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Courtesy photoSchool of Medicine physicians are testing an investigational device that allows them to insert replacement aortic valves without opening the chest.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Jan. 16-22. 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. Jan. 17 5:00 p.m. — A person […]

Jason M. Van Wey has been appointed director of federal relations, announced Pamela S. Lokken, vice chancellor for government and community relations. Van Wey will oversee Washington University’s day-to-day communications with the U.S. Congress and executive branch agencies on national legislative and regulatory policies and issues.

Laurel Sgan has been named director of the newly created St. Louis Regional Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (STLR-HERC), announced Leah A. Merrifield, special assistant to the chancellor for diversity initiatives. The STLR-HERC was formed to increase inter-institutional collaboration in faculty and staff recruitment.

Sidney Velick, Ph.D., died Saturday, Dec. 29, in Salt Lake City. Velick was 94.

The RAD program teaches men and women awareness, avoidance and physical defense techniques they can use when faced with potentially confrontational situations. RAD classes are free, open to the public and take a total of 12 hours stretched over four class periods to complete.

The Gephardt Institute for Public Service invites students, faculty, and staff to participate in its “Faces of Hope,” a campus-wide celebration of civic engagement and community service at the University from 4:30-6:00 p.m. on April 8 in Whitaker Hall Atrium and Auditorium. A reception will follow.

In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Society of Black Student Social Workers at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work will host a “Financial Freedom Seminar: Achieving Economic Independence Through Education,” from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 2 in Brown Hall, Room 100. The event is designed for members of the St. Louis community interested in building wealth, repairing and maintaining good credit, purchasing a home or starting and expanding a business. The event is free, but participants must register by Friday, Jan. 25.

Jamie Marie Walsh, of the Department of Internal Medicine, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, of complications from cancer. She was 48.

Undergraduate tuition will be $36,200 for the 2008-09 academic year — a $1,700 (4.9 percent) increase over the 2007-08 current academic tuition of $34,500. The required student activity fee will total $362, and the student health fee will be $686. The announcement was made by Barbara A. Feiner, vice chancellor for finance.