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As the Danforth Campus dedication ceremony nears, longtime friends and colleagues share personal anecdotes about Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth and his late wife, Elizabeth (Ibby).

School of Medicine researchers have obtained encouraging results in fighting cervical cancer by combining a traditional drug with one that inhibits blood-vessel growth.

Renee M. Williams, Ph.D., visiting associate professor in the George Warren Brown School of Social work, has been nominated for inclusion in Who’s Who in Black St. Louis. The unveiling of the publication will be in November at the Ritz-Carlton. … Jeffrey S. Crippin, M.D., professor of medicine and medical director of liver transplantation, was named the president of the American Society of Transplantation for 2006-07. … Hilary P. Glazer, first-year medical student, was recently named a scholar in the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Program. Glazer was one of 77 recipients of the scholarship, which covers tuition, room, board, fees and books up to $50,000 a year for up to six years. She earned an undergraduate degree from Tufts University in May.

A trial at the School of Medicine focuses on a procedure called bronchial thermoplasty, which may hold promise for moderate and severe asthmatic patients.

In Spring 1892, Robert S. Brookings, Edward Rowse, Henry W. Eliot and William Huse formed a committee to find a new site for the University. The following June, they located 103 acres just beyond the western limits of the city — which would cost $185,000.

University Police released information on thefts in three University residence halls.

Renowned saxophonist Willie Akins will launch the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences’ fall Jazz at Holmes series with a special outdoor performance in Brookings Quadrangle. The event, titled “Jazz in the Quad,” is free and open to the public and begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14.

Judge Catherine Perry, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, will discuss the meaning of judicial independence.

University Police recently released the following crime alert. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. During the summer and first week of the new […]

Renee M. Williams, Jeffrey S. Crippin, and Hilary P. Glazer