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The School of Medicine is collaborating with other area institutions in what will be the largest study of child and human health ever conducted in the United States.

The Class of 2011 traveled across town and across oceans to attend Washington University. Approximately 1,340 first-year students from all over the world — 20 countries, 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico — joined the campus community in August.

Stephen H. Legomsky, J.D., D.Phil., the John. S. Lehmann University Professor, is serving a six-month appointment as a visiting senior research fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore.

Photo by Robert BostonThe grand opening of the Washington University Orthopedics and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Outpatient Orthopedic Center was held Oct. 3.

Photo by Mary ButkusDarrell Butler, MBA ’92, gets into the swing of things at the City Museum Saturday, Oct. 7, at the annual Olin Business School reunion.

Photo by Mary ButkusHimadri B. Pakrasi, Ph.D., receives a medal from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton signifying his appointment as the George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences Oct. 2 in a ceremony at Holmes Lounge.

Jill Carnaghi, Ph.D., assistant vice chancellor for students and director of Campus Life, was presented with the 2007 Richard Caple Professional Award from the Missouri College Personnel Association at an awards ceremony Sept. 24.

Wanda Lee Terry, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, in St. Louis. She was 69.

Washington University men’s basketball team has earned a No. 1 ranking in the 2007-08 Sporting News Division III preseason poll.

Scientists working to identify the microorganisms that make us sick have discovered a new virus potentially linked to unexplained respiratory infections.