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The George Warren Brown School of Social Work honored six distinguished individuals for outstanding school service during its annual Alumni Awards Dinner April 17 at the Coronado Ballroom. The Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are Alice K. Johnson Butterfield, Ph.D., William A. McAllister and Amy Rome. Luis Zayas, Ph.D., the Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor of Social Work and associate dean of faculty, received the Distinguished Faculty Award. The Dean’s Medal recipients are David L. Cronin, Ph.D., and Harriet K. Switzer, Ph.D., secretary to the Board of Trustees. More…

The softball team extended its winning streak to 10 games with four victories at the Illinois Wesleyan Invitational in Bloomington, Ill.

The Women’s Society of Washington University’s annual membership meeting April 11 took on an added poignancy as the retiring Harriet K. Switzer, Ph.D., secretary to the Board of Trustees since 1980 and University coordinator of the Women’s Society since 1986, was recognized.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will deliver remarks, as will Karin Johnes, former director of Greek life and a Virginia Tech alumna.

Pamela A. Barr, senior purchasing representative in the Division of Hematology in the Department of Medicine, died Friday, April 6, 2007, at St. Anthony’s Hospice after a long battle with cancer. She was 54. More…

Sydney A. Jacobs, assistant dean at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work in 1967, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at the Gatesworth in University City. He was 91.

Photo by Joe AngelesOn April 13, Celebration Weekend planners put the finishing touches on the welcome packets that will be given to visiting students attending Multicultural Celebration Weekend this weekend.

With the conclusion of The Big Read community reading program, the National Endowment for the Arts offers an online evaluation process.

In the wake of the horrific tragedy that occurred on April 16 at Virginia Tech University, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton sent a message to all Washington University students, faculty and staff.

New HIV therapies have contributed to a decrease in AIDS deaths, but physicians suspected the more potent medications led to symptoms characteristic of metabolic syndrome. However, now researchers at the School of Medicine have found that the rate of metabolic syndrome in HIV-infected patients is virtually identical to that in uninfected people.