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The Washington University School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity Programs will present its annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration lecture at 4 p.m. Jan. 21 in the Eric P. Newman Education Center. Angela E. Oh, internationally recognized author, teacher and public lecturer, will speak. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in June 1997 to the President’s […]

At its winter meeting on Friday, Dec. 7, the Board of Trustees elected William T. Shearer, M.D./Ph.D., as a board member, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The trustees also heard presentations on the strategic plans for two WUSTL schools — the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the School of Law.

Robert BostonThirty-seven second-, third- and fourth-year medical students were recognized with awards at the Student Awards luncheon Nov. 28.

Photo by David KilperJohn S. Rigden, Ph.D., adjunct professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, reviews the recently hung Eads Hall display recognizing physicist Arthur Holly Compton, Ph.D., the University’s first faculty member to receive a Nobel Prize (1927), and his groundbreaking research.

Student Health Services, in conjunction with Parking and Transportation Services, has announced the introduction of a new, printable temporary parking pass available online for students to use during their visits. Students can print a pass from the health service student portal available at shs.wustl.edu. The pass is good for 15 minutes before and after the […]

School of Medicine researchers are seeking volunteers with Parkinson’s disease for two studies. One is investigating the effects of antidepressant drugs on depression and motor function. The second study is assessing the safety and effectiveness of a drug for Parkinson’s patients who also have psychotic symptoms. In the National Institutes of Health-funded depression study, investigators […]

Thaddeus Strode, *Absolutes and Nothings*Download high-resolution press images for *Thaddeus Strode: Absolutes and Nothings,* the first solo museum show for the acclaimed Los Angeles painter, on view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Feb. 8 to April 21.

Photo by David KilperPeter Joy’s dedication and experience benefits both students and those in need.

Stephen H. Petersen has been appointed assistant vice chancellor for alumni relations in Alumni & Development Programs.

Faculty achievement award winners Carl M. Bender, Ph.D., the Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Distinguished Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences, and Helen M. Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and physiology and of internal medicine at the School of Medicine, share a light moment during the award ceremony Dec. 1 at the […]