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Photo by Mary ButkusMore than 150 people attended a Thanksgiving dinner at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.

A 1993 graduate, Wild says he is “thrilled” about the new opportunity to work with Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, effective Jan. 1.

Active in health policy and education, Michael M. Karl, M.D., professor of clinical medicine, embodied “the finest ideals of medicine.”

Through Dec. 3, the WUPD office on Shepley Drive in the South 40 will serve as a drop-off location to donate new or gently used winter coats for disadvantaged St. Louisans.

Bollywood film star Shabana Azmi will talk about South Asian social issues filtered through her perspective as an actress and a social justice advocate at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 29, in Graham Chapel. The program is free and open to the public. Her husband, Bollywood scriptwriter Javed Akhtar, will also give remarks.

More than 80,000 people in the U.S. are on waiting lists for organ transplants. Some will have to wait for the death of a matching donor, but more and more people are receiving organs from living donors. In an effort to close the gap between organ supply and demand, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, the University of Michigan and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons are studying ways to reimburse living donors for some of their out-of-pocket expenses when they choose to donate an organ.

A current student and a recent alumnus from Washington University in St. Louis have been named Rhodes Scholars. They are Aaron F. Mertz, 22, and Leana S. Wen, 23. The two were among 32 U.S. students chosen for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. Winners of the highly acclaimed award were selected based on high academic achievement, personal integrity, leadership potential and physical vigor.

The Record Monday and Record Thursday will not be published next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Look for the next Record Thursday print and e-mail editions Nov. 30 and the next Record Monday e-mail Dec. 4.

Claudia BurrisThe Siteman Cancer Center unveiled its new mobile mammography van at a ceremony Oct. 24 at the Center for Advanced Medicine. Members of “Menopause the Musical,” a traveling stage show celebrating women undergoing the midlife change, performed at the event. The new van, one of just 10 in the country with digital mammography equipment, offers convenient screening in community-based settings.

The fall Universal Transit Pass, allowing WUSTL community members to use Metro, the region’s public transportation system, for no charge, will expire Dec. 31. Benefits-eligible employees may request a spring 2007 U-Pass beginning Nov. 27. Students may request a pass beginning Dec. 1.