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Photo by David KilperJill Edwards, project manager in the University’s administrative offices, receives a 2007 Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award April 19 at Whittemore House from W. Edwin Dodson, M.D., associate vice chancellor and associate dean for admissions and for continuing medical education and professor of neurology and of pediatrics at the School of Medicine.

Four alumni of the John M. Olin School of Business received Distinguished Alumni Awards April 19 at the school’s annual dinner at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. Mahendra R. Gupta, Ph.D., dean of the business school, presented the Dean’s Medal at the same dinner. This year’s alumni award recipients are David Becker (MBA ’89), Carl Casale (EMBA ’92), Barbara Ann Feiner (MBA ’83) and Steven Stull (BSBA ’81, MBA ’85); W. Patrick McGinnis (MBA ’72) was awarded the Dean’s Medal. More…

Shirley Lute, a 77-year-old victim of domestic violence, will be released from prison thanks to the efforts of the School of Law’s Civil Justice Clinic and Jane Aiken, J.D., the William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law and director of the clinic.

Senior Jonathan Garst Orozco has been named winner of the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences Spector Award, presented annually in memory of Marion Smith Spector, a 1938 graduate of the University.

The women picked up their eighth straight — and 11th overall — UAA outdoor team title April 22.

Photo by Mary Butkus(From left) Lorraine Gnecco; her husband, Stephen H. Legomsky, J.D., D.Phil.; Ruth Chi-Fen Chen, Ph.D., research associate in the School of Engineering & Applied Science; and her husband, Kent D. Syverud, J.D., dean of the School of Law and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor, at Legomsky’s installation as the inaugural John S. Lehmann University Professor March 26.

The University, one of many universities receiving inquiries from the Office of Attorney General of the State of New York concerning student lending practices — as well as an inquiry from the Missouri Office of Attorney General — has agreed with both the Missouri and New York attorneys general to adopt a code of conduct guiding the University’s relations with private lenders from whom the University’s students and their families seek college financing.

Photo by Kelly PahlTyler Merchant talks with Noel Tate, who is recovering after heart surgery.Tyler Merchant said he has known since kindergarten that he wanted to be a doctor. And except for two recent days of doubt when he was struggling with a class, the Washington University junior has not changed his mind. What got Merchant through those days of doubt and solidified his decision to become a doctor was spending time with patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital through the Health-Care Advocacy Program offered by the School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity Programs.

Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin dies April 23 at the age of 76. James V. Wertsch, Ph.D., the Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences and expert on Russia’s transition from the Soviet to post-Soviet era, says that Yeltsin will be remembered for his important role in Russian history.

Washington University in St. Louis, one of many universities receiving inquiries from the Office of Attorney General of the State of New York concerning student lending practices — as well as an inquiry from the Missouri Office of Attorney General — has agreed with both the Missouri and New York Attorneys General to adopt a code of conduct guiding the University’s relations with private lenders from whom the University’s students and their families seek college financing. The University fully and rapidly cooperated with both investigations, and, as the agreements reached April 23 reflect, it denies that any of its past practices have violated Missouri or New York laws. The agreements with the Missouri and New York Attorneys General do not involve payment of any fines by the University.