment is necessary.

The women’s track and field team capped the 2009 NCAA outdoor track and field championships with its best finish in school history May 23, coming in fifth overall with 28 points. The team trailed Gustavus Adolphus College by six points heading into the final two events of the day — the 5,000-meter run and the […]